Cor Pot

Cor Pot
Personal information
Full name	Cornelius Gert Aldrik Pot
Date of birth	8 June 1951 (age 70)
Place of birth	The Hague, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Iraq (Assistant)
Senior career*
Teams managed
1983–1984	Excelsior (assistant)
1984–1987	Feyenoord (assistant)
1988–1989	VV Wilhelmus
1989–1990	Roosendaal
1990–1991	NAC Breda
1992–1994	Excelsior
1994–1995	Al-Masry
1995–1997	Telstar
2000–2001	Dynamo Dresden
2001–2006	Royal Dutch FA (youth manager)
2006–2009	Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant)
2009–2013	Netherlands U-21
2016–2017	Fenerbahçe S.K. (assistant)
2019–2021	Feyenoord (assistant)
2021–	Iraq (assistant)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Cornelis "Cor" Pot (born 8 June 1951) is a Dutch football manager and former professional footballer who is the current assistant manager at Iraq. He was sacked as manager of the Netherlands U-21 team after its elimination from the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in the semifinals and subsequent criticism by the coach of the senior team, Louis van Gaal.^[1]

Playing career[]

He started his career with the academy of Sparta in Rotterdam, and subsequently moved to the Ajax academy.

Clubs^[2]

1970 – 1973 Sparta Rotterdam
1973 – 1974 MVV
1974 – 1976 HFC Haarlem
1976 – 1980 Excelsior
1980 – 1981 FC Vlaardingen '74

Clubs coached[]

1983 – 1984 Excelsior (assistant manager)
1984 – 1987 Feyenoord (assistant manager)
1989 – 1990 RBC Roosendaal (manager)
1990 – 1991 NAC (manager)
1992 – 1994 Excelsior (manager)
1994 – 1995 Al-Masry (manager)
1995 – 1997 Telstar (manager)
2000 – 2001 Dynamo Dresden (manager)
2001 – 2006 Royal Dutch Football Association (manager of the national youth team)
2006 – 2009 Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant manager)
2009 – 2013 Netherlands under-21 team (manager)
2016 �� 2017 Fenerbahçe S.K. (assistant manager)
2019 – present Feyenoord (assistant manager)

Personal life[]

Besides his native Dutch, Cor Pot speaks English, German.^{[citation needed]}

He has two sons, both are football players.

References[]

^ "Pot: 'Van Gaal vindt kritiek vreselijk, nu doet hij het zelf' (Pot: 'Van Gaal thinks critics are terrible, but he's doing it now')". vi.nl. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
^ "Playing career of Cor Pot" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[1] "Pot: 'Van Gaal vindt kritiek vreselijk, nu doet hij het zelf' (Pot: 'Van Gaal thinks critics are terrible, but he's doing it now')". vi.nl. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

[2] "Playing career of Cor Pot" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 24 November 2010.

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