Maurice Steijn (born 20 November 1973) is a Dutch professional

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and former

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. He is the current head coach of

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. He formerly worked with

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...

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, and

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

Managerial career

ADO Den Haag

Steijn is a

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and has taught in primary education. As a coach, he started as an assistant to Bob Kootwijk at the

amateur branch and also coached youth teams. After this, he became assistant for the first team and until 30 March 2010 also coached the ADO reserves, before being appointed

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of the ADO first team after the dismissal of

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. After the departure of

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to Vitesse on 30 June 2011, Steijn was appointed head coach of ADO. On 5 February 2014, after three years as head coach, Steijn was dismissed after a loss against

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, and was succeeded by his assistant, former defender

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Personal life

Steijn is the father of the Dutch footballer Sem Steijn, and managed his son's debut at

on 6 December 2018.

Managerial Statistics

References

1973 births Living people Dutch footballers Eredivisie players Dutch football managers ADO Den Haag players NAC Breda players Eredivisie managers Eerste Divisie managers ADO Den Haag managers VVV-Venlo managers NAC Breda managers UAE Pro League managers Footballers from The Hague Association football midfielders {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub