Born in
Rotterdam, Stuivenberg began his playing career in the academy of his local club,
Feyenoord, but was unable to break into the first team and moved to HFC Haarlem. He later joined Telstar, but tore
cruciate ligaments in 1986, which forced his premature retirement three years later in 1989. After retiring, Stuivenberg moved into coaching and was educated at the CIOS sports academy in
Overveen. In 1992, he was given a job as a youth coach with his former club, Feyenoord, where he later became head of youth in 2001. He spent the 2000–01 season as an assistant first-team coach with Feyenoord's
Belgian feeder club, Racing White Daring Molenbeek. After spending 13 years coaching at Feyenoord, working with the likes of
Robin van Persie, he moved to Al Jazira in
Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates in 2004 to head their youth system. After two years in the Middle East, he returned to the Netherlands to take over as the coach of the
under-17s national team. He twice led the team to victory in the
UEFA European Under-17 Championship, in
2011 and
2012, leading to his promotion to manage the
under-21s. Stuivenberg also scouted for the
Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) and educated professional coaches at the
KNVB Academy. On 23 May 2016, two days after winning the
2016 FA Cup, it was announced that van Gaal had been relieved of his management duties. As part of his coaching team, it was also announced that Stuivenberg had departed the club.
Genk and Wales national team In January 2017, he started a new coaching job at
Genk. He replaced
Peter Maes, who was sacked because of an unsatisfactory ranking in the
Belgian First Division A. Despite leading the club to the quarter-finals of the
2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Stuivenberg was fired on 10 December 2017. In 2018, he was appointed as assistant manager of the
Wales national team, working under his former Manchester United colleague Ryan Giggs.
Arsenal On 24 December 2019, Stuivenberg was announced as an assistant coach to
Mikel Arteta at
Arsenal, with assistant coach
Steve Round and goalkeeping coach
Iñaki Caña also joining the club. They led the team to a record-extending
14th FA Cup win on 1 August 2020, beating
Chelsea 2–1 at
Wembley Stadium. On 26 July 2021, Stuivenberg left his position as Wales assistant coach to focus on his role at Arsenal. On 1 January 2022, Stuivenberg took charge of Arsenal in a 2–1 defeat to
Manchester City, as manager Mikel Arteta had tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to miss the match. On 9 December 2023, Stuivenberg took charge of Arsenal in a 1-0 defeat at
Aston Villa, as manager Mikel Arteta had been banned from the touchline, having received three yellow cards to that point in the
Premier League 2023/24 Season. Arteta watched the match from the Directors' Box, but took part in his media commitments after the game. ==Managerial statistics==