- Jan Poortvliet
Football player infobox
playername = Jan Poortvliet
fullname = Jan Poortvliet
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=11
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1955|9|21|df=y
cityofbirth =Arnemuiden
countryofbirth =Netherlands
currentclub = Southampton (Manager)
position = Defender,midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1974–1983
1983–1984
1984–1987
1987–1988
1988–1989
1989–1990
1990–1992
clubs =PSV Eindhoven Roda JC Nîmes Olympique
Antwerp FCAS Cannes
SC Eendracht AalstVCV Zeeland
caps(goals) = 264 (41)
020 0(1)
097 (15)
034 0(7)
036 0(3)
020 0(3)
060 0(4)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Netherlands
nationalcaps(goals) = 019 0(1)
manageryears = 1996-1997
2000-2001
2002-2005
2007-2008
2008–
managerclubs =RBC Roosendaal FC Den Bosch
TelstarHelmond Sport
SouthamptonJan Poortvliet (born
21 September ,1955 inArnemuiden ,Zeeland ) is a retired football defender from theNetherlands , who represented his native country at the1978 FIFA World Cup inArgentina , wearing the number two jersey. His biggest club successes came when he played forPSV Eindhoven in the mid- and late 1970s. After his retirement in the early 1990s he became a football manager, who worked for clubs likeF.C. Den Bosch ,RBC Roosendaal andStormvogels Telstar . As a manager Poortvliet has won six titles at various levels and has a good record of succeeding with little or no money to spend. cite web |url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/team/?page_id=6587&player_id=156|title= Profile – Jan Poortvliet|publisher=SaintsFC.co.uk|]On
29 May 2008 , he was announced as the new Head Coach of EnglishFootball League Championship side Southampton as an immediate replacement toNigel Pearson , withMark Wotte taking over the Academy.cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/7427097.stm |title=Poortvliet named new Saints boss|publisher=BBC|date=2008-05-30|accessdate=2008-05-30] In taking the Southampton job he became the club’s 10th head coach in as many years as well as being the first foreigner to hold the position. But within days it emerged that Poortvliet was still employed by his previous Club Helmond Sport who hadnt given him any permission to talk to Southampton. Poortvliet was offering to pay compensation to Helmond where he still had one year on his contract. But his offer of 30,000 Euros was taken as a insult by Helmond. The situation though was resolved via an arbitration panel (The Dutch FA - KNVB). Jan was told he could take theSouthampton F.C. job if he paid his former club Helmond Sport £60,000 (75,000 euros) in compensation. Which he duly agreed to and his contract with his former clubHelmond Sport has been terminated. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/7475156.stm Poortvliet Cleared for Saints Job] ]His first official game in charge of Southampton was against Cardiff when Southampton lost 2-1, having conceded right at the end.However, 3 days later he won his first game in charge of Southampton, by beating Exeter City 1-3 in the Carling Cup first round. His first league win came on
23 August atDerby County thanks to aDavid McGoldrick goal. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7565074.stm |title=Derby 0-1 Southampton |publisher=BBC |date=2008-08-23 |accessdate=2008-08-26]References
External links
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=18260 Profile]
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