Thijs Hendriks

Thijs Hendriks
Personal information
Full name	Thijs Hendriks
Date of birth	5 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Malden, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	DVOL (Manager)
Youth career
	Juliana '31
	NEC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2005	NEC
2005–2017	Achilles '29
2017	→ Spakenburg (loan)
2017–2018	DFS
2018–2019	Juliana '31
Managerial career
2020–2022	RKSV Brakkenstein
2022–	DVOL
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thijs Hendriks (born 5 February 1985) is a retired Dutch professional footballer who played as a forward^[1] and current manager of Dutch side DVOL Lent.

Club career

Hendriks celebrating winning the Topklasse in 2013

Hendriks kicked off his career with NEC in 2004. The following year he joined non-league Achilles '29. In his long spell with the club, it had many promotions, going to Eerste Divisie in 2013. In October 2014, he was appointed club captain, succeeding Twan Smits.^[2]

Coaching career

In November 2019, Hendriks started his coaching career, as he was appointed manager of RKSV Brakkenstein from January 2020.^[3] At the end of December 2021 it was confirmed, that Hendriks would take charge of DVOL Lent from the upcoming 2021-22 season.^[4]