René Trost

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 spent 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 won 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 summer 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.

On 23 May 2017, Trost was appointed as interim manager of Roda JC after the sacking of Yannis Anastasiou, with his task being to keep the club in the Eredivisie during the promotion/relegation play-offs.