Ron Jans (, born 29 September 1958) is a Dutch football coach and former player, he currently is the head coach of

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Coaching career

FC Groningen

Born in

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, Ron Jans joined FC Groningen on 2002, and was the longest-serving head coach in the whole

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, being instrumental in the club's recent successes, including two consecutive

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qualifications in 2005 and 2006. During his time at Groningen, Jans was known for his witty comments during press conferences and his positive attitude towards the press. He was formerly active as a

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teacher. He also appeared regularly in the Dutch television channel

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as a

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analyst for the 2009–10 season. In November 2009 he announced he will leave FC Groningen at the end of the 2009–10 season, after eight years in charge of the club, citing his desire for a new experience as the main reason behind his choice.

SC Heerenveen

In February 2010

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officials agreed terms with the Groningen coach for next season, the 51-year-old joined his new club at the end of the season to replace Jan de Jonge. The move was quite a controversy as SC Heerenveen and FC Groningen are great rivals in the Dutch Eredivisie. Ron Jans was seen as a Groningen FC ace and the supporters did not think much of his step to the rivals. After the news came out, the fans showed a banner saying, "You never knew how to replace someone." With this message they showed their dislike of the move of the manager on the one hand and sneered at how he sometimes substituted players that hardly made any sense. Jans' first season in charge of Heerenveen was mostly considered as disappointing, as he only managed to achieve an unimpressive twelfth place in the league table and was also criticized due to a number of controversial choices. His second season turned out however to be much better, thanks to his ability to get the most out of forwards Bas Dost, Luciano Narsingh, and Oussama Assaidi and drive the team into the battle for the league title by April 2012. In January 2012, it was revealed Ron Jans would depart from Heerenveen by the end of the season, with former Dutch superstar player

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taking over from him. He led Heerenveen to direct

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qualification by the end of the season.

Standard Liège

He signed to

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on 29 May 2012, but agreed with the club to end his contract on 22 October after Standard was at that time 12th in the

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PEC Zwolle

Jans joined

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in 2013. In his first season, he won the

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after beating

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5–1 in the final. In the 2014–15 season he led PEC Zwolle to the cup final once again and also winning the Johan Cruijff Schaal.

FC Cincinnati

On 26 July 2019, ''

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'' reported that Jans had been hired as the head coach of American club

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, and would replace interim coach

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as soon as he obtained a work visa. FC Cincinnati officially announced the hiring on 5 August 2019, ending a months-long coach search that began with their firing of Alan Koch in May 2019. This was Jans' second time working with FC Cincinnati general manager

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, who had hired Jans in 2013 when he was technical director of

. Jans' contract was set to expire on 31 December 2020, with Nijkamp having previously indicated that their coach hire would be a "short-term solution" to be re-evaluated ahead of the 2021 season. On 17 February 2020 Jans resigned from his head coach position at FC Cincinnati amidst an investigation into his alleged use of a racial slur.

FC Twente

Jans is currently manager of FC Twente.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

PEC Zwolle *

: 2013–14 *

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