Marcel Keizer (born 15 January 1969) is a Dutch football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of Saudi Pro League side Al Shabab.
His playing career as a midfielder began at Ajax and was mainly spent at Cambuur, and he had brief spells managing both clubs. He won a Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal in 2019 at Sporting CP, and had two spells at Al Jazira, winning the UAE Pro League in 2021.
Coaching career Keizer was technical coach of Eerste Divisie side Emmen.Netherlands - M. Keizer - Profile with news, career statistics and history Soccerway He was also the coach of Telstar for two seasons and took the reins at Cambuur in February 2016.Cambuur strikt Keizer als hoofdtrainer - AD In June 2016, he left Cambuur and became coach of Jong Ajax.Marcel Keizer Worldfootball.net
On 17 June 2017, Keizer became the new coach of Ajax on a two-year contract, after managing the youth side in the previous season, thus replacing the Borussia Dortmund-bound Peter Bosz. After 17 games, Ajax were second in the Eredivisie, ranking with five points behind the leaders PSV, and Keizer was fired on 21 December 2017, after losing a cup match on penalties against Twente.Ajax stelt Marcel Keizer, Hennie Spijkerman en Dennis Bergkamp op non-actief
He received his first foreign job on 2 June 2018, replacing retired compatriot Henk ten Cate at Al Jazira Club of the UAE Pro-League. On 8 November the same year, he was allowed to resign to take the job at Sporting CP, with his club unbeaten and in second place at the time.
Keizer signed for the Lisbon-based club on a contract until 2021. On his debut on 24 November, they won 4–1 against Lusitano in the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal, and in his first Primeira Liga match on 3 December, the club won 3–1 against Rio Ave. Sporting completed a cup double in Keizer's first season, seizing both the Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal in penalty shootout wins against Porto. He was the first foreign manager to win the latter tournament since fellow Dutchman Co Adriaanse of Porto in 2006. He left Sporting on 3 September 2019.
On 13 October 2019, Keizer returned to Al Jazira on a two-year contract, after compatriot Jurgen Streppel left the Abu Dhabi-based club. On 11 May 2021, he led the club to their third league title after beating Khor Fakkan 3–1; it was his first league title in his career. Keizer would enter 2022 with a successful 5–3 victory on penalty shootout against Shabab Al Ahli and clinching Al Jazira their first super cup title.
On 27 July 2023, Keizer was appointed as manager of Saudi Pro League side Al Shabab. On 6 September 2023, it was announced that Keizer and Al-Shabab agreed to end his contract mutually.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecord Telstar 1 July 20121 May 2014FC Emmen 1 July 201514 February 2016SC Cambuur15 February 20162 June 2016Jong Ajax 2 June 201617 June 2017Ajax 17 June 201721 December 2017 Al Jazira2 June 20189 November 2018 Sporting CP12 November 20183 September 2019 Al Jazira 13 October 201926 May 2023 Al Shabab27 July 20236 September 2023Total
Honours Sporting CP Taça de Portugal: 2018–19 Taça da Liga: 2018–19
Al Jazira UAE Pro League: 2020–21 UAE Super Cup: 2021
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