René Trost

René Trost

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-01-31) 31 January 1965
Place of birth	Kerkrade, Netherlands
Position(s)	Manager Former defender
Team information
Current team	Roda JC Kerkrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1994	Roda JC	263	(22)
1994–1995	VVV-Venlo	12	(0)
1995–1998	Roda JC	48	(1)
Total		323	(23)
Managerial career
2005	Patro Eisden
2005–2006	Lierse SK
2010–2013	MVV
2013–2014	VVV-Venlo
2014–2015	Roda JC Kerkrade
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

René Hubertus Johannes Trost (born 31 January 1965 in Kerkrade, Limburg) is a former Dutch football defender and football manager.

As a player he played fifteen seasons at Roda JC, in between he spend half a season on loan at VVV-Venlo. He played 323 professional matches and scored 23 goals in them.

As a manager he was assistant at Roda JC from 1998 to 2005. He then managed Patro Maasmechelen in Belgium, before replacing Paul Put at Lierse SK after Put was named in a bribery case. In 2006-07 he resigned after he only managed to win two points out of twelve matches at the start of the season. At the end of December he started at Belgian second division club KVSK United, only to resign two months later on 25 February after a series of bad results.

On 20 July 2010 he signed a one-year contract with MVV, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. He stayed three seasons with the team from Maastricht, but accepted the offer of VVV-Venlo in the summer of 2013. However, he was fired at the end of the season. On 1 June 2014, he signed with Roda JC Kerkrade to help the team return to the Eredivisie after its relegation. However, after a series of disappointing games, Trost and Roda JC decided to part ways on 7 April 2015.