Johannes Nicolaas van 't Schip (; born 30 December 1963) is a Dutch Canadian and former Dutch international footballer, who played as a winger. He spent his club career with

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, where they won four

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titles, a UEFA Cup and a European Cup Winners Cup, as well as

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. He was also a member of the Dutch side which won the 1988 European Championships. Van 't Schip last managed the

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, a role he had since July 2019. He previously was the manager of

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in his native Netherlands and

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in Australia among others.

Early life

Van 't Schip was born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, and was raised in

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, where he grew up playing youth football in the small community before his family moved back to the Netherlands in 1972.

Club career

Van 't Schip began his career in the

youth academy. Debuting for the first team 6 December 1981 (Ajax-Haarlem 4–1), he spent the next 11 seasons with the club. During this period he became league champion in 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1990, and cup champion in 1983, 1986 and 1987. He also helped Ajax win the 1987 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1992 UEFA Cup. After Ajax's UEFA Cup victory, he was bought by Italian team

, where he played four seasons before finishing his career. He helped the club to lift the 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup.

International career

On the international level, Van 't Schip, a member of the Dutch squad at the

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, was capped 41 times and scored two goals for the Dutch national team. His debut came against

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in April 1986, and his final match was a Euro qualifying match against

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in June 1995. Van 't Schip featured in the victorious Euro 1988 squad, as well as 1990 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1992 tournaments.

Coaching career

After retiring, Van 't Schip became a youth coach for Ajax and manager for

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. From August 2004 he assisted Marco van Basten in coaching the Dutch national team, until Van Basten left the position of head coach following

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. Van 't Schip followed Van Basten to Ajax, becoming assistant coach with Rob Witschge, for the 2008–09 season. On 6 May 2009, after Marco van Basten's resignation, he was named as the interim head coach of Ajax and coached the club till the end of the season.

Melbourne Heart

He was signed by Australian A-League club

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on 12 October 2009, to be their inaugural coach for the 2010–11 season. On 1 February 2012, Van 't Schip announced that he would be leaving the Melbourne Heart at the end of the 2011–12 season, citing personal reasons for his decision. Van't Schip took Heart to their first finals appearance in their second season. Van 't Schip had a major role in the development of Melbourne Heart.

Guadalajara

In April 2012, Guadalajara announced, through its Twitter account, that Van 't Schip would be the new coach of the club. Van 't Schip was recommended by his fellow countryman

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, who was working at that moment in a project with the club. Van 't Schip's first competitive game was against

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, in which the Chivas lost 2–1. Van 't Schip was relieved of his duties as coach of Chivas a few days before the start of the Clausura 2013 Season. He was replaced by former Chivas coach Benjamin Galindo.

Return to Melbourne City

On 30 December 2013, following 17 winless games by Melbourne Heart and the early termination of

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's contract, Melbourne Heart appointed Van 't Schip as the coach until the end of the season. On 19 March 2014, after 11 matches coaching the club, including a seven-match unbeaten run, Van 't Schip signed a three-year contract with the club (who would be renamed Melbourne City FC in June 2014), through to the end of the 2016–17 season. On 3 January 2017, Van 't Schip resigned as Melbourne City manager to return to the Netherlands to help care for his terminally-ill father.

Greece

In July 2019, he was hired as coach of

. On 26 November 2021 Van 't Schip resigned as

coach.

Personal life

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Coaching record

*1.Includes League, Liguilla, Copa MX and CONCACAF Champions League.

Honours

Player

Club

Ajax *

: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90 * KNVB Cup: 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87 *

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: 1991–92 *

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: 1986–87 Genoa * Anglo-Italian Cup: 1995–96

International

Netherlands *

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Manager

Melbourne City FC *

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References

External links

knvb.nl

ajax.nl
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schip, John van 't 1963 births Living people 1990 FIFA World Cup players AFC Ajax players Canadian emigrants to the Netherlands Canadian people of Dutch descent Dutch football managers Dutch expatriate footballers Dutch footballers Eredivisie players Expatriate footballers in Italy Van 'T Schip, John Netherlands youth international footballers Netherlands international footballers People from Fort St. John, British Columbia Serie A players Serie B players UEFA Euro 1988 players UEFA Euro 1992 players UEFA European Championship-winning players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy FC Twente managers Jong Ajax managers Eredivisie managers Van 'T Schip, John C.D. Guadalajara managers Greece national football team managers Dutch expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Mexico AFC Ajax managers AFC Ajax non-playing staff Melbourne City FC managers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Australia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Association football wingers UEFA Cup winning players