John van 't Schip
Dutch football manager (born 1963)
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- Johannes Nicolaas " John " van 't Schip ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʑɔɱ vɑn ət ˈsxɪp] ; born 30 December 1963) is a Dutch-Canadian football manager and former player who played as a winger.
- He spent his club career with Ajax, where they won four Eredivisie titles, a UEFA Cup and a European Cup Winners Cup, as well as Genoa.
- Van 't Schip started his managerial career at the Ajax Youth Academy, and his first senior managerial gig was with Twente.
- He managed Greece from 2019 to 2021.
- A year later he was appointed as the new manager of Armenia.
Johannes Nicolaas "John" van 't Schip (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʑɔɱ vɑn ət ˈsxɪp]; born 30 December 1963) is a Dutch-Canadian football manager and former player who played as a winger.
Born in Canada, he played for the Netherlands national team for nine years. He spent his club career with Ajax, where they won four Eredivisie titles, a UEFA Cup and a European Cup Winners Cup, as well as Genoa. He was also a member of the Dutch side which won the 1988 European Championships.
Van 't Schip started his managerial career at the Ajax Youth Academy, and his first senior managerial gig was with Twente. He previously was the manager of PEC Zwolle in his native Netherlands and Melbourne City in Australia among others. He managed Greece from 2019 to 2021. He was then appointed as the interim manager of Ajax in 2023 until 2024. A year later he was appointed as the new manager of Armenia.
Early life
Van 't Schip was born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, and was raised in Powell River, British Columbia, where he grew up playing youth football in the small community before his family moved back to the Netherlands in 1972.
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