manager after Fred Rutten was sacked as manager. Phillip Cocu was chosen as caretaker. Unlike Cocu, Faber's role was permanent after agreeing on a two-and-a-half-year contract. Faber was present at UEFA Euro 2012 when the Dutch team were knocked out in the group stage. After Van Marwijk resigned in the wake of the elimination, Faber also quit to fully focus on his job at PSV. Despite receiving several managing position offers in 2013, Faber signed a new two-year contract and continued to work as assistant manager after the appointment of Cocu as PSV manager. After 3 seasons as PSV assistant, in which Faber briefly was interim manager due to Phillip Cocu having an emergency surgery, Faber left to manage newly promoted NEC Nijmegen, where he remained for a season and impressing many clubs by leading the nijmegen side to a top half finish in the league, and proving wrong many pundits alike who believed based on Fabers previous record with PSV in the latter stages of the 2013–14 season that he wouldn't succeed at NEC. His performances caught the eye of FC Groningen, who appointed him manager in pre-season of the 2016–17 season. Faber remained in Groningen for 2 seasons, before being sacked due to inconsistency in results and a failure to qualify for the European play-offs. In June 2018, Faber was appointed head of academy under new manager Mark van Bommel. In November 2019, following the unexpected sacking of Mark van Bommel, Faber was appointed interim manager for the remainder of the 2019–20 season, after a decent 6 wins out of 11, the season was nul and voided due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, meaning that PSV automatically qualified for the 2020-21 Europa League 3rd qualifying round based on League position at the time, thus classifying Fabers brief second interim spell as an almost success. Faber left PSV eindhoven in July 202, following the appointment of Roger Schmidt as the new head coach, in a staff rebuild, Faber was also subsequently relieved off his duties as head of academy, despite being the mastermind behind the first team breakthrough's of current stars Donyell Malen and Mohamed Ihattaren. Personal life His son, Cas Faber, plays as a midfielder for FC Eindhoven. Career statistics Club International Managerial statistics Honours Player PSV Eredivisie: 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03 KNVB Cup: 1995–96 Johan Cruyff Shield: 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000 References External links Ernest Faber at