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Henk ten Cate

Henk ten Cate
Henk ten Cate in Tabriz.jpg
ten Cate with Al Jazira in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-12-09) 9 December 1954 (age 62)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position Left winger
Club information
Current team
Al Jazira (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1985 Go Ahead Eagles 132 (21)
1980 Edmonton Drillers (loan) 21 (5)
1981–1982 Telstar (loan) 30 (7)
1985–1986 SC Heracles 19 (1)
Total 202 (34)
Teams managed
1990 Go Ahead Eagles
1990–1992 SC Heracles
1992–1993 vv Rheden
1993–1995 Go Ahead Eagles
1995–1997 Sparta Rotterdam
1997–1998 Vitesse Arnhem
1998–1999 KFC Uerdingen 05
1999–2000 MTK Hungária FC
2000–2003 NAC Breda
2003–2006 Barcelona (assistant)
2006–2007 Ajax
2007–2008 Chelsea (assistant)
2008–2009 Panathinaikos
2010 Al-Ahli Dubai
2010–2011 Umm Salal
2012–2013 Shandong Luneng
2013 Sparta Rotterdam (caretaker)
2016– Al Jazira
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Henk ten Cate (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛŋk tɛn ˈkaː.tə], born 9 December 1954 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a Dutch football manager and a former professional player, current coach of Al Jazira.

In the 2005–06 season, he was the assistant of Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona that guided the team to a Champions League Trophy and La Liga title. He then served as manager of Ajax until October 2007 and got three trophies for the Dutch club. Ten Cate joined Chelsea on 11 October 2007, as assistant manager but stepped down after the defeat of the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final on 29 May 2008 just 5 days after the departure of manager Avram Grant. He is well known for a precise tactician who inherits the football systems and tactics of Ajax and Barcelona

Henk ten Cate started his football career at amateur side FC Rheden before signing his first professional contract at Go Ahead Eagles. He made his Eredivisie debut in the 1979–80 season and earned himself 27 appearances throughout the season in which he scored 4 goals. These performances earned him a transfer to NASL side Edmonton Drillers in Canada.

After the North American season he returned to Go Ahead Eagles and continued his Eredivisie campaign. He became however unsure of his position and was sent on loan to Eerste Divisie side Telstar where he was one of their key players. After the season at Telstar he returned to Deventer and became a first team regular for Go Ahead Eagles again for three more seasons. In 1985 he switched to SC Heracles where he ended his professional career as a player.


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