John van den Brom
Dutch footballer and manager
 Van den Brom in 2016 managing AZ | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Anthonius van den Brom | ||
| Date of birth | (1966-10-04) 4 October 1966 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Amersfoort, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| APWC | |||
| AFC Quick 1890 | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1993 | Vitesse | 225 | (80) |
| 1993–1995 | Ajax | 44 | (7) |
| 1995–1996 | Istanbulspor | 22 | (3) |
| 1996–2001 | Vitesse | 99 | (13) |
| 2002–2003 | De Graafschap | 42 | (4) |
| Total | 432 | (107) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1993 | Netherlands | 2 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Bennekom | ||
| 2004–2007 | Jong Ajax | ||
| 2007–2010 | AGOVV | ||
| 2010–2011 | ADO Den Haag | ||
| 2011–2012 | Vitesse | ||
| 2012–2014 | Anderlecht | ||
| 2014–2019 | AZ | ||
| 2019–2020 | Utrecht | ||
| 2020–2021 | Genk | ||
| 2022 | Al-Taawoun | ||
| 2022–2023 | Lech Poznań | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joseph Anthonius John van den Brom (born 4 October 1966) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań. As a player, he played for Vitesse, Ajax, De Graafschap and Istanbulspor. After his playing career, Van den Brom became a manager. He worked as a head coach for AGOVV Apeldoorn (2007–2010), ADO Den Haag (2010–2011), Vitesse (2011–2012) and Anderlecht (2012–2014). After managing AZ for five years, he moved to take charge of FC Utrecht from the 2019–20 season.
Playing career
Club career
Born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, 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 with 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 final season, retiring from playing in 2003.
International career
Van den Brom made two appearances for the Dutch national team.[2] He played in the 8–0 win against Malta and the 6–0 win against San Marino. He scored one goal.
Managerial career
After his playing career he became head scout of De Graafschap and head coach of amateur side Bennekom,[3] 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. In May 2010 he was presented as new head coach of Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag,[4] with whom he qualified for the 2011–12 Europa League. In June 2011, Van den Brom was named as head coach of his old club Vitesse.[5] Again, he managed to qualify for the Europa League.
He signed with Belgian side Anderlecht on 29 May 2012 as head coach.[6] He was sacked on 10 March 2014.[7]
On 27 September 2014, it was announced that Van den Brom had signed a deal with AZ to succeed Marco van Basten as the new manager.[8] After managing AZ for five years, he moved to take charge of FC Utrecht from the 2019–20 season.[citation needed]
In November 2020 van den Brom was announced as the new manager of Belgian First Division A side Genk following Jess Thorup's departure.[9] He was sacked by Genk on 6 December 2021.[10]
On 31 March 2022, van den Brom was announced as the manager of Saudi Professional League club Al-Taawoun.[11]
On 19 June 2022, he was announced as the manager of defending Polish Ekstraklasa champions Lech Poznań, replacing Maciej Skorża who left the team due to personal reasons.[12] He had a tumultuous start to his tenure, as Lech remained winless in the first four league games and crashed out of the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round after losing to Azerbaijani side Qarabağ 2–5 on aggregate.[13] However, Lech rebounded, and van den Brom led the team to a successful UEFA Europa Conference League campaign, reaching second place in the group stage which included Villarreal, Austria Wien and Hapoel Be'er Sheva,[14] eliminating Bodø/Glimt and Djurgårdens IF in the knockout stages,[15] before losing in the quarter-finals to Fiorentina, 4–6 on aggregate.[16]
Lech's 2023–2024 campaign got off to a rocky start, crashing out of Conference League third qualifying round against Slovak side Spartak Trnava (3–4 on aggregate). On 16 December 2023, Lech drew 2–2 at Radomiak Radom, losing the win in the 96th minute. With that result, Lech scored 10 points in the last eight games of the year, and headed off for a winter break sitting 3rd in the league table, with an eight-point deficit to leaders Śląsk Wrocław. The following day, van den Brom was dismissed.[17]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitesse | 1986–87 | Eerste Divisie | 36 | 17 |
