John Stegeman (born 27 August 1976) is a Dutch professional

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and former footballer.

Playing career

During his footballing career, Stegeman played as a

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in the Dutch

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, except for his debut season with Vitesse, which was in the

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. He made his debut for Vitesse on 30 March 1996 in an away match against

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

. After making six additional appearances during the season, he was loaned to

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as ...

in the summer of 1996. After being released by Vitesse a year later, he played for Go Ahead Eagles, Heracles Almelo,

AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV () is a Dutch association football club based in Apeldoorn. It was established on 25 February 1913. The club played in professional football from 1954 to 1971 and from 2003 to 2013. AGOVV's male first squad plays in 2022–23 in the Tweede ...

and

Cambuur Leeuwarden SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 Ee ...

. In the summer of 2007, he retired from professional football.

Managerial career

Stegeman joined the technical staff of Heracles in June 2008. On 31 August 2014 the then head coach of Heracles,

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, was fired. Stegeman was temporarily appointed as head coach together with René Kolmschot. On 17 September 2014 this appointment was made permanent until the end of the season. At the end of the 2017–18 season Stegemans and Heracles decided to part ways. Stegemans became the head coach of Go Ahead Eagles at the start of the 2018-19 season. On 29 May, after just missing promotion to the

, Stegeman announced he was leaving Go Ahead Eagles to join their rivals

PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total ...

. After disappointing results, including a 3–2 defeat against relegation candidate FC Emmen, Stegeman was dismissed by the club management on 20 February 2021.

Personal life

On 5 September 2019, Stegeman was involved in a solo traffic accident with his

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three times the legal limit.

References

Living people 1976 births Dutch footballers Association football forwards Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players SBV Vitesse players Helmond Sport players Go Ahead Eagles players Heracles Almelo players AGOVV Apeldoorn players SC Cambuur players Dutch football managers Eredivisie managers Heracles Almelo managers Go Ahead Eagles managers PEC Zwolle managers People from Epe, Netherlands Heracles Almelo non-playing staff Footballers from Gelderland {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub