Jan Olde Riekerink

Jan Olde Riekerink

Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-02-22) 22 February 1963
Place of birth	Hengelo, Netherlands
Team information
Current team	Galatasaray (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 (Coach)
2002–2003	Gent
2004–2005	FC Emmen
2005–2006	Porto (Assistant Manager)
2006–2007	Metalurh Donetsk (Assistant Manager)
2007–2011	Jong Ajax (Head of Youth Development)
2011–2012	China U19
2015	China U16
2016–	Galatasaray
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Olde Riekerink (born 22 February 1963) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who manages Turkish club Galatasaray.

Career

Playing career

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

Coaching career

Olde Riekerink coached at Ajax 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 June 15 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 Riekerink, Galatasaray won 1-0 against Fenerbahçe in the 2016 Turkish Cup Final on 26 May 2016.

Personal life

His brother Edwin was also a professional player.