by
Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editorTwo names, one warranty:
Max Tjaden and
Hjalmar Hoekema are now (since past summer) in charge of the
Dutch National team respectively as head coach and assistant.
A kind of choice in the name of continuity, the one made by
KNVB, as Tjaden (after a shining career as a player, serving 78 times the national team as well) has been the
Marcel Loosveld's assistant since 2009 to 2014, before joining the Eredivisie club
TPP Rotterdam.
Not even
Hjalmar Hoekema (the "ideal man" according to Tjaden declarations after his appointment) is in need of introduction, another historical name of the five-a-side game in the Netherlands alongside with Tjaden: both were part of the golden era of HV/Veerhuys. Hoekema will also keep his place as ZVV Volendam head coach in the domestic second league.
Few days ago
KNVB held the first training stage of the "new"
Netherlands that under the slogan "Samen dingen doen" (kind of :let's do it together) will try to enter the
Futsal EURO 2018 in Slovenia.
Below have a look at the first roster selected by
Max Tjaden, working in the KNVB campus in Zeist between September 2-4.
Dutch National Team - Players ListAbdessamad
Attahiri (ZVV ‘t Knooppunt)
Ismail
Ouadouh (KK Malle - BELGIUM)
Jamal
el Ghannouti (ZVV ‘t Knooppunt)
Jordany
Martinus (FC Eindhoven)
Khalid
El Hattach (Groene Ster Vlissingen)
Lahcen
Bouyouzan (FC Eindhoven)
Manuel
Kuyk (ZVV ‘t Knooppunt)
Mo
Allouch (FC Eindhoven)
Mo
Bendadi (WSV/Shoepimp)
Mo
Darri (FT Antwerpen - BELGIUM)
Peter
Rozenbeek (FC Marlene)
Pieter
Grimmelius (FC Eindhoven)
Said
Bouzambou (ZVV ‘t Knooppunt)
Sander
de Zwart (FT Antwerpen - BELGIUM)
Soeremly
Tevrede (FC Marlene)
Tevfik
Ceyar (ASV Lebo)
Younes
Makraou (ASV Lebo)
Youssef
Makraou (ASV Lebo)
Zakaria
Amrani (FC Marlene)
Head Coach: Max Tjaden
Max Tjaden appointed on past July as new Dutch National Team Coach (Photo courtesy: KNVB)