Andries Jonker (; 22 September 1962) is the Netherlands women's national football team manager and former

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. Jonker was at the helm of Dutch outfits Willem II, MVV and

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and was the assistant manager of

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and Bayern Munich as well. From 2014 to February 2017, he took up the role as head of the Arsenal F.C. Academy after which he returned to Wolfsburg to become the first-team manager.

Playing career

Jonker as a player featured in Holland for clubs,

, De Volewijckers, De Meer and ZFC.

Managerial career

Jong Oranje

Jonker began his career managing at side DRC Amsterdam II in 1988. Two years afterward, he attained the post at the helm of the Netherlands's youth teams. He eventually held on to this role for seven years altogether.

FC Volendam

The head managerial post at

was taken up by Jonker in July 1999. Jonker was in this role at the

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until late June of the following year.

MVV Maastricht

In July 2004, Jonker was appointed as the manager of club

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eerst ...

. As such he saw the Sterrendragers get to the quarterfinals of the 2006 KNVB Cup.

Willem II

Jonker was named as an assistant manager at Willem II for the 2006–07 season. The following season saw him fully take up the helm of the Tricolores. Jonker stayed on as manager of the club for another season only to leave the side in February 2009.

Bayern Munich

Jonker then joined Bayern Munich as an assistant to

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in July 2009. Wherein this role, Jonker won with Bayern the double of the

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and the

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of 2010. He then took over the side in April 2011 on an interim basis until the end of that season. Jonker, in June 2011, was announced as the new manager of

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. Jonker eventually left the club altogether in June 2012.

VfL Wolfsburg

Jonker joined up with

soon afterward, thus staying in the Bundesliga. As so at the

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he took up the position of an assistant manager, where he helped see the Wolves get to the

semi finals of

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Arsenal

Jonker was announced as the new

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manager at English club Arsenal ahead of the 2014–15 season. Whilst at the club Jonkers formed an influential and key part in the academy's Hale End based facility being redesigned and rebuilt.

Return to Wolfsburg

Jonker again linked up with Wolfsburg so as to be appointed as the club's new first-team manager in February 2017. Jonker and Wolfsburg parted ways on 18 September 2017.

Telstar

Exactly seven years after his first appointment as assistant coach at

, Jonker signed a two-year contract with

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club SC Telstar. At the club from

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, Jonker was appointed as head coach and technical director, succeeding Mike Snoei and Piet Buter who left for De Graafschap. In June 2022, Jonker parted ways with Telstar.

Netherlands Women

On 24 August 2022, Jonker was appointed as the new Netherlands women's national team boss replacing Mark Parsons who was sacked after the team's poor performance at Euro 2022. Jonker was appointed until 2025.

Managerial statistics

References

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