Ernest Faber

Ernest Anthonius Jacobus Faber (born 27 August 1971) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player.Besides loan spells at NEC, Sparta and Groningen, Faber was part of PSV for 12 seasons and won four Eredivisie titles, a KNVB Cup and four Johan Cruyff Shields.After his playing career, Faber worked at the PSV youth academy and at FC Eindhoven as assistant coach and manager.Born in Geldrop, Faber grew up in the Strijp neighbourhood in Eindhoven, which also included PSV's home ground, the Philips Stadion.Sparta finished eighth in the league and also reached the semi-finals of the KNVB Cup in which Faber played five games.Faber's debut in the starting line-up followed in the home fixture over A.C. Milan, after the PSV squad was struggling with injuries.Coach Hans Westerhof assigned him to Milan's Marco van Basten, whom Faber managed to prevent from scoring.[10] But in September, Faber tore his ankle ligaments after attempting a headed duel with Utrecht’s John van Loen.The injury was called "career threatening" by the PSV club doctor and forced Faber to recover for months, therefore missing out on a possible World Cup participation.[11][27] In the 2001–02 season, Faber received a head wound in the match against Heerenveen and suffered a minor knee injury.[17] In May 2003, while playing with a cast due to his metacarpus injury, Faber suffered an inflammation of a bursa near his Achilles tendon.[28] In February 1998, his good performances with PSV were rewarded with a call-up by coach Guus Hiddink for the senior team trip to the United States.[35] After being an unused substitute in the United States match, Faber made a 58th minute appearance in the game against Mexico on 24 February 1998.[28][36][37] Faber was one of the players considered by Hiddink to be selected for the 1998 FIFA World Cup but after he injured himself before the start of the tournament, he was unable to appear.[55][56][57] After three seasons as PSV assistant, including a brief stint as interim manager due to Cocu having an emergency surgery, Faber left to manage newly promoted NEC, where he remained for a season and impressed many rivals by leading the Nijmegen side to a top half finish in the league.Faber remained in Groningen for two seasons, before being sacked due to inconsistency of results and a failure to qualify for the European play-offs.In November 2019, following the unexpected sacking of Mark van Bommel, Faber was appointed interim manager for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.Faber was also relieved of his duties as head of the PSV Academy, despite being the mastermind behind the first team breakthrough's of stars Donyell Malen and Mohamed Ihattaren.
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