Giovanni Franken

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Giovanni Franken
Personal information
Full name Giovanni Francesco Zacharias Franken
Date of birth (1977-11-14) 14 November 1977 (age 44)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
DOTO
1998–1999 Dordrecht 5 (0)
1999 VVM
1999–2002 RKC Waalwijk 8 (0)
2002–2006 DOTO
2006–2007 BVV Barendrecht
2007–2010 RVVH
National team
2004–2008 Netherlands Antilles 8 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2014 RVVH (assistant)
2013–2016 RVVH
2013–2015 Aruba
2016–2018 RVVH
2018–2019 Achilles Veen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Giovanni Francesco Zacharias Franken[1] (born 14 November 1977) is a footballer who plays for amateur club RVVH, as a midfielder.

Born in the Netherlands, Franken represented the Netherlands Antilles at international level. He was also head coach of the Aruba national football team between October 2013 and August 2015.

Career[]

Club career[]

Born in Rotterdam, Franken played club football for Feyenoord, DOTO, Dordrecht, VVM, RKC Waalwijk, BVV Barendrecht and RVVH.[2][3] He moved from DOTO, where he was captain, to BVV Barendrecht in May 2006.[4] He signed for RVVH in February 2007.[5]

International career[]

He represented Netherlands Antilles at international level, earning 8 caps between 2004 and 2008,[3][6] which included 7 games in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.[7]

Coaching career[]

In October 2013 he became head coach of the Aruba national football team,[1] combining his coaching duties in Aruba with his playing career in the Netherlands.[8] He left in August 2015.[9]

On 4 January 2018, it was announced that Franken would take charge of Achilles Veen from the 2018–19 season.[10] After seven months, Franken left the club by mutual agreement on 25 January 2019.[11][12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Giovanni Franken at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Profile" (in Dutch). Ronald Zwiers. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Giovanni Franken". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Gemengde gevoelens bij DOTO-aanvoerder Giovanni Franken" (in Dutch). AD.nl. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Nadere kennismaking met Giovanni Franken" (in Dutch). RVVH. 28 February 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Profile". Caribbean Football Database. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  7. ^ Giovanni Franken – FIFA competition record (archived)
  8. ^ Richard Feenstra (6 March 2014). "Giovanni Franken wederom bondscoach Aruba" (in Dutch). Voetbal Rotterdam. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  9. ^ "AVBAruba.aw - the official site of Arubaanse Voetbal Bond".
  10. ^ GIOVANNI FRANKEN NIEUWE HOOFDTRAINER ACHILLES VEEN, achillesveen.nl, 4 January 2018
  11. ^ ACHILLES VEEN EN GIOVANNI FRANKEN UIT ELKAAR, achillesveen.nl, 25 January 2019
  12. ^ Profile at Footballdatabase, footballdatabase.eu
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