Henk ten Cate turned down an offer from Ajax to be a policeman in a series

It is possible Henk ten Cate have one of most attractive life from the entire football scene. After a careful race as midfielderas a player from 1975 to 1986 in the Dutch and Canadian teams, his time began as coach in 1990 and great things happened in Europe such as Ajax, Barça, Chelsea or Panthinaikos. And now, in 2023, there is refused replaced Maurice Steijn in Ajax bank to bet on his career as actor of the police series.

Exactly at Barcelona he got greatest achievement at the sporting leveldespite doing so as Technical assistant by Frank Rijkaard due to the coach’s lack of experience at the time. He arrived in Barcelona in June 2003 and left in 2006 at Ajax, leaving a legacy that spans a Champions League and two League titles. Furthermore, ten Cate is considered to be responsible for strategy and tactics in training, and he has a great talent for ‘dodging’ a locker room that is gradually filling up with stars and their corresponding egos. His brutality along with Rijkaard’s more flexible character earned him the label of being the ‘bad cop’ of the binomial. Ironies -or signs- of life.

During his time as coach of Ajax won three trophies, lost the league title to PSV in 2006 who tied on points but finished second by a goal difference. Within Chelsea He became an assistant coach again, and left with much fanfare after losing the Champions League final in 2008, five days after Coach Grant did the same. He did not leave, however, without first publicly criticizing Didier Drogba for his dismissal in the final, and John Terry for missing the decisive penalty.

After passing Panathinaikos -they lost in the Champions League round of 32 against Villarreal- and a long time in Middle Eastthen Henk ten Cate etrained in Suriname at the beginning of 2023 until he realized that he wanted to completely turn his life around.

And it was that change that dragged him down fulfill a dream which he probably kept for decades in ink, in a room reserved for the desires that we all have as children and that never completely abandon us. The coach has a supporting role as chief inspector in ‘Sleepers’, a Dutch series produced in 2022 that tells the story of a corrupt police officer caught between his family and a criminal organization. It was this television opportunity that led him close the door on his former team, Ajaxwho are going through a tough time in the sport and are in eleventh place in the league table.