Dirk Heesen

Dirk Heesen (born 15 September 1969) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is assistant coach of Jupiler Pro League side Beerschot.

Playing career Heesen played for Utrecht, Wageningen, ADO Den Haag and FC Oss in a career that spanned from 1988 to 2002.

Coaching career After retiring in 2002, Heesen began coaching at FC Oss and continued in an assisting role until 2010, when he was appointed their manager. Heesen remained as Oss' manager until 2012, winning them promotion from the Topklasse Sunday League in the process. In 2012, he was head coach of Team VVCS. Heesen then worked as assistant of Willem II from 2013 to 2015. He worked in China in 2015 with Guangzhou Evergrande as a coach before moving on 15 December 2015 to Queens Park Rangers as the first team coach. Heesen left that role in November 2016, and rejoined ADO Den Haag where he played in the '90s, as an assistant coach in February 2017. After leaving ADO, Heesen became assistant manager alongside Dirk Kuyt at Jupiler Pro League team K Beerschot VA.