Arend Martijn Slot (; born 17 September 1978) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of

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Playing career

Slot played as midfielder for

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, NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam.

Coaching career

Slot begun his coaching career in 2013, working as a youth coach at PEC Zwolle for a year, before being appointed as an assistant coach at

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, a position he held until 2017. He was then hired by AZ as an assistant to

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, before being promoted to head coach in 2019. In his first season in charge, the

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was cancelled midway due to the

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pandemic. AZ came in second based on goal difference, although no winner was determined. On December 5, 2020, he was sacked as head coach of AZ for not being focused on the team, having recently negotiated a deal with

, despite earning 2.11 points per game in the Eredivisie, the highest of any AZ-coach in history. On 15 December 2020,

announced that the club had reached a deal with Slot for him to become the club's new coach from the start of the 2021–22 season in

. The deal will see Slot sign for 2 years, with Feyenoord having the option to extend his contract for a third year. At Feyenoord, Slot succeeded the experienced

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, who led the team to a 5th place in the

and qualification to the UEFA Conference League Qualifiers. Slot was appointed to build a new team with a recognisable playing style. Marino Pusic was appointed as his first assistant coach, while

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was retained as second assistant coach.

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was added to his staff as a field coach.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Zwolle *

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 t ...

: 2001–02, 2011–12

Manager

Feyenoord *

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runner-up: 2021–22

References

External links

Arne Slot
at Sparta Rotterdam

at

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1978 births Living people People from Hardenberg Association football midfielders Dutch footballers PEC Zwolle players NAC Breda players Sparta Rotterdam players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Dutch football managers Association football coaches PEC Zwolle non-playing staff AZ Alkmaar non-playing staff AZ Alkmaar managers Feyenoord managers Eredivisie managers Footballers from Overijssel {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub