Jan van Raalte ( Hattem, 12 August 1968) is a Dutch football manager of amateur squads and formerly a professional footballer, mostly in the Eerste Divisie and one season with Cambuur Leeuwarden in the Eredivisie. Van Raalte won the

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for coaching amateur teams. He lives in Harkema where he finished his midfield player career.

Football career

Van Raalte played four seasons for FC Zwolle, after which he played 1993 to 1995 for Cambuur Leeuwarden. Then Van Raalte played for Emmen. Starting in 1999, his last two seasons in the Eerste Divisie were at

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, followed by three years for Harkemase Boys in the

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. Until 2009 Van Raalte managed

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. In 2012 he became the coach of

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. Since 2016 he manages

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but has notified the club he will take a break from coaching starting summer 2019.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raalte, Jan Van 1968 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch football managers FC Emmen players PEC Zwolle players SC Cambuur players VVV-Venlo players Footballers from Friesland Footballers from Gelderland People from Achtkarspelen People from Hattem Men's association football midfielders Rinus Michels Award winners