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Johannes Hendrikus Olde Riekerink (born 22 February 1963) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who is head coach of Indonesian club Dewa United.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Johannes Hendrikus Olde Riekerink[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Hengelo, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dewa United (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1991 | Sparta Rotterdam | 70 | (5) |
| 1990–1991 | FC Dordrecht | 23 | (1) |
| 1991–1993 | Telstar | 34 | (0) |
| Total | 137 | (6) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–2002 | Ajax (youth coach) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Gent | ||
| 2003–2005 | FC Emmen | ||
| 2005–2006 | Porto (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Metalurh Donetsk (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2011 | Jong Ajax (head of youth) | ||
| 2011–2012 | China U19 | ||
| 2015 | China U16[3] | ||
| 2016–2017 | Galatasaray | ||
| 2018–2019 | SC Heerenveen | ||
| 2019–2021 | Cape Town City | ||
| 2023– | Dewa United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Born in Hengelo, Olde Riekerink played professionally for Sparta Rotterdam, FC Dordrecht and Telstar between 1985 and 1993.[4]
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Olde Riekerink worked at Ajax as a youth coach from 1995 to 2002. He later managed Belgian club Gent and Dutch club FC Emmen, and has also been Assistant Manager at Portuguese club Porto and Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk. He was appointed Head of Youth Development of Jong Ajax in April 2007.,[5] on 15 June it was announced that Olde Riekerink would give up his position at the club after irreconcilable differences with new board-member Johan Cruyff.[6]
He became manager of Turkish club Galatasaray in March 2016.[7] Under Olde Riekerink, Galatasaray won 1–0 against Fenerbahçe in the 2016 Turkish Cup Final on 26 May 2016.[8] He was sacked in February 2017.[9]
He was manager of Dutch club SC Heerenveen from 2018 to April 2019.[10][11]
On 6 November 2019, he was presented as the new coach of South African club Cape Town City.[12] He left the role on 21 May 2021.[13] Later that month he signed a three-year contract with Turkish club İskenderunspor to become their CEO.[14]
In January 2023 he became head coach of Indonesian club Dewa United.[15]
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