{"id":395862,"date":"2026-01-06T18:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/395862\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:58:07","slug":"former-man-united-ajax-coach-erik-ten-hag-named-fc-twente-technical-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/395862\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Man United, Ajax coach Erik ten Hag named FC Twente technical director"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erik ten Hag has been named as technical director of Dutch Eredivisie side FC Twente<\/a>, the club has confirmed.<\/a><\/p>\n

The former Ajax<\/a>, Manchester United<\/a> and Bayer Leverkusen<\/a> manager will return to the Netherlands, joining the club on Feb. 1 before taking over the role from Jan Streuer, who is set to retire, next season.<\/p>\n

He has signed a deal through to the summer of 2028.<\/p>\n

Ten Hag was dismissed as Leverkusen manager after just three games in September 2025 after taking charge in May.<\/p>\n

Erik ten Hag begin at FC Twente in February.\u00a0Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty Images<\/p>\n

His brief stint in Germany followed a two year spell at Man United, where he won the FA Cup and League Cup, but was sacked in 2024 following a poor run of results.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s wonderful and special to return to FC Twente, where I’ve been a supporter at Het Diekman since I was a young boy,” Ten Hag said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“My football and coaching careers began here. With my experience in youth development, team building, and elite sports culture, I want to strengthen FC Twente’s technical foundation together with the Supervisory Board, management, and staff, so the club can sustainably realize its potential as a regional flagship.”<\/p>\n

FC Twente general manager Dominique Scholten said Ten Hag’s “bond” with the club made him an excellent candidate for the role.<\/p>\n

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“Erik has an incredible track record in football, and his bond with FC Twente has always remained very strong,” Scholten said.<\/p>\n

“At FC Twente, he served as youth coach, head of academy, and assistant coach, and subsequently as head coach and technical manager at renowned clubs, both nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n

“We’ve been in regular contact over the past few months, and our conversations quickly revealed a strong ambition to further develop FC Twente.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erik ten Hag has been named as technical director of Dutch Eredivisie side FC Twente, the club has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-395862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}