Coach DNA
Playing style
creative · shot-heavy
Style consistency
More consistent than 70% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Manchester United
Aug 2022 – Oct 2024 · 127 matches
1.72 points per game in Premier League (85 matches).
Manchester United with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.64 (185 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +125 above the league average under him, +94 under the others.
Most used
- Bruno Fernandes10,416' · Elo 2,408
- Diogo Dalot8,780' · Elo 2,409
- M. Rashford8,275' · Elo 2,479
- Casemiro7,187' · Elo 2,241
- A. Onana5,741' · Elo 2,302
- A. Garnacho5,635' · Elo 2,386
- C. Eriksen5,318' · Elo 1,951
- Lisandro Martínez5,283' · Elo 2,390
- David de Gea5,257' · Elo 2,090
- Antony5,218' · Elo 2,398
Ajax
Jan 2018 – May 2022 · 209 matches
2.45 points per game in Eredivisie (143 matches).
Ajax with other coaches, ±3 years: 2.10 (153 matches, 9 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +392 above the league average under him, +258 under the others.
Most used
- D. Tadić16,091' · Elo 1,755
- D. Blind13,922' · Elo 1,950
- N. Tagliafico13,150' · Elo 2,072
- A. Onana12,645' · Elo 2,302
- N. Mazraoui9,700' · Elo 2,376
- Lisandro Martínez9,486' · Elo 2,390
- David Neres8,314' · Elo 2,304
- D. van de Beek8,311' · Elo 1,958
- H. Ziyech8,032' · Elo 1,822
- R. Gravenberch7,777' · Elo 2,464
Utrecht
Aug 2016 – Dec 2017 · 60 matches
1.78 points per game in Eredivisie (54 matches).
Utrecht with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.54 (97 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +19 above the league average under him, +53 under the others.
Most used
- Willem Marco Janssen4,966' · Elo 1,569
- Y. Ayoub4,773' · Elo 1,440
- R. Leeuwin3,977' · Elo 1,385
- D. Jensen3,975' · Elo 1,573
- S. Haller3,104' · Elo 1,842
- Z. Labyad2,867' · Elo 1,572
- S. Klaiber2,845' · Elo 1,839
- S. Amrabat2,823' · Elo 2,203
- M. van der Maarel2,660' · Elo 1,592
- G. Troupée2,626' · Elo 1,523
Players under Erik ten Hag
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- A. Garnacho+1,147
in 97 matches · Manchester United
- K. Mainoo+1,024
in 43 matches · Manchester United
- M. Stekelenburg+759
in 29 matches · Ajax
- N. Mazraoui+634
in 147 matches · Manchester United
- Z. Labyad+589
in 88 matches · Ajax
Fell most
- Casemiro−92
in 94 matches · Manchester United
- S. de Jong−77
in 19 matches · Ajax
- L. Magallán−49
in 6 matches · Ajax
- M. Mount−44
in 24 matches · Manchester United
in 16 matches · Manchester United
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−98B. van Polen1539
in 9 matches · PEC Zwolle
−91J. Mattheij1569
in 8 matches · Sparta Rotterdam
−76João Palhinha2315
in 5 matches · Fulham
−73E. Mulder1389
in 8 matches · Heerenveen
−69Unknown (36979)1256
in 6 matches · Heerenveen
Nemeses
+249L. Hall2470
in 3 matches · Newcastle
+188M. Ritchie1453
in 3 matches · Newcastle
+176J. Blaswich2079
in 7 matches · Heracles
+158J. Drommel1875
in 7 matches · PSV Eindhoven
+143M. van Ginkel1603
in 7 matches · PSV Eindhoven
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −55
Johnny Jansen1748
in 6 matches · Heerenveen
- −55
D. Advocaat1849
in 5 matches · Feyenoord
- −49
in 4 matches · Lille
- −46
M. van der Gaag1719
in 6 matches · NAC Breda
- −43
Henk Fraser1747
in 10 matches · Sparta Rotterdam
Nemesis coaches
- +101
Frank Wormuth1585
in 8 matches · Heracles
- +81
in 3 matches · Tottenham
- +77
P. Cocu1707
in 4 matches · PSV Eindhoven
- +71
J. van den Brom2097
in 9 matches · Utrecht
- +69
René Hake1714
in 8 matches · Utrecht
Playing style
How Erik ten Hag's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 3 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
+0.39style consistency across 3 clubs
More consistent than 70% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Ajax209 matches
Manchester United127 matches
Utrecht54 matches