Pascal Jansen

Pascal Jansen (born 27 January 1973) is an English-Dutch professional football coach who is manager of AZ. He played football as a youth, but his career was cut short due to a knee injury.

Pascal Jansen
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-01-27) 27 January 1973
Place of birth London, England
Team information
Current team
 AZ (manager)
Youth career
Years Team
AZ
Ajax
Haarlem
Telstar
Managerial career
2015–2017 Jong PSV
2020– AZ

Early life

Jansen was born in London,[1] England to Hans Jansen and Sue Chaloner.[2] His father is a Dutch musician, and his mother an English pop singer who was a member of the musical duo Spooky and Sue. He moved to the Netherlands at a young age and was raised in Zaandam.[3] He holds dual Dutch and British citizenship.[1]

Playing career

Jansen played youth football for AZ, Ajax, Haarlem and Telstar, but retired due to a knee injury before making his professional debut.[4]

Coaching career

Jansen spent his early career coaching in the Netherlands at Haarlem, Vitesse and Sparta Rotterdam, and in the United Arab Emirates with Al Jazira and Al Wahda.[4]

Jansen worked as a coach at PSV between 2013 and 2018,[4] and was manager of their youth team between July 2015 and June 2017.[5] He moved to AZ to work as a coach in July 2018,[6] before being promoted to manager in December 2020, on a contract until the end of the season.[4]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 21 October 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Jong PSV 1 July 2015 30 June 2017 74 33 18 23 117 106 +11 044.59 [7]
AZ 5 December 2020 Present 148 90 23 35 299 160 +139 060.81 [8]
Total 222 123 41 58 416 266 +150 055.41 —

References
  1. "Pascal Jansen interview: AZ Alkmaar's London-born head coach on turning things around in his first Eredivisie job". Sky Sports.
  2. "Beroemde moeder van AZ-trainer Pascal Jansen stond perplex". 13 January 2021.
  3. "DPG Media Privacy Gate". myprivacy.dpgmedia.nl.
  4. "Instappen tijdens een storm: wie is AZ-hoofdtrainer Pascal Jansen?" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. "Netherlands - P. Jansen - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  6. "Pascal Jansen | AZ Alkmaar | Trainerprofil". kicker.
  7. "Jong PSV: Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  8. "Pascal Jansen Statistics". 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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