Fredericus Jacobus Rutten (; born 5 December 1962) is a Dutch

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coach and former player. As a player, he spent his entire career with

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during the years 1979 to 1992. Following his playing career, Rutten also managed Twente, before moving on to clubs like Schalke 04,

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, Al Shabab, Maccabi Haifa and more recently

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Coaching career

Rutten has managed

(assistant manager, manager and technical director) and

(youth coach and assistant manager). In the summer of 2008, he took over as head coach of Bundesliga club Schalke 04. On 26 March 2009, Rutten was sacked as Schalke manager. On 17 April 2009, Rutten signed a contract as the new manager of PSV Eindhoven, for the season 2009–10. During the 2009–10 competition Rutten's side remained undefeated for 39 consecutive games. On 12 March 2012, Rutten was sacked as PSV manager following losses to

(2–6) and NAC (3–1) in the

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and to

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(4–2) in the Europa League. The following season Rutten served as Vitesse head coach where John van den Brom had been head coach before moving to Belgian side

. Rutten left Vitesse after the 2012-13 Eredivisie season, finishing in fourth place. On 3 March 2014,

released a statement confirming they had hired Rutten as their new head coach for the 2014-15 Eredivisie season. On 2 March 2015, Feyenoord announced that Rutten had decided not to extend his one-year contract, meaning he would leave the club at the end of the season. Feyenoord reached the knockout stage of the Europa League for the first time since 2004 with Rutten as head coach. On 17 May 2015, Feyenoord fired Rutten as head coach effective immediately after a 3–0 loss against PEC Zwolle, causing Feyenoord to finish 4th in the Eredivisie and missing out on directly qualifying for the Europa League. Rutten then had brief spells in the Middle East at Al Shabab and Maccabi Haifa. On 6 January 2019, he became head coach of Anderlecht. However, on 16 April, he was already fired after only 13 matches. On 20 May 2022 PSV confirmed that Rutten would return for the 2022-23 season as an assistant under head coach

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Honours

Manager

Club *

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Individual * Rinus Michels Award: 2008

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Fred Rutten
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