Erik ten Hag Career Achievements

Erik Ten Hag Career Achievements

What do you know about Erik Ten Hag Career Achievements and managerial journey?

The Netherlands national was born on the 2nd of February 1970 in Haaksbergen, Overijssel. Erik ten Hag played as a professional footballer in the Netherlands making 336 appearances and scoring 15 goals for six different teams combined.

Erik ten Hag Playing Style

Erik ten Hag likes playing fast, quick, and direct kind of football putting pressure on every player on the field starting from players upfront making hard runs, and staying high up the field with the midfielders giving long passes towards them.

Erik ten Hag Playing Career Achievements

The 1990-91 Eerste Divisie trophy was won by De Graafschap which Erik ten Hag was part of and winning the KNVB Cup as a player with Twente in the year 2000-01 season,

Managerial Career Achievements

Hag won his first trophy as a manager in the year 2013-14 season being a manager of the Bayern Munich II side and winning the Regionalliga Bayern.

Utrecht

Erik left to manage Utrecht and was the KNVB Cup runner-up in the 2015-16 season making it his second achievement as a manager of a club. He was awarded the Rinus Michels Award in the year 2015-16.

Ajax

Joined Ajax and won the Eredivisie title three times in the following seasons 2018-19, 2020-21, and the 2021-2022 season.

KNVB cup winner for the 2018-19 season and 2020-21 seasons and was a runner-up in the year 2021-22 season. Ten Hag also won the Johan Cruyff Shield trophy  ( Dutch Super Cup) in 2019.

He was awarded the Rinus Michels Award in the years 2018-19, and 2020-21.

Manchester United

Following his first spell as a manager at Manchester United Erik ten Hag won the EFL Cup in the 2022-23 season and was runner-up for the FA Cup that same year losing to their arch-rivals Manchester City in the 2022-23 season.

Won the FA Cup in the 2023-24 season after defeating rivals Manchester City in a 2-1 match.

Individually, Erik ten Hag was awarded the Premier League Manager of the Month in September 2022, February, and November 2023.