Jan Olde Riekerink
Johannes Hendrikus Olde Riekerink (born 22 February 1963) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who is head coach of Indonesian club Dewa United.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Johannes Hendrikus Olde Riekerink[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Hengelo, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[2] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Dewa United (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1991 | Sparta Rotterdam | 70 | (5) |
| 1990–1991 | FC Dordrecht | 23 | (1) |
| 1991–1993 | Telstar | 34 | (0) |
| Total | 137 | (6) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–2002 | Ajax (youth coach) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Gent | ||
| 2003–2005 | FC Emmen | ||
| 2005–2006 | Porto (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Metalurh Donetsk (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2011 | Jong Ajax (head of youth) | ||
| 2011–2012 | China U19 | ||
| 2015 | China U16[3] | ||
| 2016–2017 | Galatasaray | ||
| 2018–2019 | SC Heerenveen | ||
| 2019–2021 | Cape Town City | ||
| 2023– | Dewa United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Playing career
Born in Hengelo, Olde Riekerink played professionally for Sparta Rotterdam, FC Dordrecht and Telstar between 1985 and 1993.[4]
Coaching career
Olde Riekerink worked at Ajax as a youth coach from 1995 to 2002. He later managed Belgian club Gent and Dutch club FC Emmen, and has also been Assistant Manager at Portuguese club Porto and Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk. He was appointed Head of Youth Development of Jong Ajax in April 2007.,[5] on 15 June it was announced that Olde Riekerink would give up his position at the club after irreconcilable differences with new board-member Johan Cruyff.[6]
He became manager of Turkish club Galatasaray in March 2016.[7] Under Olde Riekerink, Galatasaray won 1–0 against Fenerbahçe in the 2016 Turkish Cup Final on 26 May 2016.[8] He was sacked in February 2017.[9]
He was manager of Dutch club SC Heerenveen from 2018 to April 2019.[10][11]
On 6 November 2019, he was presented as the new coach of South African club Cape Town City.[12] He left the role on 21 May 2021.[13] Later that month he signed a three-year contract with Turkish club İskenderunspor to become their CEO.[14]
In January 2023 he became head coach of Indonesian club Dewa United.[15]
Personal life
References
- ^ "Johannes Hendri̇kus Olde Ri̇ekeri̇nk". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Jan Olde Riekerink". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "足协宣布李明任U19主帅 前国青洋帅掌U16 [Chinese FA announces Li Ming to be the new U19 coach and the former U19 foreign coach to be the new U16 coach]" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ "Player profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ "Jan Olde Riekerink head of youth development". AFC Ajax official website. 12 April 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ "Ajax en Cruijff nemen afscheid van Olde Riekerink". Goal.com. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Galatasaray bevestigt aanstelling Olde Riekerink als trainer". NU. 16 March 2016.
- ^ "Sneijder en Olde Riekerink pakken Turkse beker met Galatasaray". NU. 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Galatasaray sack manager Jan Olde Riekerink". ESPNFC.com.
- ^ "sc Heerenveen stelt Jan Olde Riekerink per direct op non-actief - sc Heerenveen". www.sc-heerenveen.nl.
- ^ "Cookies op AD.nl - AD.nl". www.ad.nl.
- ^ "Cape Town City announce Jan Olde Riekerink as new head coach | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ "Cape Town City confirm the exit of head coach Jan Olde Riekerink - PSL news". Kick Off. 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Jan Olde Riekerink İskenderunspor'da!". NTVSpor.net.
- ^ Media, PT Prima Infosarana. "Dewa United Tunjuk Jan Olde Riekerink, Eks Pelatih Galatasaray". bolasport.com.
- ^ Jan Olde Riekerink de nieuwe technische man bij Emmen 3 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine - FC Emmen (in Dutch)