Maurice Steijn

Maurice Steijn

Steijn as coach of ADO Den Haag in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-11-20) 20 November 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	The Hague, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sparta Rotterdam (head coach)
Youth career
1980–1981	VIOS
1981–1993	ADO Den Haag
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1999	ADO Den Haag	98	(6)
1999–2001	NAC Breda	36	(1)
Total		134	(7)
Managerial career
2010	ADO Den Haag (caretaker)
2011–2014	ADO Den Haag
2014–2019	VVV-Venlo
2019	Al Wahda
2020–2021	NAC Breda
2022–2023	Sparta Rotterdam
2023	Ajax
2024–	Sparta Rotterdam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maurice Steijn (born 20 November 1973) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. ^[1] He is the current head coach of Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.

Managerial career

ADO Den Haag

Steijn has a Bachelor of Education and has taught in primary education. As a coach, he started as an assistant to Bob Kootwijk at the ADO Den Haag amateur branch and also coached youth teams. After this, he became assistant for the first team and until 30 March 2010 also coached the ADO reserves, before being appointed caretaker manager of the ADO first team after the dismissal of Raymond Atteveld. ^[2]

After the departure of John van den Brom to Vitesse on 30 June 2011, Steijn was appointed head coach of ADO. On 5 February 2014, after three years as head coach, Steijn was dismissed after a loss against Heracles, and was succeeded by his assistant, former defender Henk Fräser. ^[3]

Ajax

On 14 June 2023, Steijn was hired by Ajax on a three-year contract. ^[4] On 23 October 2023, a day after a 4–3 loss to Utrecht placed it second-from-last on the Eredivisie table, Ajax announced that it was parting ways with Steijn after just two wins through eleven matches in charge. ^[5] The club under Steijn experienced their worst ever start of a season, with only five points in seven matches, taking into consideration that the 1964–65 season was during a standard of two points for a win. ^{[6] [7]}

Return to Sparta

On 2 November 2024, Sparta Rotterdam announced that Steijn would return to the club on a contract until the end of the season. ^[8]

Personal life

Steijn is the father of the Dutch footballer Sem Steijn, and managed his son's debut at VVV-Venlo on 6 December 2018. ^[9]

Managerial statistics

As of 7 March 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
			P	W	D	L	Win %
ADO Den Haag (caretaker)	30 March 2010	30 June 2010	5	2	0	3	040.00
ADO Den Haag	30 June 2011	5 February 2014	100	29	23	48	029.00
VVV-Venlo	1 July 2014	8 June 2019	197	88	47	62	044.67
Al Wahda	9 June 2019	10 October 2019	8	3	2	3	037.50
NAC Breda	10 July 2020	19 June 2021	42	23	8	11	054.76
Sparta Rotterdam	25 April 2022	12 June 2023	43	21	11	11	048.84
Ajax	14 June 2023	23 October 2023	11	2	4	5	018.18
Sparta Rotterdam	2 November 2024	present	15	3	5	7	020.00
Total			421	171	100	150	040.62	—

References

1. "Ajax heeft eindelijk nieuwe trainer: Steijn komt over van Sparta Rotterdam". nu.nl. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
2. "Atteveld toch weg bij ADO Den Haag" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
3. "Fräser vervangt Steijn in Groningen" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
4. "Ajax hire Maurice Steijn as new manager after woeful season". ESPN. 14 June 2023.
5. "Ajax and Maurice Steijn part ways". Ajax. 23 October 2023.
6. "Historisch slechte start Ajax: onder de streep en minder punten dan ooit" (in Dutch). vi.nl. 8 October 2023.
7. "Crisis-hit Ajax split with coach Maurice Steijn". France 24. 23 October 2023.
8. "Sparta schakelt snel: Steijn keert terug als opvolger Rijsdijk" [Sparta moves fast: Steijn returns to succeed Rijsdijk] (in Dutch). 2 November 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
9. "Jeugdspelers sluiten aan bij selectie VVV-Venlo, Sem Steijn gehuurd van ADO Den Haag". Venlonaren. 28 June 2018.