John van den Brom

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John van den Brom
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Van den Brom in 2016
Personal information
Full name Joseph Anthonius van den Brom
Date of birth (1966-10-04) 4 October 1966 (age 54)
Place of birth Amersfoort, Netherlands
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Genk (manager)
Youth career
APWC
AFC Quick 1890
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1993 Vitesse 225 (80)
1993–1995 Ajax 44 (7)
1995–1996 Istanbulspor 22 (3)
1996–2001 Vitesse 99 (13)
2002–2003 De Graafschap 42 (4)
Total 432 (107)
National team
1990–1993 Netherlands 2 (1)
Teams managed
2003–2004 Bennekom
2004–2007 Jong Ajax
2007–2010 AGOVV
2010–2011 ADO Den Haag
2011–2012 Vitesse
2012–2014 Anderlecht
2014–2019 AZ
2019–2020 Utrecht
2020– Genk
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John van den Brom (born 4 October 1966) is a Dutch former professional footballer and manager of Belgian First Division A side Genk. As a player, he played for Vitesse, Ajax, De Graafschap and Istanbulspor. After his playing career, Van den Brom became a manager. He worked as a head coach for AGOVV Apeldoorn (2007–2010), ADO Den Haag (2010–2011), Vitesse (2011–2012) and Anderlecht (2012–2014). After managing AZ for five years, he moved to take charge of FC Utrecht from the 2019–20 season.

Playing career[]

Club career[]

Born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, Van den Brom started his career at the amateurs of APWC in Amersfoort before signing as a professional footballer for Vitesse in 1986. After seven seasons with Vitesse, playing 225 games and scoring 80 goals, he made the move to Dutch giants Ajax, where he played for two seasons before moving abroad with Turkish side Istanbulspor.[1] He returned to Vitesse after one season, and spent another five seasons there before signing for De Graafschap for his final season, retiring from playing in 2003.

International career[]

Van den Brom made two appearances for the Dutch national team.[2] He played in the 8–0 win against Malta and the 6–0 win against San Marino. He scored one goal.

Managerial career[]

After his playing career he became head scout of De Graafschap and head coach of amateur side Bennekom,[3] before becoming coach of the second team at Ajax, on 29 April 2004. From 2007 to 2010 he served as head coach of small Eerste Divisie club AGOVV Apeldoorn with impressive results, also winning a place in the promotion playoffs in his last season in charge. In May 2010 he was presented as new head coach of Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag,[4] with whom he qualified for the 2011–12 Europa League. In June 2011, Van den Brom was named as head coach of his old club Vitesse.[5] Again, he managed to qualify for the Europa League.

He signed with Belgian side Anderlecht on 29 May 2012 as head coach.[6] He was sacked on 10 March 2014.[7]

On 27 September 2014, it was announced that Van den Brom had signed a deal with AZ to succeed Marco van Basten as the new manager.[8] After managing AZ for five years, he moved to take charge of FC Utrecht from the 2019–20 season.[9]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Apps Goals
Vitesse 1986–87 Eerste Divisie 36 17
1987–88 Eerste Divisie 25 10
1988–89 Eerste Divisie 36 6
1989–90 Eredivisie 33 14
1990–91 Eredivisie 33 8
1991–92 Eredivisie 32 10
1992–93 Eredivisie 30 15
Ajax 1993–94 Eredivisie 27 2
1994–95 Eredivisie 17 5
Istanbulspor 1995–96 1. Lig 22 3
Vitesse 1996–97 Eredivisie 28 5
1997–98 Eredivisie 15 1
1998–99 Eredivisie 26 1
1999–00 Eredivisie 24 6
2000–01 Eredivisie 6 0
De Graafschap 2000–01 Eredivisie 16 2
2001–02 Eredivisie 23 2
2002–03 Eredivisie 3 0
Total 432 107

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 22 September 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
AGOVV Apeldoorn Netherlands 1 July 2007 30 June 2010 120 45 22 53 037.50
Den Haag Netherlands 1 July 2010 29 June 2011 40 20 7 13 050.00
Vitesse Netherlands 1 July 2011 30 May 2012 42 20 9 13 047.62
Anderlecht Belgium 30 May 2012 9 April 2014 98 54 18 26 055.10
AZ Alkmaar Netherlands 29 September 2014 30 June 2019 216 116 41 59 053.70
Utrecht Netherlands 1 July 2019 9 November 2020 40 20 9 11 050.00
Racing Genk Belgium 9 November 2020 Present 45 25 7 13 055.56
Total 601 300 113 188 049.92

Honours[]

As player[]

Vitesse

Ajax

As manager[]

Anderlecht

Genk

References[]

  1. ^ "Van den Brom en Van Vossen akkoord met Istanbulspor" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant (15 June 1995). Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ^ John van den Brom. Voetbalstats.nl Retrieved on 28 November 2016
  3. ^ De roots van Van den Brom Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine - RTVNH (in Dutch)
  4. ^ "Van den Brom nieuwe hoofdtrainer" (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 29 May 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  5. ^ "John van den Brom toch trainer van Vitesse" (in Dutch). NRC. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  6. ^ "John van den Brom toch naar Anderlecht" (in Dutch). De Gelderlander. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  7. ^ http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=bel/news/newsid=2069626.html
  8. ^ Van den Brom nieuwe trainer AZ (Dutch)
  9. ^ "Van den Brom signs for three years at FC Utrecht as successor Advocaat | tellerreport.com". www.tellerreport.com. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

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