John van den Brom

Joseph Anthonius John van den Brom (born 4 October 1966) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is scheduled to take charge of his former club Vitesse on 1 July 2024.

John van den Brom
Van den Brom in 2016 managing AZ
Personal information
Full nameJoseph Anthonius van den Brom
Date of birth (1966-10-04) 4 October 1966 (age 57)
Place of birthAmersfoort, Netherlands
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)Midfielder
Youth career
APWC
AFC Quick 1890
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1993Vitesse225(80)
1993–1995Ajax44(7)
1995–1996Istanbulspor22(3)
1996–2001Vitesse99(13)
2002–2003De Graafschap42(4)
Total432(107)
International career
1990–1993Netherlands2(1)
Managerial career
2003–2004Bennekom
2004–2007Jong Ajax
2007–2010AGOVV
2010–2011ADO Den Haag
2011–2012Vitesse
2012–2014Anderlecht
2014–2019AZ
2019–2020Utrecht
2020–2021Genk
2022Al-Taawoun
2022–2023Lech Poznań
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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Club career

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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

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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

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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 for 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 the 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]

On 1 May 2024, shortly after Vitesse's relegation to Eerste Divisie was confirmed, the club announced van den Brom would return to managing them from the 2024–25 season onwards. Almost 11 years since his exit, he signed a one-year deal.[18]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueAppsGoals
Vitesse1986–87Eerste Divisie3617
1987–88Eerste Divisie2510
1988–89Eerste Divisie366
1989–90Eredivisie3314
1990–91Eredivisie338
1991–92Eredivisie3210
1992–93Eredivisie3015
Ajax1993–94Eredivisie272
1994–95Eredivisie175
Istanbulspor1995–961. Lig223
Vitesse1996–97Eredivisie285
1997–98Eredivisie151
1998–99Eredivisie261
1999–00Eredivisie246
2000–01Eredivisie60
De Graafschap2000–01Eredivisie162
2001–02Eredivisie232
2002–03Eredivisie30
Total432107

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 16 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
AGOVV Apeldoorn 1 July 200730 June 2010120452253037.50
Den Haag 1 July 201029 June 20114020713050.00
Vitesse 1 July 201130 May 20124220913047.62
Anderlecht 30 May 20129 April 201498541826055.10
AZ Alkmaar 29 September 201430 June 20192161164159053.70
Utrecht 1 July 20199 November 20204020911050.00
Genk 9 November 20206 December 202165301322046.15
Al-Taawoun 31 March 20227 May 20227214028.57
Lech Poznań 19 June 202217 December 202382412318050.00
Total710348143219049.01

Honours

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As player

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Vitesse

Ajax

As manager

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Anderlecht

Genk

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Van den Brom en Van Vossen akkoord met Istanbulspor" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant (15 June 1995). Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ^ John van den Brom. Voetbalstats.nl Retrieved on 28 November 2016
  3. ^ De roots van Van den Brom Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine - RTVNH (in Dutch)
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "John van den Brom toch trainer van Vitesse" (in Dutch). NRC. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  6. ^ "John van den Brom toch naar Anderlecht" (in Dutch). De Gelderlander. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Van den Brom makes way for Hasi at Anderlecht". 10 March 2014.
  8. ^ Van den Brom nieuwe trainer AZ (Dutch)
  9. ^ "OFFICIEEL: John van den Brom is de nieuwe trainer van Racing Genk". sporza.be (in Dutch). 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Van den Brom moet nu toch vertrekken bij Genk, T2 Riddersholm neemt over". sporza.be (in Dutch). 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  11. ^ "رسميًا.. التعاون ينهي الاتفاق مع المدرب الهولندي "فان دين بروم"".
  12. ^ "John van den Brom trenerem Lecha" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 19 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Qarabağ FK – Lech Poznań 5:1". www.lechpoznan.pl. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Lech Poznań advances to UEFA Europa Conference League group stage". tvpworld.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Football: Poland's Lech Poznań beat Sweden's Djurgårdens 2-0 in Europa Conference League". polskieradio.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Lech krok od cudu". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 20 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Komunikat klubu" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  18. ^ "John van den Brom nieuwe hoofdtrainer Vitesse" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  19. ^ "TRENER WRZEŚNIA 2022: JOHN VAN DEN BROM (LECH POZNAŃ)" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 29 September 2022.
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