Jan Olde Riekerink

Johannes Hendrikus Olde Riekerink (born 22 February 1963) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who manages South African club Cape Town City.

Jan Olde Riekerink
Personal information
Full name Johannes Hendrikus Olde Riekerink[1]
Date of birth (1963-02-22) 22 February 1963
Place of birth Hengelo, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
Cape Town City (manager)
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)
Teams managed
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– Cape Town City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

Personal life

His brother Edwin was also a professional player.[13]

References


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