Dennis Van Wijk

Dennis Van Wijk

Dennis Johannes van Wijk (born December 16, 1962 in Oostzaan, North Holland) is a Dutch football coach and former football player. He is the current coach of Antwerp in the Belgian Second Division.

Van Wijk was a left-back who began his career in the youth system of Ajax Amsterdam. He was unable to break into the first team and joined Norwich City F.C. in 1982. He spent four years at Carrow Road and was a member of the Norwich teams that won the English League Cup in 1985 and the Second Division Championship in 1986. In that 1985 final, Van Wijk conceded a penalty kick when he handled in the area. To the relief of Van Wijk and Norwich, Clive Walker of Sunderland missed the penalty and Norwich won 1-0.

After leaving Norwich, Van Wijk played for a series of teams until 1995. He won the Belgian League championship and Belgian Supercup with Club Brugge . After having managed several Belgium teams since 1995, he became manager of Willem II Tilburg in the Netherlands in 2006. On November 4, 2007, he left the club due to bad performances of the team. He is currently the coach of Belgian first division side R.A.E.C. Mons which he joined in January, 2011. Van Wijk led the team to winning the Tour Final in the Belgian 2nd division (Exqi League) and thus being promoted to the Belgian Pro League for the 2011-2012 season.

Van Wijk is the son of former professional footballer Hassie van Wijk.