Jan-Dirk "Dick" Schreuder (born 12 August 1971) is a Dutch professional

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and former

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who is the head coach of Keuken Kampioen Divisie club

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. He formerly played for PSV,

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and

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. His brother

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was also a footballer.

Playing career

Schreuder was born in Barneveld and began his career with

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. He played four times for PSV. He then played a season at

and

before finding regular football with

. He left the Netherlands in the summer of 1997 on a bosman and signed for English side

. His move to English football did not got according to plan and he made just two appearances for Stoke both coming as a substitute in the

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in 1997–98. He returned to Dutch football with

. He ended his professional career with

Coaching career

Schreuder joined Dutch amateur club SDV Barneveld in 2007. He managed them to promotion in the 2012–13 season, forging a reputation for bringing young players through and playing attractive football. In June 2013, he joined

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as head of coaching, with the three most senior coaching positions at the club all being taken up by Dutchmen: Schreuder,

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and Ulrich Landvreugd. After the departure of Davids in January 2014, Schreuder and Landvreugd were appointed joint managers. The duo lost their jobs to

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on 19 March after four straight losses, and returned to a first team coaching role. Schreuder left Barnet to become manager of

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in May 2014. In February 2018 he joined the technical staff of

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. and was replaced in Katwijk by

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. On 27 May 2019

announced, that Schreuder would leave the club at the end of the season to become assistant manager of

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for the 2019–20 season. On 12 June 2021, it was announced that Schreuder would become assistant coach to

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at Vitesse, where he signed a contract until 30 June 2023. On 18 November 2021, Schreuder signed a one-and-a-half year deal to become the new

head coach, replacing the outgoing

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