Serge van den Ban (born 2 February 1980), is a Dutch retired football goalkeeper.
Club career Born in Haarlem, Van den Ban came through the youth ranks at AFC Ajax. He then in 2000 started playing professionally for Haarlem in the Eerste Divisie for two seasons. Subsequently, he went to the Eredivisie with FC Dordrecht who moved to the Eerste Divisie the following season. Van Den Ban in 2004 rejoined the Eredivisie with the outfit MVV Maastricht with whom he got to the quarter finals of the 2006 KNVB Cup
He then moved to Telstar where he featuring once again in the Eerste Divisie within the 2007–08 season. Van Den Ban then linked up a year later with Hoofdklasse team ADO '20. He then signed with outfit Ter Leede in the 2010-11 season of the Hoofdklasse. He brought an end to his player career shortly afterward. Van Den Ban made in all over 250 appearances throughout his footballing club career.
International career Van den Ban played at youth level for the Netherlands He was also crowned the best goalkeeper of the 1999 Eurovoetbal tournament.
Coaching career During his last years as an active footballer, Van den Ban worked as a youth goalkeeper coach FC Lisse and also at the Keeperschool Groot Amsterdam.SERGE VAN DEN BAN WORDT KEEPERSTRAINER BIJ AJAX, elfvoetbal.nl, 2 June 2010 In July 2010, Van den Ban was appointed to a similar position at his former youth club, AFC Ajax, while also continuing his playing career, albeit at a lower level, for Ter Leede. In 2013, Van den Ben replaced Ajax with FC Utrecht, in the same position.Jan Willem van Ede is doing an internship at Jong FC Utrecht, fcutrecht.nl, 10 October 2013
From the summer 2014 to the summer 2015, Van den Ben was working at three different places at the same time: firstly, he was coaching the reserve team of Koninklijke HFC.Jong HFC: laat het liggen…, konhfc.nl, 2014 Secondly, he was working as a youth goalkeeper coach at AZ Alkmaar.Ook de jeugdtrainers zijn bekend, azfanpage.nl, 21 May 2014 And lastly, he was also working as a goaalkeeper coach for Netherlands national under-15 team.NIEUWE COACHES NATIONALE SELECTIES, knvb.nl, 31 July 2014
In the summer 2015, Van den Ben was hired as youth goalkeeper coach at Premier League club Arsenal. After three years, he left the club.Nederlandse keeperstrainer na drie jaar weg bij Arsenal, vi.nl, 23 May 2018 In June 2018, he was appointed goalkeeper coach of RKC Waalwijk.RKC Waalwijk contracteert Duits en Van den Ban als nieuwe stafleden, waalwijk.nieuws.nl, 2 July 2018 He left the position in June 2020.RKC Waalwijk en Serge van den Ban gaan niet met elkaar verder, rkcwaalwijk.nl, June 2020 Beside that, he also signed as a goalkeeper coach for RKSV HBC.NIEUWE KEEPERSTRAINER SERGE VAN DEN BAN, svhbc.nl, 19 January 2019SERGE VAN DEN BAN: „IK NAM IN 2013 OM VIER UUR ’S NACHTS DE KAMPIOENSSCHAAL MEE NAAR HUIS’’, voetbalindebollenstreek.nl, 17 May 2019
On 1 July 2020, Van den Ben was appointed goalkeeper coach of Almere City FC.Van den Ban nieuwe keeperstrainer Almere City FC, almerecity.nl, 1 July 2020 He left the position three years later.Agil Etemadi nieuwe keeperstrainer Almere City FC, almerecity.nl, 27 June 2023
Honours
Club honours
Ajax Eurovoetbal Cup: Winner- 1999
Individual honours Best Goalkeeper:Eurovoetbal Cup – 1999
References
External links Serge van den Ban at Voetbal International