Jan Olde Riekerink
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Jan Olde Riekerink is a Dutch
football coach and former professional player who is currently Head of Youth Development at Jong Ajax.
, Olde Riekerink played professionally for Sparta Rotterdam
, FC Dordrecht
and Telstar between 1985 and 1993.
, 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.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
football coach and former professional player who is currently Head of Youth Development at Jong Ajax.
Playing career
Born in HengeloHengelo
Hengelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the motorways A1/E30 and A35 and it has a station for the International Amsterdam – Hannover – Berlin service.-Traffic and transport:...
, Olde Riekerink played professionally for Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....
, FC Dordrecht
FC Dordrecht
FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie.- History :Founded on 16 August 1883 as Dordrechtsche Football Club , it became a professional club in 1954 upon the introduction of professional football to the Netherlands...
and Telstar between 1985 and 1993.
Coaching career
Olde Riekerink coached at Ajax from 1995 to 2002. He later managed Belgian club Gent and Dutch club FC EmmenFC Emmen
FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, and currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands.-History:...
, and has also been Assistant Manager at Portuguese club Porto and Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk
FC Metalurh Donetsk
FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :...
. He was appointed Head of Youth Development of Jong Ajax in April 2007.