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{{Short description|Dutch footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Piet Hamberg
| fullname = 
| image = Piet Hamberg, Bestanddeelnr 930-9343.jpg
| image_size = 180
| caption = Hamberg with [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] in 1980
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|1|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Winschoten]], Netherlands
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| height = {{height|m=1.85}}
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1973–1974
| years2 = 1974–1976
| years3 = 1976–1978
| years4 = 1978–1980
| years5 = 1980–1982
| clubs1 = [[NEC Nijmegen|NEC]]
| clubs2 = [[FC Wageningen|Wageningen]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Utrecht|Utrecht]]
| clubs4 = [[Servette FC|Servette]]
| clubs5 = [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
| caps1 = 1
| caps2 = 51
| caps3 = 55
| caps4 = 56
| caps5 = 18
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 5
| goals3 = 11
| goals4 = 28
| goals5 = 4
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = 
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
| manageryears1 = 1999–2002
| manageryears2 = 2000–2002
| manageryears3 = 2003–2004
| manageryears4 = 2004–2006
| manageryears5 = 2006
| manageryears6 = 2006–2007
| manageryears7 = 2007–2009
| manageryears8 = 2009–2010
| manageryears9 = 2012
| manageryears10= 2012–2013
| manageryears11= 2013–2015
| manageryears12= 2015–2019
| manageryears13= 2019–2020
| managerclubs1 = [[Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi)|Al-Ahly]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper]] (head of youth department)
| managerclubs3 = [[Al Dhafra FC|Al Dhafra]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Al Jazira Club|Al Jazira]]
| managerclubs5 = [[Togo national football team|Togo]] (assistant)
| managerclubs6 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] (head of youth department)
| managerclubs7 = [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper]] (head of youth department)
| managerclubs8 = [[Etoile Sportive du Sahel|ES Sahel]]
| managerclubs9 = [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] (assistant)
| managerclubs10= [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] (scout)
| managerclubs11= [[Etoile Sportive du Sahel|ES Sahel]] (head of youth department)
| managerclubs12= [[Al Jazira Club|Al Jazira]] (assistant)
| managerclubs13= [[Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]] (assistant)
}}
'''Piet Hamberg''' (born 22 January 1954) is a former Dutch [[Association football|footballer]] and manager. He worked at [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] as technical manager for their [[Liverpool F.C. Academy|academy]].<ref>[http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/reds-name-new-academy-technical-manager Liverpoolfc.Tv: Reds Name New Academy Technical Manager<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Playing career==
Hamberg began his youth career with [[FC Groningen|Groningen]]. During his playing career, Hamberg represented [[NEC Nijmegen|NEC]], [[FC Wageningen|Wageningen]], [[FC Utrecht|Utrecht]], [[Servette FC|Servette]] and [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]. During a European Cup clash in [[Madrid]] his knee was injured, and it took him quite a while to get fit. Once he was declared fit to play, the same knee was injured in a match against [[PSV Eindhoven]] and he was sidelined for quite a period yet again, and eventually an Achilles tendon injury ended his career as a player.<ref>[http://www.degoeieouwetijd.nl/archief_8081.htm Ajax-homepage "De Goeie Ouwe Tijd.nl"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Hamberg played in one match for [[Netherlands national football team]], but was unavailable for further selection due to the Achilles tendon injury that ended his career.<ref>[http://www.degoeieouwetijd.nl/archief_8081.htm Ajax-homepage "De Goeie Ouwe Tijd.nl"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Managerial career==
After his playing career, Hamberg became a coach and worked in Saudi Arabia, Libya, the United Arab Emirates and Togo.<ref name="vi.nl">[https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/hamberg-gaat-talenten-van-liverpool-opleiden.htm VI – Hamberg gaat talenten van Liverpool opleiden<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He led the [[Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team|Saudi Arabia under-20 team]] toward the World Cup before becoming a manager at Libyan club [[Al-Ahly (Tripoli)|Al-Ahly]]. In 2003, he replaced fellow Dutch manager [[Jan Versleijen]] at [[Al-Jazira Club]] in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>[https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/hamberg-opvolger-versleijen-in-emiraten.htm VI – Hamberg opvolger Versleijen in Emiraten<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> For Togo he was the assistant to manager [[Otto Pfister]] at their [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] campaign. However, Hamberg and Pfister stepped back from their position after it was announced that their players had not received any promised money for qualifying for the World Cup.<ref>[http://football.guardian.co.uk/worldcup2006/story/0,,1794600,00.html All change in the Togo camp | World Cup 2006 | Guardian Unlimited Football<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Eventually Pfister returned before their World Cup opener against [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]], but Hamberg decided not to and told the press he is a man of his words.<ref>[http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/4562/Voetbal/article/detail/2382083/2006/06/12/Bondscoach-Pfister-terug-bij-Togo.dhtml Voetbalnieuws: Bondscoach Pfister terug bij Togo - Ad.nl<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In between he was manager and technical director of [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]] in two different stints between 1997 and April 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html|title = Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs}}</ref><ref name="vi.nl"/> As a result of his successes, Hamberg became known as one of the best youth developers in the world,{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} leading to his appointment as technical manager for [[Liverpool F.C. Academy]] in July 2007. His successes continued at Liverpool, as he groomed six youth international players{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} and guided the under-18 team to the Football Association Youth Cup Final.
 
On 11 May, Liverpool announced that Hamberg was to leave the club at the end of the season. No reason was given for his departure. On 22 December 2009, he became the manager of Tunisian club [[Etoile Sportive du Sahel|ES Sahel]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.etoile-du-sahel.com/fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9578&Itemid=170|title = Etoile du Sahel}}</ref> until 15 April 2010. Later on, he worked as an assistant coach and scout at [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]], then he returned to ES Sahel to work as the head of youth department for two years. Afterwards, he worked as an assistant coach at [[Al Jazira Club|Al Jazira]] and [[Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]] with [[Henk ten Cate]].

==Honours==
;Servette
*[[Swiss Super League]]: [[1978–79 Nationalliga A|1978–79]]
*[[Swiss Cup]]: 1978–79
*[[Swiss League Cup]]: 1979
*[[Coppa delle Alpi]]: 1979

;Ajax
*[[Eredivisie]]: [[1981–82 Eredivisie|1981–82]]
'''Individual'''
* [[Swiss Footballer of the Year#Foreigner of the Year|Swiss Foreign Footballer of the Year]]: 1979–80

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.elfvoetbal.nl/speler/08365_piet-hamberg Piet Hamberg] at ELFvoetbal.nl {{in lang|nl}}

{{Swiss Footballer of the Year}}
{{Al Dhafra FC managers}}
{{Grasshopper Club Zürich managers}}
{{Étoile Sportive du Sahel managers}}
{{Al-Ittihad managers}}

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