Lodeweges started as an assistant under coach Koeman.

With Dwight Lodeweges will Ronald Koeman is an experienced assistant coach next to him. The 60-year-old Lodeweges is this season during the interlandperiodes leased from PEC Zwolle and in the summer finally the switch.

Lodeweges will bring you back to the KNVB, where he was in the season 2016/2017 Orange under-20 coaches. The union wants the appointment, that Tuesday, through different media, it is reported, if requested, not yet officially confirm.

During the training duels with England (23 march) and Portugal (26 march) will Lodeweges for the first time as the right hand of Koeman act. Also in the friendly matches against Slovakia (31 may) and Italy (4 June) is Lodeweges leased from PEC Zwolle. By July 1, he shall adopt in the service of the bond.

Immediately after the appointment of Koeman and the beginning of February it became clear that Lodeweges in the picture was to be assistant to. Also the names of Kees of Miracles, goalkeeping coach Patrick Lodewijks and condition trainer Jan Kluitenberg at the time were called.

The last job of Lodeweges as head coach was at sc Heerenveen. Previously he was also for the group at SC Cambuur, NEC, PSV (interim), FC Groningen, PEC, the Canadian FC Edmonton and JEF United from Japan.

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Kluivert, Shaper, and Weghorst, days in pre-selection Orange

Selection

Friday makes Koeman his first final selection as keuzeheer known. In his 33-man pre-selection to sit with Ruud Molder (Club Brugge), Justin Kluivert (Ajax), Steven Bergwijn (PSV), Hans Hateboer (Atalanta Bergamo) and the AZ-trio Wout Weghorst, Guus Lift and Marco Bizot seven new names.

On Monday comes in Orange together in the run-up to the international matches against England and Portugal. The pitch for the Dutch national team is no longer Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk, but the KNVB campus in sacramento.

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