John van den Brom
John van den Brom (born 4 October 1966 in Amersfoort, The Netherlands) is a former professional footballer and currently head coach of Dutch Eredivisie-side Vitesse.
Playing career
Club career
Van den Brom started his career at the amateurs of APWC in Amersfoort before signing as a professional footballer for Vitesse in 1986.After seven seasons for Vitesse, playing 225 games and scoring 80 goals, he made the move to Dutch giants Ajax, where he played for two seasons before moving abroad with Turkish side Istanbulspor[1]. He returned to Vitesse after one season, and spent another five seasons there before signing for De Graafschap for his last season, retiring from playing in 2003.
International career
Van den Brom made two appearances for the Dutch national team. He played in the 8–0 win against Malta and the 6-0 win against San Marino. He scored one goal.
Managing career
After his playing career he became head scout of De Graafschap and head coach of amateur side Bennekom, before becoming coach of the second team at Ajax, on 29 April 2004. From 2007 to 2010 he served as head coach of small Eerste Divisie club AGOVV Apeldoorn with impressive results, also winning a place in the promotion playoffs in his last season in charge. On May 2010 he was announced as new head coach of Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag.[2] June 2011 van den Brom was named as head coach at his old club Vitesse.
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4 October 1966 |
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Amersfoort, Netherlands |
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