Sonny Silooy

Sonny Silooy
	Silooy in 1987
Personal information
Full name	Jan Jacobus Silooy
Date of birth	31 August 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Zilvermeeuwen
	ZVV
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1987	Ajax
1987–1989	Matra Racing
1989–1996	Ajax
1996–1998	Arminia Bielefeld
1998–2000	De Graafschap
Total
International career
1983–1993	Netherlands
Managerial career
2003–2008	Ajax (youth)
2010	Dayton Dutch Lions
2011–2014	D.C. United (Assistant)
2014–2015	KNVB (Assistant U18)
2015	Sparta Rotterdam (U17)
2015	KNVB (Assistant U19)
2015–2016	Al Shabab (U19)
2020–2022	Sharjah FC (Director Youth Development)
2024-2026	Ajax (Assistant Woman’s team)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated July 14, 2024

Jan Jacobus "Sonny" Silooy (born 31 August 1963) is a Dutch former professional footballer and football manager. His last team as a manager was United Arab Emirates club Al Shabab under 19. His most successful time as a player was in his period with Ajax. He won seven Eredivisie titles, four KNVB Cups, three Johan Cruyff Shields, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Super Cup and one Intercontinental Cup.

Club career

Silooy was born in Rotterdam. He played as a right or central defender and is one of the legends of Ajax, where he made his debut on 3 May 1981, playing over 250 league games for the Amsterdam club in two separate periods. Silooy also played for Matra Racing, Arminia Bielefeld,^[2] De Graafschap and the amateurs of GVV Unitas from Gorinchem. He played in the 1996 UEFA Champions League Final against Juventus, but missed a key penalty in the shootout which Ajax ultimately lost.^[3]

International career

Silooy, a member of the Netherlands national team's squad at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, obtained 25 caps,^[4] including eight appearances in Euro 88 qualifying, but never played in a major international competition.

Coaching career

Silooy was also coach of the Jong Ajax youth academy and juniors team.^[5] In 2010, he was appointed as head coach of new branch Dayton Dutch Lions.

He left Dayton Dutch Lions to become an assistant coach with the Major League Soccer club D.C. United.^[6] In 2015 he was appointed as head coach of Al Shabab under 19.

Honours

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References

↑ "Sonny Silooy - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
↑ 11 FREUNDE – Bundesligen – Ik heb een tweejarig contract Archived 10 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Sonny Silooy at home.wanadoo.nl
↑ Interlands Sonny Silooy Archived 28 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Sonny Silooy to leave Ajax ^{[ dead link ]}
↑ "Sonny Silooy named D.C. United Assistant Coach". D.C. United. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.

External links

(in Dutch) Profile
(in Dutch) International career
(in English) Ajax.nl – Sonny Silooy to leave Ajax, 7 February 2008

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[1] "Sonny Silooy - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

[2] 11 FREUNDE – Bundesligen – Ik heb een tweejarig contract Archived 10 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Sonny Silooy at home.wanadoo.nl

[4] Interlands Sonny Silooy Archived 28 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Sonny Silooy to leave Ajax ^{[ dead link ]}

[6] "Sonny Silooy named D.C. United Assistant Coach". D.C. United. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.

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