Assistant Manager First Team · FC Utrecht

Rob Penders

Born 31 Dec 1975 · Zaandam (age 49)

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2025

Current ability
120 of 200
Best job (calc)
—
World reputation
—
Current reputation
5,750
Wage
£2,376 p/w
Contract until
30 Jun 2026

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
—
Pressing style
—
Mentality
—
Coaching style
—

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking—
  • Directness—
  • Pressing—
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo—
  • Width—
  • Depth—
  • Flamboyancy—
  • Flexibility—

Team management

  • Free roles—
  • Marking—
  • Offside trap—
  • Set pieces—
  • Squad rotation—
  • Use of playmaker—
  • Use of substitutes—
  • Dirtiness allowance—

Stored preferences and tactical tendencies. Each tendency uses the game’s 1–20 scale.

Staff attributes

Coaching 12

  • Attacking—
  • Defending—
  • Fitness—
  • Mental—
  • Tactical—
  • Technical—
  • Working with youngsters—
  • GK distribution—
  • GK handling—
  • GK shot stopping—
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination—
  • Discipline—
  • Man management—
  • Motivating—

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability—
  • Judging player potential—
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge—
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy—
  • Injury management—

Board 9

  • Business—
  • Buying players—
  • Hardness of training—
  • Interference—
  • Mind games—
  • Patience—
  • Resources—
  • Versatility—
  • Eccentricity—

Personality 8

  • Adaptability16
  • Ambition14
  • Controversy—
  • Loyalty15
  • Pressure—
  • Professionalism13
  • Sportsmanship16
  • Temperament15

Stored staff attributes, 1–20. A dash means the attribute is not recorded for this person in this build.

Coaching stars (calc)

  • Overall——
  • Quickness——
  • Strength——
  • GK shot stopping——
  • GK handling——
  • Defending (tactical)——
  • Defending (technical)——
  • Possession (tactical)——
  • Possession (technical)——
  • Attacking (tactical)——
  • Attacking (technical)——

Calculated by fm-reader per training category, as FM shows them. Missing ratings remain blank.

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Director of football—0.5 of 5 stars—
Manager First Team—3.5 of 5 stars20
Assistant Manager First Team—3 of 5 stars18
Coach First Team—1.5 of 5 stars10
Scout—1.5 of 5 stars10
Physio First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Head of Youth Development—0.5 of 5 stars—
Sports Scientist First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Technical Director—0.5 of 5 stars—
Loan Manager—0.5 of 5 stars—
Performance Analyst First Team—0.5 of 5 stars—
Set Piece Coach (First Team)—0.5 of 5 stars—

Calculated by fm-reader (1–200); preference is the stored 1–20 wish for the job.

Staff profile

Coaching badge
Continental Pro License
Potential ability
135
Best job (calc)
—
Home reputation
5,750
Reputation scope (calc)
—
Personality (calc)
—
Media handling (calc)
—

Personal

Full name
—
First name
Rob
Last name
Penders
Common name
—
Date of birth
31 Dec 1975 age 49 at game start
Place of birth
Zaandam
Nationality
The Netherlands
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
Dutch

Contract

Job
Assistant Manager First Team
Contract type
Full Time
Joined club
1 Jul 2023
Contract starts
1 Jul 2023
Contract expires
30 Jun 2026
Weekly wage
£2,376
Leaves at end of contract
No
Needs work permit
—
Retired
30 Jun 2011 (Professional player retirement)

Playing career

17
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2010 NAC Breda VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 291 Unknown fee
2009 NAC Breda VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 230 Unknown fee
2008 NAC Breda VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 252 Unknown fee
2007 NAC Breda VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 272 Unknown fee
2006 NAC Breda VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 251 Unknown fee
2005 NAC Breda VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 41 Unknown fee
2004 NAC Breda VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 271 Unknown fee
2003 NAC Breda VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 252 Unknown fee
2002 NAC Breda VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 283 Unknown fee
2001 NAC Breda VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 300 Unknown fee
2000 NAC Breda VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 316 Unknown fee
1999 NAC Breda Keuken Kampioen Divisie 140 Unknown fee
1999 RBC Keuken Kampioen Divisie 173 Unknown fee
1998 RBC Keuken Kampioen Divisie 316 Unknown fee
1997 RBC Keuken Kampioen Divisie 334 Unknown fee
1996 RBC Keuken Kampioen Divisie 250 Unknown fee
1995 RBC Keuken Kampioen Divisie 80 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)40217/17 recorded3217/17 recorded

Up to 200 stored seasons. The site's sums cover the displayed rows only; missing appearances and goals are excluded separately.

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
The Netherlands000 / 0

Staff career

4
  1. FC Utrecht

    1 Jul 2023 – —

    Assistant Manager First Team

  2. FC Eindhoven

    1 Jul 2021 – 30 Jun 2023

    Manager First Team

  3. ADO Den Haag

    1 Jul 2019 – 30 Jun 2020

    Manager (U19 Team)

  4. NAC Breda

    1 Jul 2012 – 22 Mar 2019

    Coach First Team

Up to 200 stored career entries. A missing departure date remains unknown.

Favourite clubs

NAC Breda Player100

Favourite people

Arne Slot Friend75
Alfred Schreuder Friend75

About this record

  1. calc marks a calculated figure. Position and role ratings, values, personality, job ratings and stars come from fm-reader.
  2. A dash means this build does not store the value. Numeric zero is shown as stored.
  3. Ages, employment and contracts are at game start, 1 Jul 2025.