Maurice Steijn

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Maurice Steijn
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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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1999 ADO Den Haag 98 (6)
1999–2001 NAC Breda 36 (1)
Total134(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.

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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 2 March 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecordRef
PWDLWin %
ADO Den Haag (caretaker)30 March 201030 June 20105203040.00
ADO Den Haag 30 June 20115 February 2014100292348029.00
VVV-Venlo 1 July 20148 June 2019197884762044.67
Al Wahda 9 June 201910 October 20198323037.50
NAC Breda 10 July 202019 June 20214223811054.76
Sparta Rotterdam 25 April 202212 June 202343211111048.84
Ajax 14 June 202323 October 202311245018.18
Sparta Rotterdam 2 November 2024present14347021.43
Total42017199150040.71

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.