with Verbeek about joining the club as a member of the board. He held that position until his death. Managerial style Verbeek usually employed two holding midfielders and a sole striker up front. His teams usually played conservatively with a slow tempo, built up play gradually and heavily relied on crosses and team passes. Personal life and death Verbeek's brother Robert is also a football coach. However, they are not related to yet another coach, Gertjan Verbeek, who also coached Feyenoord. He died on 28 November 2019 at 63, after a four-year battle with cancer. Managerial statistics References External links 1956 births 2019 deaths Eredivisie players Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch footballers Dutch football managers Dutch expatriate football managers Sparta Rotterdam players Sparta Rotterdam managers De Graafschap managers Feyenoord managers J1 League managers J2 League managers Omiya Ardija managers Kyoto Sanga FC managers Expatriate soccer managers in Australia Expatriate football managers in Japan Expatriate football managers in South Korea Australian soccer coaches Australia national soccer team managers 2007 AFC Asian Cup managers 2010 FIFA World Cup managers Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles national football team managers South Korea national football team managers FC Groningen managers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Morocco 2019 AFC Asian Cup managers Association football midfielders Expatriate football managers in Morocco Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Oman Expatriate football managers in Oman Oman national football team managers