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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martinus Ignatius Nooij [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Heemskerk, Netherlands | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2003 | Burkina Faso U20 | ||
| 2007–2011 | Mozambique | ||
| 2012 | Santos Cape Town | ||
| 2013–2014 | Saint George | ||
| 2014–2015 | Tanzania | ||
Martinus Ignatius "Mart" Nooij (born 3 July 1954) is a Dutch football manager.
Nooij became a development trainer at the Royal Dutch Football Association. He worked for EVC 1913 in the United States and Kazakhstan. [2] He was manager of the Burkina Faso U-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. In 2004, he was temporarily assistant-coach at Dutch side FC Volendam.
In 2007, he was appointed head coach of the Mozambique national football team. [3] As the manager of Mozambique he qualified the squad for the 2010 African Cup of Nations following a 12-year hiatus from the tournament finals. Mozambique finished bottom of their group with one draw and two losses.[ citation needed ] After failing to reach the 2012 African Cup of Nations, Nooij resigned from his managerial position in September 2011. [4] [5] He was replaced by German coach Gert Engels. [6]
On 19 April 2012, he was named as the head coach of Premier Soccer League side Santos, [7] but was sacked 18 December 2012. [8]
In November 2013, Nooij became the head coach of the Ethiopian side Saint George [9] and five months later, he accepted the head coaching job of Tanzania on 25 April 2014. [10] [11] He was sacked in June 2015. [12]