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Denny Landzaat
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Landzaat in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-05-06) 6 May 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m
Playing position Defensive midfielder, central midfielder
Youth career
Buitenveldert
Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Ajax 1 (0)
1996–1999 MVV 102 (10)
1999–2003 Willem II 139 (38)
2003–2006 AZ 79 (22)
2006–2008 Wigan Athletic 52 (5)
2008–2010 Feyenoord 38 (5)
2010–2013 Twente 50 (2)
2014 Willem II 9 (0)
Total 461 (82)
National team
2001–2008 Netherlands 38 (1)
Teams managed
2015–2016 Jong AZ (assistant)
2016 AZ (U15)
2016–2017 AZ (U17)
2017–2018 Jong AZ (assistant)
2018–2019 Feyenoord (assistant)
2019–2020 Al-Ittihad (assistant)
2021–2022 Willem II (assistant)
2022 Al-Taawoun (assistant)
2022–2023 Lech Poznań (assistant)
2024– Ferencváros (assistant)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Denny Domingues Landzaat (born 6 May 1976) is a Dutch former professional footballer who was most recently the assistant manager of Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań. He mostly played as a central midfielder or defensive midfielder.

Early life

Landzaat was born and raised in Amsterdam. He is of Moluccan descent.

Club career

Early career

Landzaat was educated in Ajax's youth academy, but only played one league match for the club before moving on to have lengthy spells with MVV, Willem II and AZ. He was AZ's captain in the 2005–06 season, as they finished second in the Eredivisie.

Wigan Athletic

Landzaat joined Premier League club Wigan Athletic on 18 July 2006 for an undisclosed fee, thought to be £2.5 million. He signed a three-year contract with the club. He scored his first goal for Wigan against Reading in a 2–3 loss on 30 January 2007. He followed this with a 30-yard strike at the Emirates Stadium in a 1–2 defeat to Arsenal on 11 February. On 18 August 2007, Landzaat converted a penalty against Sunderland to score his first home goal for Wigan at the JJB Stadium. He also scored the first goal in Wigan's 5–3 win over local rivals Blackburn Rovers.

Feyenoord

On 25 January 2008, Landzaat returned to the Netherlands to join Feyenoord for a £1 million transfer fee. He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club. He scored his first goal for Feyenoord on his debut, in the 3–3 draw against Heracles on 24 February 2008.

Twente

After his contract with Feyenoord expired, Landzaat signed a one-year deal with Twente in August 2010, which was extended during the season and again in the following season. He won the KNVB Cup in 2010–11.

Willem II

After his contract with Twente expired in the summer of 2013, Landzaat was unable to find a new team for the start of the 2013–14 season. However, on 16 January 2014, he signed a contract with Willem II until the end of the season. He retired from professional football at the end of the season, having been a part of the team that helped Willem II back to the Eredivisie.

International career

Landzaat was a member of the Dutch squad at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. Landzaat also competed in the 2006 World Cup. On 21 May 2008, Landzaat was released from Marco van Basten's UEFA Euro 2008 provisional squad.

Coaching career

Landzaat ended his career in the summer 2014 and then signed a contract with AZ Alkmaar until 2017 as an individual coach for the first team and for Jong AZ. One year later, he was also appointed assistant manager to Martin Haar for Jong AZ.

From January 2016, he became manager of AZ's U15 team but still retained his coaching role for the Jong and first team's and also as assistant manager for Jong AZ. In the summer 2016, he then took charge of the club's U17 squad and beside that, he also functioned as assistant manager under Danny Blind for the Netherlands national football team in an advisor role. In the summer 2017, he signed a new one-year contract and was appointed assistant manager for Jong AZ, once again under Martin Haar.

In the 2018–19 season, Landzaat was appointed assistant to Giovanni van Bronckhorst. Jaap Stam was appointed manager for Feyenoord in the summer 2019. When Stam stepped down on 28 October 2019, Landzaat also did. One week later, he was appointed assistant manager of Henk ten Cate at Saudi Professional League club Al-Ittihad.

On 19 June 2022, he was announced as the assistant manager under John van den Brom at Polish Ekstraklasa defending champions Lech Poznań. On 18 December 2023, one day after van den Brom's dismissal, Landzaat left the club by mutual consent.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ajax 1995–96 Eredivisie 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
MVV 1996–97 Eerste Divisie 34 2 0 0 34 2
1997–98 Eredivisie 34 4 1 0 35 4
1998–99 34 4 2 1 36 5
Total 102 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 105 11
Willem II 1999–2000 Eredivisie 25 3 1 1 3 0 29 4
2000–01 33 12 3 0 36 12
2001–02 34 16 3 2 37 18
2002–03 34 5 2 0 6 1 42 6
2003–04 13 2 3 2 2 1 18 5
Total 139 38 12 5 11 2 0 0 162 45
AZ Alkmaar 2003–04 Eredivisie 17 3 0 0 17 3
2004–05 33 10 1 1 13 4 47 15
2005–06 29 9 3 2 8 1 2 0 42 12
Total 79 22 4 3 21 5 2 0 106 30
Wigan Athletic 2006–07 Premier League 33 2 1 0 34 2
2007–08 19 3 0 0 19 3
Total 52 5 1 0 53 5
Feyenoord 2007–08 Eredivisie 11 2 3 2 14 4
2008–09 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 1
2009–10 20 2 7 0 27 2
Total 38 5 10 2 0 0 3 0 51 7
Twente 2010–11 Eredivisie 27 2 5 0 12 2 44 4
2011–12 16 0 2 0 9 1 2 0 29 1
2012–13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Total 50 2 7 0 21 3 2 0 80 5
Willem II 2013–14 Eerste Divisie 9 0 0 0 9 0
Career total 470 82 37 11 54 10 7 0 568 103

International

Score and result list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after Landzaat goal.
International goal scored by Denny Landzaat
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 September 2004 Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands  Liechtenstein 3–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours

Ajax

MVV

Feyenoord

Twente

Willem II

  • Eerste Divisie: 2013–14

See also

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