Jan Pruijn (born 12 October 1958) is a Dutch football coach.
As a footballer, Jan Pruijn only played amateur football, playing in the
Hoofdklasse
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Background
The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of ...
the 2nd highest league of amateur
football
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in the Netherlands.
In 1985, he became the coach of
De Treffers
De Treffers is an amateur football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands. The club plays in the Tweede Divisie, the highest amateur league of Dutch football.
History
It was founded in 1919, and its first chairman was Jan Piepenbreier. De Treffers h ...
from
Groesbeek
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, with whom he won the championship in the Zondag Hoofdklasse C league three times, also winning the championship of the whole amateur league once.
Between 1991 and 1994 he was the coach of
N.E.C., being promoted to the
Eredivisie
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and making it to the final of the
KNVB Cup
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in 1994.
Jan Pruijn then managed
De Treffers
De Treffers is an amateur football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands. The club plays in the Tweede Divisie, the highest amateur league of Dutch football.
History
It was founded in 1919, and its first chairman was Jan Piepenbreier. De Treffers h ...
for one more year, followed by a season as manager for
Helmond Sport
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.
After this coaching period, he became a football consultant for clubs such as
Urawa Red Diamonds
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,
Real Sociedad
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,
FC Porto
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and
FC Basel
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, and a couple of clubs from England. He opened up youth camps in the United States, and was youth coach in various countries, coaching at
Lebanese football clubs, Dutch clubs,
AFC Ajax
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,
VV Venray and
Al Ain FC
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.
In 1999, he was employed by
AFC Ajax
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as the manager of the international youth system, working with the academies in
Ghana
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, Belgium and South Africa. In 2008, he succeeded
Hans Vonk as the technical director at
Ajax Cape Town
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. In October 2009 he was briefly the interim manager for
Ajax Cape Town
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following a brief interim stint by
Muhsin Ertuğral
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Playing career
Ertuğral played for Antalyaspor before ...
. Jan Pruijn was relieved at the Cape club by
Foppe de Haan
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, to whom Jan would become the assistant, leading Ajax CT to second place in the South African
PSL that season.
In late 2012, Jan Pruijn occupied another interim coaching position at Ajax CT, succeeding
Wilfred Mugeyi
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's interim position, following the dismissal of
Maarten Stekelenburg
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as coach of Ajax Cape Town. He was relieved by
Jan Versleijen
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Career
Born in Venlo, Versleijen has managed a ...
who took over as interim coach, before resigning prematurely, and
Muhsin Ertuğral
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Playing career
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finishing the season with Ajax CT after being appointed Technical director of the Cape club.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pruijn, Jan
1958 births
Living people
Dutch footballers
Dutch football managers
NEC Nijmegen managers
Helmond Sport managers
Ajax Cape Town F.C. managers
Cape Town Spurs F.C. non-playing staff
De Treffers managers
People from Overbetuwe
Association footballers not categorized by position
Sportspeople from Gelderland
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Dutch expatriate football managers
Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa