Bob de Klerk
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1961 (age 60–61) | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, left winger[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1982 | Telstar[1] | ||
| 1982 | K.S.V. Waregem[1] | ||
| 1983 | De Graafschap[1] | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Ajax A1 | |||
| 2011–2012 | Toronto FC (First assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Ter Leede | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Bob de Klerk (born 1961) is a Dutch football manager and former player.
Playing career[]
De Klerk was born in Amsterdam. Having started his career with SC Telstar he played for K.S.V. Waregem in Belgium and De Graafschap in the Dutch Eredivise. He was forced into early retirement due to injury.
Coaching career[]
De Klerk lead the Ajax Saturday team to the Hoofdklasse.[2] He also worked with the Ajax A1 youth team alongside Frank de Boer and lead the team following de Boer's promotion to AFC Ajax manager.
In addition to his work at Ajax, de Klerk spent time with Ajax Cape Town in South Africa.
He spent nine years working in the Ajax youth system before moving to Major League Soccer. De Klerk joined Toronto FC on 6 January 2011 as First Assistant Coach along with former Ajax colleague Aron Winter who became Head Coach/Technical Director.[3] On 14 May 2012 it was announced the de Klerk had been promoted to technical manager of Toronto with former player and academy coach Jim Brennan replacing him as assistant coach.[4] It was announced on 7 January 2013 that de Klerk would not return to Toronto FC the following season.[5]
In September 2013, after two months of managing Dutch Topklasse side Ter Leede he became technical director at Dalian Aerbin F.C. of the Chinese Super League.[6] In November 2014, he was appointed the Technical Director for York Region Shooters of the Canadian Soccer League.[7]
Bob was also the Technical Director for KNSC, Kleinburg Nobleton Soccer club. A small community based club in Vaughan Ontario, Canada. Just north of Toronto. www.KNSC.ca
References[]
- ^ a b c d Bob de Klerk at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Dutch scribes: Winter to establish Total Football in Toronto | Major League Soccer". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011.
- ^ "Bob de Klerk on board". torontofc.ca. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ^ "Reds Make Front Office Changes". Toronto FC. Toronto. 14 May 2012.
- ^ "Toronto FC's de Klerk won't return as technical manager | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Trainer Bob de Klerk verlaat topklasser Ter Leede". Omroep West (in Dutch). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ THE CSL IS CHANGING……….player development trend will reap benefits for years to come
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