Jan Michels

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Jan Michels
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-09-08) 8 September 1970 (age 52)
Place of birth Deventer, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1992 PEC Zwolle 34 (3)
1992–1998 Go Ahead Eagles 170 (20)
1998–1999 Motherwell 7 (0)
1999–2004 Den Bosch 157 (36)
2004–2006 Sparta Rotterdam 43 (1)
2006–2008 AGOVV 29 (0)
2008–2009 Excelsior '31
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Michels (born 8 September 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His first professional club was PEC Zwolle in 1990. He later played with the Go Ahead Eagles, Motherwell in Scotland, Sparta Rotterdam, FC Den Bosch and AGOVV Apeldoorn. [1]

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Career

He played five years for FC Den Bosch, winning promotion to the Eredivisie three times – in the 1998–99, 2000–01 and 2003–04 seasons. [2] After playing two seasons with Excelsior '31, Michels announced his retirement from professional football in July 2010. [3]

After his playing career, he started a construction company. Ahead of the 2020–21 season, he was appointed assistant coach of lower league club CSV Apeldoorn. [2]

Honours

Den Bosch [4]

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References

  1. "Jan Michels" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Berghe, Roy van den (13 June 2020). "Jan Michels klust zich terug in de voetballerij: 'Ooit riep Romário dat PSV mij moest halen'". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch).
  3. "Jan Michels (37) komend seizoen te bewonderen bij Excelsior'31". www.excelsior31.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  4. "Historie". FC Den Bosch (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.