Coach DNA
Playing style
balanced profile
Style consistency
More consistent than 27% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Heracles
Dec 2025 – May 2026 · 20 matches
0.22 points per game in Eredivisie (18 matches).
Heracles with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.02 (83 matches, 4 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −164 below the league average under him, −110 under the others.
Most used
- D. Mirani1,712' · Elo 1,825
- I. Mesík1,386' · Elo 1,830
- A. Van Hoorenbeeck1,376' · Elo 1,797
- A. Hrustić1,264' · Elo 1,675
- W. Ould-Chikh1,203' · Elo 1,666
- L. Kulenović1,116' · Elo 1,727
- M. Benita1,018' · Elo 1,683
- L. Zeefuik1,016' · Elo 1,749
- M. te Wierik944' · Elo 1,597
- R. Pasveer908' · Elo 1,256
PSV Eindhoven
Dec 2019 – Mar 2020 · 11 matches
Most used
- D. Schwaab1,020' · Elo 1,735
- P. Rosario1,020' · Elo 2,356
- L. Unnerstall1,020' · Elo 2,075
- D. Dumfries930' · Elo 2,433
- N. Viergever930' · Elo 1,664
- M. Ihattaren912' · Elo 1,864
- C. Gakpo762' · Elo 2,529
- J. Hendrix732' · Elo 1,689
- S. Lammers591' · Elo 2,067
- R. Thomas564' · Elo 1,727
Groningen
Aug 2016 – May 2018 · 70 matches
1.16 points per game in Eredivisie (70 matches).
Groningen with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.39 (93 matches, 1 coach).
Line-up Elo: −50 below the league average under him, −24 under the others.
Most used
- S. Padt6,300' · Elo 1,657
- M. Mahi4,609' · Elo 1,531
- J. Bacuna4,531' · Elo 1,838
- S. Memišević4,368' · Elo 1,748
- R. Jenssen4,046' · Elo 1,593
- T. van Weert3,239' · Elo 971
- Y. van Nieff3,079' · Elo 1,523
- Unknown (93592)2,987' · Elo 1,264
- M. te Wierik2,938' · Elo 1,597
- J. Drost2,914' · Elo 1,323
Players under Ernest Faber
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- S. Memišević+323
in 55 matches · Groningen
- Y. van Nieff+263
in 44 matches · Groningen
- T. van Weert+260
in 48 matches · Groningen
- O. Idrissi+184
in 44 matches · Groningen
- L. Unnerstall+184
in 11 matches · PSV Eindhoven
Fell most
- D. Mirani−163
in 19 matches · Heracles
in 15 matches · Heracles
- L. Kulenović−135
in 17 matches · Heracles
- T. Bruns−128
in 15 matches · Heracles
- R. Pasveer−116
in 10 matches · Heracles
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−35J. Zoet1800
in 4 matches · PSV Eindhoven
−35T. Lam1590
in 3 matches · PEC Zwolle
−34M. te Wierik1597
in 3 matches · Groningen
−29S. Arias1715
in 3 matches · PSV Eindhoven
−28M. Rashica2067
in 3 matches · Vitesse
Nemeses
+100B. Jones1479
in 4 matches · Feyenoord
+84T. Vilhena1681
in 4 matches · Feyenoord
+84S. Larsson1751
in 4 matches · Feyenoord
+84A. Kali1215
in 3 matches · Utrecht
+82T. Ouwejan1788
in 4 matches · AZ Alkmaar
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
Hardly any coach lost Elo against him.
Nemesis coaches
- +85
in 4 matches · Feyenoord
- +76
J. van den Brom2097
in 7 matches · Twente
- +71
E. van de Looi1727
in 4 matches · Willem II
- +53
René Hake1714
in 3 matches · Twente
- +51
M. van der Gaag1719
in 4 matches · Excelsior
Playing style
How Ernest Faber'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 2 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
-0.05style consistency across 2 clubs
More consistent than 27% 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.
Groningen70 matches
Heracles20 matches