Adrie Poldervaart (born 20 December 1970) iis a Dutch professional

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who is the head coach of

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

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De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...

Sports career

Poldervaart played in his youth and senior career exclusively for OHVV Oudenhorn. Poldervaart was hired in 1992 as a sports physiotherapist at

Excelsior Rotterdam Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion. The club was found ...

. He has also been a physiotherapist for

VV Nieuwenhoorn Voetbalvereniging Nieuwenhoorn is a football club based in Nieuwenhoorn, South Holland, Netherlands. Founded in 1929, they are currently members of the Vierde Divisie, the fifth tier of the Dutch football league system. They play their home ma ...

. Next to being a physiotherapist at Excelsior, in 1998 he became player/manager at OHVV. In 2001 Poldervaart became an assistant coach and in 2002 coach for VV Nieuwenhoorn. In 2005 he moved on to

VV Spijkenisse Voetbalvereniging Spijkenisse is a football club from Spijkenisse, Netherlands. In 2017–18, VV Spijkenisse played its sole season in the Saturday Derde Divisie. Since 2018, it plays in the Hoofdklasse. History VV Spijkenisse became champion ...

. Only in 2012, he changed again, this time for

VV Zwaluwen Voetbalverenging Zwaluwen Vlaardingen is a football club from Vlaardingen, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1935. Its first squad plays in the Hoofdklasse since 2010. History The first squad promoted to the Derde Klasse in 1946. Since, it ha ...

. For his achievements at Zwaluwen Poldervaart received the

Rinus Michels Award The Rinus Michels Award is an annual prize in Dutch football. It is supported by the official football coaches union ("Coaches Betaald Voetbal"). The award is named after Rinus Michels, who was named coach of the century by FIFA in 1999. Categori ...

. From 2015 to 2018 he coached

BVV Barendrecht BVV Barendrecht is a football club from Barendrecht, Netherlands. The club was founded on 12 February 1926 and plays its matches at Sportpark de Bongerd. With more than 2000 members, Barendrecht is one of the largest amateur clubs of the Nether ...

. In 2018 Poldervaart became the manager of Excelsior. He replaced Mitchell van der Gaag who left for

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

. After 26 year Poldervaart stopped working as Excelsior's physiotherapist. In 2019, after disappointing results, he stopped coaching Excelsior. Instead, Poldervaart became the assistant coach of

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...

. On 10 May 2022,

appointed Poldervaart as head coach on a two-year deal, effective from 1 July, replacing

Reinier Robbemond Reinier Robbemond (born 31 January 1972) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of Eerste Divisie club Willem II. A midfielder, Robbemond's professional playing career spanned 19 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poldervaart, Adrie 1970 births Living people Dutch football managers BVV Barendrecht managers VV Zwaluwen managers VV Spijkenisse managers Excelsior Rotterdam managers De Graafschap managers FC Groningen non-playing staff Eerste Divisie managers Rinus Michels Award winners