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.

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]
Team 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

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

His brother Edwin was also a professional player.[16]

References
  1. "Johannes Hendri̇kus Olde Ri̇ekeri̇nk". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "Jan Olde Riekerink". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. "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.
  4. "Player profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  5. "Jan Olde Riekerink head of youth development". AFC Ajax official website. 12 April 2007. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  6. "Ajax en Cruijff nemen afscheid van Olde Riekerink". Goal.com. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  7. "Galatasaray bevestigt aanstelling Olde Riekerink als trainer". NU. 16 March 2016.
  8. "Sneijder en Olde Riekerink pakken Turkse beker met Galatasaray". NU. 26 May 2016.
  9. "Galatasaray sack manager Jan Olde Riekerink". ESPNFC.com.
  10. "sc Heerenveen stelt Jan Olde Riekerink per direct op non-actief - sc Heerenveen". www.sc-heerenveen.nl.
  11. "Cookies op AD.nl - AD.nl". www.ad.nl.
  12. "Cape Town City announce Jan Olde Riekerink as new head coach | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  13. "Cape Town City confirm the exit of head coach Jan Olde Riekerink - PSL news". Kick Off. 21 May 2021.
  14. "Jan Olde Riekerink İskenderunspor'da!". NTVSpor.net.
  15. Media, PT Prima Infosarana. "Dewa United Tunjuk Jan Olde Riekerink, Eks Pelatih Galatasaray". bolasport.com.
  16. Jan Olde Riekerink de nieuwe technische man bij Emmen Archived 3 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine - FC Emmen (in Dutch)


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