Jan van Deinsen (born 19 June 1953) is a Dutch former football player and manager who played as a left midfielder.

Jan van Deinsen
van Deinsen in 1976
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-06-19) 19 June 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth Tiel, Netherlands
Position(s) Left midfielder
Youth career
TSV Theole
NEC Nijmegen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1974 NEC 59 (9)
1974–1976 Go Ahead Eagles 53 (7)
1976–1983 Feyenoord 164 (23)
Total 276 (39)
International career
1980 Netherlands 1 (0)
Managerial career
1989–1990 Nigeria (assistant)
1990 Achilles '29
1991–1992 TOP Oss (assistant)
1995–1996 NAC (assistant)
1997–2000 TOP Oss (technical director)
2000–2002 Go Ahead Eagles (assistant)
2002–2003 Babberich
2003–2004 MVV
2004–2005 Vitesse (assistant)
2006–2008 Trinidad and Tobago (assistant)
2008–2009 JVC Cuijk
2009–2010 Vitesse (assistant)
2010–2012 JVC Cuijk
2012–2013 Achilles '29
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

van Deinsen was born in Tiel, Gelderland. He made his professional debut for NEC on 12 September 1971 against SC Telstar and also played for Go Ahead Eagles, before joining Dutch giants Feyenoord for whom he played for seven years.[1] He won the 1979–80 KNVB Cup with the club, but he had to quit football in 1984 due to injuries of his achilles tendon.

International career edit

He obtained one cap for the Netherlands national team, when they lost to the Republic of Ireland on 10 September 1980 in Dublin.[2]

Managerial career edit

After retiring as a player, van Deinsen coached amateur sides Babberich and JVC Cuijk and was assistant at several professional clubs as well as to fellow Dutch managers Clemens Westerhof at Nigeria and Wim Rijsbergen at Trinidad and Tobago.[3] In 2003 he was named manager of Eerste Divisie club MVV,[4] only to leave them in February 2004.[5]

He was appointed manager of Achilles '29 in July 2012 after leaving the amateurs of JVC Cuijk.[6]

Honours edit

Feyenoord

References edit

  1. ^ Career stats – Feyenoord-Online
  2. ^ Intl career stats – EU Football
  3. ^ Strijder liep alleen maar tegen muren op – NRC (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Jan van Deinsen nieuwe coach MVV – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  5. ^ Jan van Deinsen stapt op bij MVV – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  6. ^ Jan van Deinsen nieuwe trainer Achilles ’29 Archived 12 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine – De Groesbeek (in Dutch)

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