Fred Rutten

Fredericus Jacobus Rutten (Dutch pronunciation: [freːdəˈrikʏ ɕaːˈkoːbʏs frɛt ˈrʏtə(n)]; born 5 December 1962) is a Dutch football coach and former player. As a player, he spent his entire career with Twente during the years 1979 to 1992. Following his playing career, Rutten also managed Twente, before moving on to clubs like Schalke 04, PSV Eindhoven, SBV Vitesse, Feyenoord, Al Shabab, Maccabi Haifa and more recently Anderlecht.

Fred Rutten

Rutten in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Fredericus Jacobus Rutten
Date of birth	(1962-12-05) 5 December 1962 (age 63)
Place of birth	Wijchen, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position	Defender
Youth career
0000–1977	VV Alverna
1977–1979	Twente
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1992	Twente	317	(11)
International career
1988	Netherlands	1	(0)
Managerial career
1999–2001	Twente
2002–2006	PSV (assistant)
2006–2008	Twente
2008–2009	Schalke 04
2009–2012	PSV
2012–2013	Vitesse
2014–2015	Feyenoord
2016–2017	Al Shabab
2018	Maccabi Haifa
2019	Anderlecht
2022–2023	PSV (assistant)
2023	PSV (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

Rutten has managed Twente (assistant manager, manager and technical director) and PSV Eindhoven (youth coach and assistant manager). In the summer of 2008, he took over as head coach of Bundesliga club Schalke 04. On 26 March 2009, Rutten was sacked as Schalke manager.^[1]

On 17 April 2009, Rutten signed a contract as the new manager of PSV Eindhoven, for the season 2009–10. During the 2009–10 competition Rutten's side remained undefeated for 39 consecutive games. On 12 March 2012, Rutten was sacked as PSV manager following losses to Twente (2–6) and NAC (3–1) in the Eredivisie and to Valencia (4–2) in the Europa League.

The following season Rutten served as Vitesse head coach where John van den Brom had been head coach before moving to Belgian side Anderlecht. Rutten left Vitesse after the 2012-13 Eredivisie season, finishing in fourth place. On 3 March 2014, Feyenoord released a statement confirming they had hired Rutten as their new head coach for the 2014-15 Eredivisie season. On 2 March 2015, Feyenoord announced that Rutten had decided not to extend his one-year contract, meaning he would leave the club at the end of the season.

Feyenoord reached the knockout stage of the Europa League for the first time since 2004 with Rutten as head coach. On 17 May 2015, Feyenoord fired Rutten as head coach effective immediately after a 3–0 loss against PEC Zwolle, causing Feyenoord to finish 4th in the Eredivisie and missing out on directly qualifying for the Europa League.^[2]

Rutten then had brief spells in the Middle East at Al Shabab and Maccabi Haifa. On 6 January 2019, he became head coach of Anderlecht. However, on 16 April, he was already fired after only 13 matches.^[3]

On 20 May 2022 PSV confirmed that Rutten would return for the 2022-23 season as an assistant under head coach Ruud van Nistelrooy.^[4]

Honours

Manager

Club

• KNVB Cup: 2001

Individual

• Rinus Michels Award: 2008

Managerial statistics

As of 12 April 2019

Club	Games	Win	Draw	Lose	Win %
Twente	75	39	22	14	52.00%
Schalke 04	37	16	9	12	43.24%
PSV	142	91	33	18	64.08%
Vitesse	41	23	8	10	56.09%
Feyenoord	45	22	10	13	48.89%
Al Shabab	15	5	6	4	33.33%
Maccabi Haifa	25	8	8	9	32.00%
Anderlecht	13	5	2	6	38.46%
Total	393	209	98	87	53.18%