Lodewijk de Kruif
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-10-07) 7 October 1969
Place of birth Lunteren, Netherlands
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 VV DUNO (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 TOP Oss 19 (1)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Bangladesh
2015–2016 VV DUNO
2015 Bangladesh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lodewijk de Kruif (born 7 October 1969) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who manages VV DUNO.

Playing career

De Kruif made 19 league appearances for TOP Oss in the 1993-94 season.[1]

Coaching career

After Samson Siasia left Nigerian club Heartland to manage the Nigerian national team, De Kruif was one of four European coaches named in December 2010 on the shortlist to replace him.[2] He worked for the club as a Technical Advisor, leaving his role in May 2012 to return to the Netherlands for personal reasons.[3] In January 2013, De Kruif was appointed manager of the Bangladesh national football team.[4] He left the role in October 2014,[5][6] although he was re-appointed briefly in January 2015 for the Bangabandhu Gold Cup.[7] Earlier that month he had been appointed manager of amateur club VV DUNO.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (30 December 2010). "Heartland move to replace Siasia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Ime Bassey (2 May 2012). "Nigeria: Heartland, Dutch Coach Part Ways". AllAfrica. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ambitious Bangladesh go Dutch". FIFA. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Towheed Feroze (20 October 2014). "Orange dreams fade to black". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Lodewijk de Kruif weg uit Bangladesh" (in Dutch). EdeStad. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "De Kruif takes over today". Daily Star. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Oud-bondscoach De Kruif nieuwe trainer Duno" (in Dutch). de Gelderlander. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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