Jan Poortvliet (; born 21 September 1955) is a Dutch professional
football
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coach and a former player who played as a
left-back. He works as the coach of the Under-18 squad of
FC Eindhoven
FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...
He represented the
Netherlands national team at the
1978 FIFA World Cup
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The Cup was won by t ...
in Argentina. His biggest club successes came when he played for
PSV Eindhoven in the mid- and late 1970s. After his retirement in the early 1990s, he became a football manager and worked for clubs such as
FC Den Bosch
FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...
,
RBC Roosendaal,
Stormvogels Telstar
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History 20th century
The club was founded in 1971 as a merger of RKSV Stormvog ...
, and
Southampton.
Managerial career
Southampton
On 29 May 2008, he was announced as the new head coach of English
Football League Championship
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side
Southampton as an immediate replacement to
Nigel Pearson, with
Mark Wotte
Mark Christian Wotte (born 16 December 1960) is a Dutch football manager and former player. Wotte has managed teams in the Netherlands, Egypt, Qatar, England and Romania, and has also worked for the Scottish Football Association.
Playing career
W ...
taking over the Academy.
In taking the Southampton job he became the club's 10th head coach in as many years as well as being the first foreigner to hold the position. But within days it emerged that Poortvliet was still employed by his previous club
Helmond Sport who hadn't given him any permission to talk to Southampton. Poortvliet was offering to pay compensation to Helmond where he still had one year on his contract. But his offer of 30,000 Euros was taken as an insult by Helmond. The situation though was resolved via an arbitration panel (The Dutch FA – KNVB). Poortvliet was told he could take the Southampton job if he paid his former club Helmond Sport £60,000 (75,000 euros) in compensation. He complied with these terms and his contract with Helmond Sport was terminated.
In his first official game in charge Southampton lost 2–1 to Cardiff, having conceded right at the end. However, three days later Poortvliet recorded his first win as Southampton manager, beating Exeter City 3–1 in the League Cup first round. His first league win came on 23 August at
Derby County thanks to a
David McGoldrick goal. Following a run of just one win in 14 home games, on 23 January 2009 Poortvliet announced his resignation from the club, with reserve team coach
Mark Wotte
Mark Christian Wotte (born 16 December 1960) is a Dutch football manager and former player. Wotte has managed teams in the Netherlands, Egypt, Qatar, England and Romania, and has also worked for the Scottish Football Association.
Playing career
W ...
taking over as
head coach.
Later career
On 15 June 2009, Poortvliet was announced as the new manager of
Eerste Divisie club
FC Eindhoven
FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...
. He led his side to qualification to the promotion/relegation tournament between Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie.
In June 2010 he was introduced as new head coach of
Telstar, another Dutch Eerste Divisie team; his salary will however be paid by parent club
AZ. After two lacklustre seasons at the
Velsen-based club, in March 2012 it was confirmed Poortvliet had agreed to a move back to his previous club FC Den Bosch, effective from July.
Personal life
Poortvliet is the uncle of the Dutch footballer
Jan Paul van Hecke.
References
External links
Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Poortvliet, Jan
1955 births
Living people
People from Middelburg, Zeeland
Dutch men's footballers
Dutch football managers
Men's association football defenders
Netherlands men's international footballers
1978 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 1980 players
PSV Eindhoven players
Roda JC Kerkrade players
Nîmes Olympique players
AS Cannes players
Southampton F.C. managers
RBC Roosendaal managers
FC Den Bosch managers
Helmond Sport managers
Eredivisie players
Ligue 1 players
Belgian Pro League players
Men's association football utility players
English Football League managers
FC Eindhoven managers
SC Telstar managers
UEFA Cup winning players
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate football managers in England
Dutch expatriate football managers
Footballers from Zeeland