John van den Brom

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John van den Brom
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Van den Brom in 2016 managing AZ
Personal information
Full name Joseph Anthonius van den Brom
Date of birth (1966-10-04) 4 October 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Amersfoort, Netherlands
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
APWC
AFC Quick 1890
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total432(107)
International career
1990–1993 Netherlands 2 (1)
Managerial career
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
2020–2021 Genk
2022 Al-Taawoun
2022–2023 Lech Poznań
2024– Vitesse
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Anthonius John van den Brom (born 4 October 1966) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Eerste Divisie club Vitesse.

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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.[ citation needed ]

In November 2020 van den Brom was announced as the new manager of Belgian First Division A side Genk following Jess Thorup's departure. [9] He was sacked by Genk on 6 December 2021. [10]

On 31 March 2022, van den Brom was announced as the manager of Saudi Professional League club Al-Taawoun. [11]

On 19 June 2022, he was announced as the manager of defending Polish Ekstraklasa champions Lech Poznań, replacing Maciej Skorża who left the team for personal reasons. [12] He had a tumultuous start to his tenure, as Lech remained winless in the first four league games and crashed out of the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round after losing to Azerbaijani side Qarabağ 2–5 on aggregate. [13] However, Lech rebounded, and van den Brom led the team to a successful UEFA Europa Conference League campaign, reaching second place in the group stage which included Villarreal, Austria Wien and Hapoel Be'er Sheva, [14] eliminating Bodø/Glimt and Djurgårdens IF in the knockout stages, [15] before losing in the quarter-finals to Fiorentina, 4–6 on aggregate. [16]

Lech's 2023–2024 campaign got off to a rocky start, crashing out of Conference League third qualifying round against Slovak side Spartak Trnava (3–4 on aggregate). On 16 December 2023, Lech drew 2–2 at Radomiak Radom, losing the win in the 96th minute. With that result, Lech scored 10 points in the last eight games of the year, and headed off for the winter break sitting 3rd in the league table, with an eight-point deficit to leaders Śląsk Wrocław. The following day, van den Brom was dismissed. [17]

On 1 May 2024, shortly after Vitesse's relegation to Eerste Divisie was confirmed, the club announced van den Brom would return to managing them from the 2024–25 season onwards. Almost 11 years since his exit, he signed a one-year deal. [18]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueAppsGoals
Vitesse 1986–87 Eerste Divisie 3617
1987–88 Eerste Divisie2510
1988–89 Eerste Divisie366
1989–90 Eredivisie 3314
1990–91 Eredivisie338
1991–92 Eredivisie3210
1992–93 Eredivisie3015
Ajax 1993–94 Eredivisie272
1994–95 Eredivisie175
Istanbulspor 1995–96 1. Lig 223
Vitesse 1996–97 Eredivisie285
1997–98 Eredivisie151
1998–99 Eredivisie261
1999–00 Eredivisie246
2000–01 Eredivisie60
De Graafschap 2000–01 Eredivisie162
2001–02 Eredivisie232
2002–03 Eredivisie30
Total432107

Managerial statistics

As of match played 13 December 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
AGOVV Apeldoorn Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 July 200730 June 2010120452253037.50
Den Haag Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 July 201029 June 20114020713050.00
Vitesse Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 July 201130 May 20124220913047.62
Anderlecht Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 30 May 20129 April 201498541826055.10
AZ Alkmaar Flag of the Netherlands.svg 29 September 201430 June 20192161164159053.70
Utrecht Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 July 20199 November 20204020911050.00
Genk Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 9 November 20206 December 202165301322046.15
Al-Taawoun Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 31 March 20227 May 20227214028.57
Lech Poznań Flag of Poland.svg 19 June 202217 December 202382412318050.00
Vitesse Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 July 2024Present20479020.00
Total730352150228048.22

Honours

As player

Vitesse

Ajax

As manager

Anderlecht

Genk

Individual

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