Jan Willem van Ede (born 13 April 1963 in

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) is a retired

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Playing career

Club

He played the majority of his career for hometown club

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and as of 2017, still holds the record of most

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games played for the club with 409. He made his professional debut on 8 September 1982 for Utrecht against

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and won the 1985

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with the club. He later became reserve goalkeeper at PSV and

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and also played for

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in the

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and NAC.

Hoekman case

In 1999, Van Ede was sentenced to pay a compensation after kicking

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winger

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10 years earlier, which took Hoekman out of the game for almost two years due to a knee injury.

Coaching career

Van Ede worked as assistant and goalkeeper coach of the Netherlands women from 2005 but was dismissed in summer 2016 due to a difference in view with manager

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. Next to his job with the Dutch FA, he was appointed coach of amateur side Montfoort in December 2015. In September 2019 van Ede was appointed the Republic of Ireland Women's team goalkeeping coach, reuniting with manager

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Statistics

Last update: 4 December 2008

Honours

;FC Utrecht *

: 1984–85

References

External links

Career stats
1963 births Living people Dutch footballers Footballers from Utrecht (city) Association football goalkeepers FC Utrecht players PSV Eindhoven players HFC Haarlem players NAC Breda players FC Twente players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Sweden {{Netherlands-footy-goalkeeper-stub