Martijn Reuser

Martijn Reuser

Reuser (left) with Bryan Roy and Olaf Lindenbergh
Personal information
Full name	Martijn Franciscus Reuser
Date of birth	(1975-02-01) 1 February 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Netherlands U18 (manager) Netherlands U16 (assistant)
Youth career
	Rood Wit Amsterdam
	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–2000	Ajax	45	(6)
1997–1999	→ Vitesse (loan)	56	(14)
2000	→ Ipswich Town (loan)	8	(2)
2000–2004	Ipswich Town	83	(12)
2004–2006	Willem II	47	(14)
2006–2008	RKC Waalwijk	40	(11)
2008–2010	NAC Breda	37	(1)
Total		317	(60)
International career
1998	Netherlands	1	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2013	NAC Breda (U19 assistant)
2013–2014	NAC Breda (U12)
2014–2015	NAC Breda (U15)
2014–2016	Netherlands U15 (assistant)
2015–2016	ADO Den Haag (U17 assistant)
2016–2018	ADO Den Haag(U16)
2016–2018	Netherlands U16 (assistant)
2018–2019	Netherlands U15
2018–2020	Netherlands U19 (assistant)
2019–2021	Netherlands U16
2020–	Netherlands U18
2021–	Netherlands U16 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martijn Franciscus Reuser (born 1 February 1975) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played top-flight football in both the Netherlands and England. He made one appearance for the Netherlands national team. ^[1]

Career

Born in Amsterdam, Reuser began his career at Dutch club Ajax and, having joined at youth level, made the step up to play in the first team. He was a skilful, goal-scoring midfielder who looked capable of being a permanent fixture in the Dutch national setup. His career was looking very promising, but he suffered a serious knee injury, which appeared to end his Ajax career. He moved to another Dutch side, Vitesse. It was here that Reuser made his one and only international appearance against Ghana in a friendly. He did not really hit it off at Vitesse and was re-signed by Ajax.

He made only one appearance for the first team and he was loaned to English club Ipswich Town in the 1999–2000 season after being scouted by Romeo Zondervan. ^[2] Having scored a late winner on his début against Fulham ^[3] and a memorable goal to seal off Ipswich's play-off win against Barnsley at Wembley, ^[4] Ipswich signed him on a permanent basis. ^[5] During his four-year stay at Portman Road he established a reputation as a free-kick taker. ^[6] He was troubled by injury problems during his Ipswich Town career. Despite this, he managed to score six goals in his first full season with the club, establishing himself as one of the most dangerous attacking midfielders in the Premier League, helping Ipswich to an impressive fifth-place finish in the 2000–01 season and a return for the club to UEFA Cup football. After that, however, the injuries really set in. Ipswich were relegated the following season and he also fell out with new manager Joe Royle.

Reuser left Ipswich and joined Willem II for the 2004–05 season. He was less troubled by injury in the Netherlands, but he missed two months of the season with Achilles tendon problems. He was still the club's top scorer as the team finished 11th in the table. The following season was more difficult for Willem II. Reuser spent a lot of the season on the sidelines, and the side finished 16th in the table, which meant play-offs again for Reuser. He saved his side, with a hat-trick in their semi-final against FC Zwolle. Reuser signed for another Dutch side RKC Waalwijk for the 2006–07 season. He played for NAC Breda in the 2009–10 season. In January 2012, Reuser was linked with a return to former club Ipswich Town. ^[7]

Coaching career

Reuser started his coaching career in the 2012–13 season, where he worked as an assistant coach for NAC Breda's U19 squad. ^[8] During 2013, Reuser also did an internship at Ajax. ^[9] In the 2013–14 season, Reuser was in charge of NAC's U12 squad.

Ahead of the 2014–15 season, Reuser was in charge of NAC's U15s. ^[10] Beside that, he was also appointed assistant manager of the Dutch U15 national team. ^[11]

Beside his job for the Dutch U15 national team, Reuser joined ADO Den Haag in June 2015 as assistant coach for their U17s. ^[12] In the summer 2016, Reuser took charge of ADO's U16s. ^[13]

After leaving ADO in June 2018, Reuser worked in several roles for the Dutch youth national teams. ^[14]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^[15]

Club	Season	League			National Cup [lower-alpha 1]		League Cup [lower-alpha 2]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ajax	1993–94	Eredivisie	2	0	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	0	0	4	0
	1994–95	Eredivisie	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	2	0
	1995–96	Eredivisie	18	3	0	0	—		4 [lower-alpha 4]	0	2 [lower-alpha 5]	0	24	3
	1996–97	Eredivisie	19	3	0	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 4]	0	0	0	22	3
	1997–98	Eredivisie	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	1	0
	1998–99	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	1999–00	Eredivisie	3	0	0	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 6]	1	0	0	5	1
	Total		45	6	1	0	0	0	10	1	2	0	58	7
Vitesse (loan)	1997–98	Eredivisie	24	6	0	0	—		0	0	—		24	6
	1998–99	Eredivisie	32	8	2	2	—		4 [lower-alpha 6]	1	—		38	11
	Total		56	14	2	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	62	17
Ipswich Town (loan)	1999–00	First Division	8	2	0	0	0	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 7]	2	11	4
Ipswich Town	2000–01	Premier League	26	6	1	0	7	0	—		—		34	6
	2001–02	Premier League	24	1	2	0	1	2	3 [lower-alpha 6]	0	—		30	3
	2002–03	First Division	16	2	1	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 6]	0	—		18	2
	2003–04	First Division	17	3	2	1	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 7]	0	21	4
	Total		91	14	6	1	9	2	4	0	4	2	114	19
Willem II	2004–05	Eredivisie	27	9	2	0	—		—		—		34	6
	2005–06	Eredivisie	20	5	0	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 6]	0	0	0	22	5
	Total		47	14	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	51	14
RKC Waalwijk	2006–07	Eredivisie	20	1	0	0	—		—		0	0	20	1
	2007–08	Eerste Divisie	20	10	0	0	—		—		0	0	20	10
	Total		40	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	11
NAC Breda	2008–09	Eredivisie	21	1	4	1	—		3 [lower-alpha 8]	1	—		28	3
	2009–10	Eredivisie	15	0	1	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 9]	0	—		16	0
	Total		36	1	5	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	44	3
Career total			315	60	16	4	9	2	26	3	6	2	372	71

1. Includes appearances in FA Cup and KNVB Cup
2. Includes appearances in EFL Cup
3. Appearance in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
7. Appearance(s) in First Division play-offs
8. Appearances in UEFA Europa League play-offs
9. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[16]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	1998	1	0
Total		1	0

Honours

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 1995
• Intercontinental Cup: 1995

Ipswich Town

• Football League First Division play-offs: 2000 ^[17]

References

1. "Martijn Reuser". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
2. "The Ex-Files: Martijn Reuser". www.twtd.co.uk. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
3. "Ipswich 1 Fulham 0". Sporting Life. 25 March 2000. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
4. "Ipswich triumph at last". BBC Sport. 29 May 2000. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
5. "Ipswich go Dutch". BBC Sport. 23 June 2000. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
6. "My Favourite Footballer ... Martijn Reuser". The Equaliser (Blog). 27 September 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
7. Martijn Reuser Archived 20 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine NAC Breda. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
8. Oud-prof Martijn Reuser: 'NAC-Ajax wordt een dolle avond', omroepbrabant.nl, 25 April 2013
9. Reuser: “Plezier essentieel in jeugdopleiding”, ajax1.nl, 6 March 2013
10. Martijn Reuser combineert NAC Breda D2 met Nederlands Elftal voor spelers onder de 15 jaar, nacbreda1912.wordpress.com, 4 August 2014
11. NIEUWE COACHES NATIONALE SELECTIES, knvb.nl, 31 July 2014
12. Reuser als jeugdcoach aan de slag bij ADO, fcupdate.nl, 5 June 2014
13. ADO DEN HAAG ONDER 16 VIA EXCELSIOR DOOR NAAR VOLGENDE RONDE BEKERTOERNOOI, adodenhaagjeugd.nl, 28 August 2016
14. Profile at LinkedIn, linkedin.com
15. Martijn Reuser at Soccerbase
16. Martijn Reuser at National-Football-Teams.com
17. "Ipswich triumph at last". BBC News. 29 May 2000. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

External links

• Martijn Reuser at Soccerbase