Johannes Hendrikus Olde Riekerink (born 22 February 1963) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who is head coach of Indonesian club Dewa United.

Career

Playing career

Born in

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, Olde Riekerink played professionally for Sparta Rotterdam, FC Dordrecht and

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between 1985 and 1993.

Coaching career

Olde Riekerink worked at

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as a youth coach from 1995 to 2002. He later managed Belgian club

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and Dutch club FC Emmen, and has also been Assistant Manager at Portuguese club

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and Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk. He was appointed Head of Youth Development of Jong Ajax in April 2007., on 15 June it was announced that Olde Riekerink would give up his position at the club after irreconcilable differences with new board-member

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. He became manager of Turkish club

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in March 2016. Under Olde Riekerink, Galatasaray won 1–0 against Fenerbahçe in the 2016 Turkish Cup Final on 26 May 2016. He was sacked in February 2017. He was manager of Dutch club

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from 2018 to April 2019. On 6 November 2019, he was presented as the new coach of South African club

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. He left the role on 21 May 2021. Later that month he signed a three-year contract with Turkish club İskenderunspor to become their CEO. In January 2023 he became head coach of Indonesian club Dewa United.

Personal life

His brother

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was also a professional player.Jan Olde Riekerink de nieuwe technische man bij Emmen
- FC Emmen

References

1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Hengelo Association football midfielders Dutch footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Sparta Rotterdam players FC Dordrecht players SC Telstar players Dutch football managers AFC Ajax non-playing staff K.A.A. Gent managers FC Emmen managers Jong Ajax managers Galatasaray S.K. (football) managers SC Heerenveen managers Dutch expatriate football managers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate football managers in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Dutch expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate football managers in China Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate football managers in Turkey Cape Town City F.C. (2016) managers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa Footballers from Overijssel Dutch expatriates in Indonesia Expatriate football managers in Indonesia {{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub