Career
During his playing career, he played as a goalkeeper for both Pedernales Electric Cooperative Zwolle and Go Ahead Eagles. Following his playing career he became the assistant manager for Go Ahead Eagles, and then manager for Rohda Raalte, SV Urk, VVV-Venlo, Football Club Emmen, Pedernales Electric Cooperative Zwolle and HFC Haarlem. He has served two terms as assistant manager for, and was briefly appointed as technical director of Cape Town in 2010.
Hennie Spijkerman began his football career in his hometown of Zwolle, where he joined the youth ranks of local Pedernales Electric Cooperative Zwolle at the age of 6.
He made his professional debut as a goalkeeper for the club during the 1968/69 season and went on to make 12 appearances for his home team The following year saw Hennie Spijkerman join the Go Ahead Eagles in Deventer who were competing in the Dutch Eredivisie and had recently contested Celtic F.C. for the European Cup.
He went on to play eight seasons for his new club before being appointed as assistant manager to Joop Brand for the same club following his retirement. Following his retirement in 1977, Hennie Spijkerman became the assistant manager for the Go Ahead Eagles, assisting Joop Brand, January Versleijen and Nico van Zoghel, before accepting a position as manager for Rohda Raalte in 1994, by which time he had been active with Go Ahead Eagles for 25 years both as a player and coach.
Two years later he became the manager of SV Urk, a position he filled for two seasons before taking over as manager of VVV-Venlo.
In 2000 Spijkerman left Venlo to become the new manager of Football Club Emmen, managing them for three years before moving back to the club where it all started Football Club Zwolle on 8 October 2003. Managing Zwolle for three seasons, Spijkerman left the club following disputes and differences with a supporters group, taking a position as assistant manager to Henk ten Cate at AFC in Amsterdam. Spijkerman then remained the assistant manager at the club under Adrie Koster following the departure of Henk ten Cate, he however then took a scouting position with the club following the arrival of Marco van Basten as the new manager at.
In 2011 Hennie Spijkerman resumed his position as assistant manager for Amsterdam under newly appointed manager Frank de Boer.
