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John van den Brom

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In this Dutch name, the surname is van den Brom, not Brom.
John van den Brom
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 58)
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
2024– Vitesse
*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 is the current manager of Eerste Divisie club Vitesse.

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
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

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As of match played 16 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
AGOVV Apeldoorn Netherlands 1 July 2007 30 June 2010 120 45 22 53 037.50
Den Haag Netherlands 1 July 2010 29 June 2011 40 20 7 13 050.00
Vitesse Netherlands 1 July 2011 30 May 2012 42 20 9 13 047.62
Anderlecht Belgium 30 May 2012 9 April 2014 98 54 18 26 055.10
AZ Alkmaar Netherlands 29 September 2014 30 June 2019 216 116 41 59 053.70
Utrecht Netherlands 1 July 2019 9 November 2020 40 20 9 11 050.00
Genk Belgium 9 November 2020 6 December 2021 65 30 13 22 046.15
Al-Taawoun Saudi Arabia 31 March 2022 7 May 2022 7 2 1 4 028.57
Lech Poznań Poland 19 June 2022 17 December 2023 82 41 23 18 050.00
Total 710 348 143 219 049.01

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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