Mitchell van der Gaag

Mitchell van der Gaag
Mitchell van der Gaag
Personal information
Full name Mitchell van der Gaag
Date of birth October 22, 1971 (1971-10-22) (age 40)
Place of birth Zutphen, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
SC Brummen
De Graafschap
1986–1988 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1994 PSV 53 (4)
1989–1990 NEC (loan) 31 (0)
1990–1992 Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 59 (2)
1995–1997 Motherwell 67 (4)
1997–2001 Utrecht 95 (10)
2001–2006 Marítimo 150 (14)
2006–2007 Al-Nassr 27 (3)
National team
1990–1991 Netherlands U21 4 (0)
Teams managed
2008–2009 Marítimo B
2009–2010 Marítimo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mitchell van der Gaag (born 22 October 1971 in Zutphen, Gelderland) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a central defender, and a current manager.

Football career

After graduating from PSV Eindhoven's youth ranks, van der Gaag played three seasons on loan, to NEC Nijmegen and Sparta Rotterdam, returning to Eindhoven for a further three years, never being an important first team figure, however.

In January 1995, he moved to Motherwell, and subsequently returned to the Dutch first division with FC Utrecht. In 2001–02, van der Gaag joined Portugal's Club Sport Marítimo, being one of the Madeira side's most influential players, as it consolidated in the top flight. He scored six league goals in his third season, helping Marítimo finish sixth and qualify for the UEFA Cup.

Van der Gaag retired from football after 2006–07, having spent one season with Al-Nassr FC, in Saudi Arabia. In July 2008, he returned to Marítimo as a coach, taking the reins of its B team.

In late September 2009, after Carlos Carvalhal's dismissal following a string of bad results, van der Gaag was promoted to the first team. After helping the Madeirans finish fifth – a place conquered in the last round, with a 2–1 away win against Vitória de Guimarães, who ranked sixth – and qualify for the UEFA Europa League, his link was renewed for a further year.

On 14 September 2010, after collecting only one point in the league's first four matches and being ousted by FC Bate Borisov in the Europa League, van der Gaag was sacked by Marítimo.

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