| 1987–88 | Eerste Divisie | 25 | 10 | |
| 1988–89 | Eerste Divisie | 36 | 6 | |
| 1989–90 | Eredivisie | 33 | 14 | |
| 1990–91 | Eredivisie | 33 | 8 | |
| 1991–92 | Eredivisie | 32 | 10 | |
| 1992–93 | Eredivisie | 30 | 15 | |
| Ajax | 1993–94 | Eredivisie | 27 | 2 |
| 1994–95 | Eredivisie | 17 | 5 | |
| Istanbulspor | 1995–96 | 1. Lig | 22 | 3 |
| Vitesse | 1996–97 | Eredivisie | 28 | 5 |
| 1997–98 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | |
| 1998–99 | Eredivisie | 26 | 1 | |
| 1999–00 | Eredivisie | 24 | 6 | |
| 2000–01 | Eredivisie | 6 | 0 | |
| De Graafschap | 2000–01 | Eredivisie | 16 | 2 |
| 2001–02 | Eredivisie | 23 | 2 | |
| 2002–03 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 432 | 107 | ||
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 16 December 2023
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| AGOVV Apeldoorn |  | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 120 | 45 | 22 | 53 | 037.50 |
| Den Haag | | 1 July 2010 | 29 June 2011 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 050.00 |
| Vitesse | | 1 July 2011 | 30 May 2012 | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 047.62 |
| Anderlecht |  | 30 May 2012 | 9 April 2014 | 98 | 54 | 18 | 26 | 055.10 |
| AZ Alkmaar | | 29 September 2014 | 30 June 2019 | 216 | 116 | 41 | 59 | 053.70 |
| Utrecht | | 1 July 2019 | 9 November 2020 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 050.00 |
| Genk | | 9 November 2020 | 6 December 2021 | 65 | 30 | 13 | 22 | 046.15 |
| Al-Taawoun |  | 31 March 2022 | 7 May 2022 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 028.57 |
| Lech Poznań |  | 19 June 2022 | 17 December 2023 | 82 | 41 | 23 | 18 | 050.00 |
| Total | 710 | 348 | 143 | 219 | 049.01 | |||
Honours
As player
Vitesse
Ajax
As manager
Anderlecht
Genk
Individual
- Ekstraklasa Coach of the Month: September 2022[18]
References
- ^ "Van den Brom en Van Vossen akkoord met Istanbulspor" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant (15 June 1995). Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ John van den Brom. Voetbalstats.nl Retrieved on 28 November 2016
- ^ De roots van Van den Brom Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine - RTVNH (in Dutch)
- ^ "Van den Brom nieuwe hoofdtrainer" (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 29 May 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "John van den Brom toch trainer van Vitesse" (in Dutch). NRC. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "John van den Brom toch naar Anderlecht" (in Dutch). De Gelderlander. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "Van den Brom makes way for Hasi at Anderlecht". 10 March 2014.
- ^ Van den Brom nieuwe trainer AZ (Dutch)
- ^ "OFFICIEEL: John van den Brom is de nieuwe trainer van Racing Genk". sporza.be (in Dutch). 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Van den Brom moet nu toch vertrekken bij Genk, T2 Riddersholm neemt over". sporza.be (in Dutch). 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "رسميًا.. التعاون ينهي الاتفاق مع المدرب الهولندي "فان دين بروم"".
- ^ "John van den Brom trenerem Lecha" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Qarabağ FK – Lech Poznań 5:1". www.lechpoznan.pl. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Lech Poznań advances to UEFA Europa Conference League group stage". tvpworld.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Football: Poland's Lech Poznań beat Sweden's Djurgårdens 2-0 in Europa Conference League". polskieradio.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Lech krok od cudu". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Komunikat klubu" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "TRENER WRZEŚNIA 2022: JOHN VAN DEN BROM (LECH POZNAŃ)" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 29 September 2022.
External links
- John van den Brom at National-Football-Teams.com
