John van Loen

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Loen, not Loen.

John van Loen

Personal information
Full name	Johannes Maria van Loen
Date of birth	(1965-02-04) 4 February 1965 (age 60)
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position	Forward
Youth career
	UVV Utrecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1988	Utrecht	116	(44)
1988–1990	Roda JC	56	(25)
1990–1991	Anderlecht	25	(3)
1991–1993	Ajax	37	(11)
1993–1995	Feyenoord	54	(17)
1995	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	36	(9)
1996–1998	Utrecht	50	(7)
1998	APOEL	0	(0)
Total		374	(116)
International career
1985–1990	Netherlands	7	(1)
Managerial career
1998–2002	Utrecht (youth coach)
2002–2007	Utrecht (assistant)
2009–2010	Roda '46
2011–2012	Apeldoorn
2012–2013	Sparta Rotterdam (assistant)
2013–2014	DOS '37
2014–2016	Qarabağ (youth coach)
2017–2022	VVZ '49
2022	Locomotive Tbilisi
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johannes ("John") Maria van Loen (born 4 February 1965) is a Dutch football manager and former player who most recently managed Locomotive Tbilisi. A forward, he earned seven caps for the Netherlands national team, with which he scored one goal. He played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification and the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^[1]

Club	Season	League
		Division	Apps	Goals
Utrecht	1983–84	Eredivisie	2	0
	1984–85		22	5
	1985–86		30	15
	1986–87		31	11
	1987–88		31	13
	Total		114	44
Roda	1988–89	Eredivisie	31	8
	1989–90		25	17
	Total		56	25
Anderlecht	1990–91	First Division	26	3
Ajax	1991–92	Eredivisie	30	10
	1992–93		7	1
	Total		37	11
Feyenoord Rotterdam	1992–93	Eredivisie	16	4
	1993–94		23	9
	1994–95		15	4
	Total		54	17
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1995	J1 League	36	9
Utrecht	1995–96	Eredivisie	14	1
	1996–97		25	6
	1997–98		12	0
	Total		51	7
APOEL Nicosia	1998–99	First Division	0	0
Career total			374	116

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[1]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	1985	1	0
	1986	0	0
	1987	0	0
	1988	1	0
	1989	3	1
	1990	2	0
Total		7	1

Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Van Loen goal.

List of international goals scored by John van Loen ^[2]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 January 1989	Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel	Israel	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Utrecht

• KNVB Cup: 1984–85 ^[3]

Anderlecht

• Belgian First Division: 1990–91

Ajax

• UEFA Cup: 1991-92 ^[4]

Feyenoord ^[5]

• Eredivisie: 1992-93
• KNVB Cup: 1993–94
• Dutch Super Cup (in 1996 rebranded as Johan Cruyff Shield): runner-up 1993, 1994

References

1. John van Loen at National-Football-Teams.com
2. "John van Loen - Interlands Nederlands elftal". voetbalstats.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 December 2025.
3. "John van Loen, bekerfenomeen van FC Utrecht én Feyenoord". KNVB (in Dutch). 21 April 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
4. "Ajax Seizoen 1991-92" (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 December 2025.
5. "Spelersarchief: John van Loen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 December 2025.

External links

• John van Loen at WorldFootball.net
• John van Loen at National-Football-Teams.com
• John van Loen at J.League ( archive ) (in Japanese)