John van 't Schip
Johannes Nicolaas "John" van 't Schip (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɟɔɱ vɑn ət ˈsxɪp]; born 30 December 1963) is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a winger, and is the current manager of Eredivisie club Ajax. 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.
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Van 't Schip in 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Johannes Nicolaas van 't Schip | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 December 1963 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fort St. John, Canada | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Ajax (Coach) | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1972–1976 | NFC Amstelveen | |||||||||||||
| 1976–1981 | Ajax | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1981–1992 | Ajax | 273 | (29) | |||||||||||
| 1992–1996 | Genoa | 107 | (11) | |||||||||||
| Total | 380 | (40) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1995 | Netherlands | 41 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Ajax Youth | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Twente | |||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Jong Ajax | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Ajax (caretaker) | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Melbourne Heart | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Guadalajara | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Melbourne City | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | PEC Zwolle | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Greece | |||||||||||||
| 2023– | Ajax | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
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 the Greece national football team from 2019 to 2021. He was then appointed as the manager of Ajax in 2023.