Jurgen Streppel (born 25 June 1969) is a Dutch professional

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and former

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, who is the current technical director of

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 ...

Playing career

Born in

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, Streppel began his professional career in 1990 as a

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in the second-tier

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

. After two seasons he moved to

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

, where he played in the top-tier

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until 1997. In the 1993–94 season, he was loaned to Eerste Divisie club

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. From 1997 to 2005, Streppel played for Helmond Sport again. In total, he made 373 appearances in which he scored 57 goals.

Managerial career

Already in 1995, Streppel began his coaching career as a youth coach at

where he also was a player for the first team. He worked as a youth coach for several years until 2006, where he became assistant manager of the first team under

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. From 2008 to the summer of 2011, he was head coach of Helmond Sport. On 1 July 2011, Streppel was appointed head coach of Willem II, where signed a contract extension in January 2015 until mid-2017. After the 2012–13 season, Streppel suffered relegation with Willem II to the

, but they returned to the Eredivisie a year later. Streppel signed a two-year contract with

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in March 2016, which would go into effect in July of the same year, after his fifth season with Willem II. He succeeded

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. Streppel was succeeded at Willem II by

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, who came over from

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. On 13 March 2018, it was announced that Streppel would leave Heerenveen after the 2017–18 season. In October 2018, Streppel was appointed manager of

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in Cyprus, where he had to wait three months for salary payment. In June 2019, Streppel was appointed manager of Al Jazira in Abu Dhabi. He left the role in October 2019 after only three matches. On 10 June 2020, Streppel was appointed manager of

Roda JC Kerkrade Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...

. In October 2021, he extended his deal until June 2024. However, on 15 December 2022, Roda confirmed, that Streppel had left the club and would return to

as technical director.

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