1. Ernest Anthonius Jacobus Faber was born on 27 August 1971 and is a Dutch professional football manager and former player.
41 Facts About Ernest Faber
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Ernest Faber is currently consulting as the technical director at A-League Men side Adelaide United, subject to his visa.
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Besides loan spells at NEC, Sparta and Groningen, Ernest Faber was part of PSV for 12 seasons and won four Eredivisie titles, a KNVB Cup and four Johan Cruyff Shields.
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Ernest Faber played one match for the Netherlands national team in 1998.
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From March 2012, Ernest Faber worked as assistant manager at PSV.
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Ernest Faber then moved to fellow top division club Groningen in 2016.
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Ernest Faber's performances led to interest from PSV and EVV, with PSV scout Gerrit van Tilburg having discovered him at DBS.
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NEC's season ended in 18th place and relegation; Ernest Faber appeared in 30 league fixtures and three cup games.
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Sparta finished eighth in the league and reached the semi-finals of the KNVB Cup in which Ernest Faber played five games.
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Ernest Faber appeared in 18 Eredivisie matches in his first season.
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Ernest Faber played his first UEFA Champions League match as a substitute against FC Porto.
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Coach Hans Westerhof assigned him to Milan's Marco van Basten, whom Ernest Faber managed to prevent from scoring.
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Cartilage was removed from Ernest Faber's ankle, sidelining him for a long period.
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Ernest Faber recovered in time for a training camp in Spain, but it was there when he noticed the injury did not completely heal yet.
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That year, Ernest Faber appeared in 21 league games and scored twice.
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The injury was called "career threatening" by the PSV club doctor and forced Ernest Faber to recover for months, therefore missing out on a possible World Cup participation.
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PSV won the Eredivisie that year, but Ernest Faber only appeared in three league matches.
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PSV clinched the league title again and this time Ernest Faber had a bigger contribution with 17 matches.
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In June 2001, Ernest Faber extended his contract with PSV for another two years.
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In February 2003, Ernest Faber signed a new one-year contract extension with PSV.
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In May 2003, while playing with a cast due to his metacarpus injury, Ernest Faber suffered an inflammation of a bursa near his Achilles tendon.
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Ernest Faber finally returned in the Champions League match against AS Monaco in November 2003, but received a hamstring injury during that game.
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Ernest Faber returned in an exhibition match against Trabzonspor in January 2004, but Faber suffered a new hamstring injury.
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Ernest 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.
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Ernest Faber claimed that the team was neglected by PSV and not strengthened as promised.
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Ernest Faber's desire was to remain at the club, but the board did not offer him another position.
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Ernest Faber proceeded to join FC Eindhoven as their assistant manager in December 2006.
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Ernest Faber coached the team in the remaining three matches.
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In 2008, Ernest Faber returned to PSV to coach the under-19 squad.
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In November 2009, Ernest Faber showed interest in becoming the PSV academy director.
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Ernest Faber simultaneously agreed on a two-year contract as manager of MVV Maastricht.
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Ernest Faber subsequently became the manager of FC Eindhoven after signing a two-year contract.
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In February 2011, Ernest Faber was appointed as assistant manager of Bert van Marwijk at the Netherlands national team.
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In March 2012, Ernest Faber returned to PSV as assistant manager after Fred Rutten was sacked as manager.
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Unlike Cocu, Ernest Faber's role was permanent after agreeing on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
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Ernest Faber was present at UEFA Euro 2012 when the Dutch team were knocked out in the group stage.
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Van Marwijk resigned following the elimination, while Ernest Faber quit to fully concentrate on his job at PSV.
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Ernest 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.
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In June 2018, Ernest Faber was appointed head of academy under new manager Mark van Bommel.
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Ernest Faber left PSV Eindhoven in July 2022, following the appointment of Roger Schmidt as head coach.
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Ernest Faber was 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.