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Manchester United’s manager, Erik ten Hag, is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who was born on February 2, 1970.

Ten Hag started his career as a center back for the Eredivisie team Twente. In 1990, he became a member of De Graafschap and won the Eerste Divisie in his debut year. In 1992, he returned to Twente, and two years later, he moved to RKC Waalwijk. He spent one season there before joining Utrecht in 1995. In 1996, Ten Hag made his third trip back to Twente, where he won the KNVB Cup in 2001. At the age of 32, he retired in 2002.

After being hired by the Go Ahead Eagles in 2012, Ten Hag started his management career. In his first season, he guided the team to promotion to the Eredivisie. After that, in 2013, he joined Bayern Munich II, and in 2014, he was promoted to the Regionalliga Bayern. In 2015, he took a job as Utrecht’s head coach and sporting director upon his return to the Netherlands. After joining Ajax in 2017, he helped the team reach the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League semifinals and win two KNVB Cups in addition to three Eredivisie titles. He was named manager of Manchester United in 2022.

Childhood
In Haaksbergen, Overijssel, on February 2, 1970, Erik ten Hag was born.[3]

playing profession
Ten Hag was mostly a center-back for RKC Waalwijk, Utrecht, Twente, and De Graafschap. He played with Twente for three stints, winning the KNVB Cup in the 2000–01 campaign.[Reference required]

Ten years before winning the cup with Twente, Ten Hag also won the Eerste Divisie with De Graafschap in the 1990–91 campaign. After the 2001–02 Eredivisie season concluded, he announced his retirement from competitive play in 2002 at the age of 32 while still a player for Twente.[Reference required]

Career as a manager

Ten Hag in 2008, alongside Twente
career path leading to management
After retiring, Ten Hag started working as a coach at Twente’s academy, first managing the U17 squad and then the U19 squad until 2006, when he was elevated to assistant manager. Up until 2009, he was employed by Steve McClaren and then Fred Rutten. He later joined PSV and resumed his role as Rutten’s assistant.[4]

Early professional life
In 2012, Marc Overmars, a shareholder in the team, named Ten Hag manager of the Go Ahead Eagles in the Eerste Divisie.[3] [5] He guided the Go Ahead Eagles to their first promotion in 17 years during his one and only season there.[4]

He was the coach of Bayern Munich II from June 6, 2013, until Heiko Vogel took over in 2015.[6][7] Ten Hag guided his squad to the Regionalliga Bayern while serving as manager.[8]

In the summer of 2015, Ten Hag signed a two-year contract to become Utrecht’s head coach and sporting director.[9] He led the team to the 2016 KNVB Cup final in his debut season, but they lost 2-1 to Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s Feyenoord. [10] They qualified for the UEFA Europa League playoffs after finishing fifth in the league, but they were defeated 3-1 on aggregate by Heracles Almelo.[11] After being in fourth place the previous season, Utrecht made it back to the playoffs, where they defeated AZ Alkmaar on penalties to earn a spot in the European tournament.[12] At the halfway point of the 2017–18 Eredivisie season, Ten Hag left Utrecht in sixth place.[13]

Ajax’s 2017–18 campaign
After Marcel Keizer was fired by Ajax, Ten Hag was named head coach on December 28, 2017.[13] His contract was valid until June 2020. When he got there, the team had already lost in the domestic cup and in the Champions League and Europa League qualifying stages.[14] On January 21, 2018, he made his debut against Feyenoord at home in the De Klassieker, winning 2-1.[15]

Season 2018–19
Ten Hag guided the team to its first semifinal appearance since 1997 in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. The team defeated Real Madrid, the reigning champions, 4-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the round of 16, and also defeated Juventus, 1-2, on the road after the two teams drew 1-1 at home in the quarterfinals. He guided his squad to a 1-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the opening leg of the semi-final at the recently constructed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.[17] But in the return leg, Lucas Moura’s hat-trick for Tottenham Hotspur in the second half—the final goal coming in the 96th minute to make it 3–2 (3–3 on aggregate)—eliminated Ajax.[18]

On May 5, 2019, he defeated Willem II in the 2018–19 KNVB Cup final to win his first managerial trophy with Ajax.[19] Ten days later, Ajax completed a double by winning the Eredivisie as well, defeating De Graafschap 1-4 on the road.[20] Ten Hag signed a new contract that lasted until 2022, at the end of the season.[21]

Season 2019–20
Ajax defeated PSV 2-0 in the 2019 Johan Cruyff Shield to start their 2019–20 campaign. In the first 16 games of the 2019–20 Eredivisie season, Ajax won 14 and drew 2. This was followed by consecutive losses against AZ and Willem II. After these losses, Ajax’s performance was inconsistent; they lost three more games in a row and suffered their second league loss of the year against AZ. Ajax led the Eredivisie by goal differential over AZ, but the season was declared null and invalid owing to the global COVID-19 epidemic. As a result, there was no recognized winner of the 2019–20 Eredivisie season. Compared to the previous season, Ajax’s European run was somewhat less successful. They were relegated to the UEFA Europa League after finishing third in their group in the 2019–20 Champions League. As a result, Ajax lost the 2019–20 Europa League Round of 32 3–2 on aggregate, while Getafe advanced Ajax to the next round.