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Robbie Servais

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Robbie Servais
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-03-08) 8 March 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Maastricht, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
MVV Maastricht (assistant)
MVV Maastricht (U-21 manager)
Youth career
1990–1997 MVV Maastricht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2003 SV Meerssen
2003–2005 Schijndel SBA/Euro [nl]
2005–2006 VV Baronie
2006–2007 Song Lam Nghe An
Managerial career
2009–2010 Vissel Kobe (assistant)
2012–2014 Omiya Ardija (youth)
2015–2016 Singapore Sports School
2017 Singapore U-23 (assistant)
2018 Singapore U-19
2018 Australia (assistant)
2019 Brunei
2019– MVV Maastricht (assistant)
2020– MVV Maastricht (U-21 manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robbie Servais (born 8 March 1976) is a former Dutch footballer and current assistant manager of MVV Maastricht.

Club career

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Born in Maastricht, Servais was involved in the youth set-up at hometown club MVV Maastricht. Whilst studying at Maastricht University, Servais joined SV Meerssen, playing under Bert van Marwijk.[2] Following a six-year spell at Meerssen, Servais played for Hoofdklasse clubs Schijndel SBA/Euro [nl] and VV Baronie. At the end of his career, Servais moved to Vietnam to play for Song Lam Nghe An.[3]

Managerial career

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In 2018, Servais managed Singapore U19. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Servais was a part of former manager Bert van Marwijk's backroom staff for Australia. In May 2019, Servais was appointed manager of Brunei.[4]

In the summer 2019, Servais was appointed assistant manager of Fuat Usta at MVV Maastricht.[5] He also took charge of MVV's U-19 squad from the summer 2020.[6] On 30 March 2021, Servais signed a new two-year deal with MVV, continuing as a part-time first team assistant coach and full-time U-21 manager.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Robbie Servais at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Robbie Servais begint aan zijn eerste WK" (in Dutch). De Limburger. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Inspelen op het juiste been". De JeugdVoetbalTrainer (in Dutch). August 2016. pp. 40–41.
  4. ^ "Brunei football team gets new national coach". Borneo Bulletin. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  5. ^ Oud MVV-speler én trainer Roger Reijners toegevoegd aan trainersstaf MVV Maastricht, mvv.nl, 20 June 2019
  6. ^ MVV start in O21-competitie en blijft schuldenvrij volgend seizoen, fcupdate.nl, 28 April 2020
  7. ^ MVV verlengt contract Robbie Servais met twee jaar, mvv.nl, 30 March 2021
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