Jan Olde Riekerink

Jan Olde Riekerink
Personal information
Full name Johannes Hendrikus Olde Riekerink
Date of birth (1963-02-22) 22 February 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Hengelo, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder
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
2016–2017 Galatasaray
2018–2019 SC Heerenveen
2019–2021 Cape Town City
2023– Dewa United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Playing career

Born in Hengelo, Olde Riekerink played professionally for Sparta Rotterdam, FC Dordrecht and Telstar between 1985 and 1993.

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., 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.

He became manager of Turkish club Galatasaray in March 2016. Under Olde Riekerink, Galatasaray won 1–0 against Fenerbahçe in the 2016 Turkish Cup Final on 26 May 2016. He was sacked in February 2017.

He was manager of Dutch club SC Heerenveen from 2018 to April 2019.

On 6 November 2019, he was presented as the new coach of South African club Cape Town City. He left the role on 21 May 2021. Later that month he signed a three-year contract with Turkish club İskenderunspor to become their CEO.

In January 2023 he became head coach of Indonesian club Dewa United.

Personal life

His brother Edwin was also a professional player.



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