Verbeek played as a
left-back for
Sparta Rotterdam. Following his retirement he started his coaching career as a youth coach at Sparta Rotterdam and also worked for amateur teams NRC Ommoord (1985–1988), Neptunus and Unitas. In 1988, he was appointed by
PSV Eindhoven, where he worked as a coach for a total period of eight years. In this period he assisted coaches like
Guus Hiddink and Sir
Bobby Robson. He worked with famous players like
Romario and
Ronaldo, ==Managerial statistics==