Place of birth Wijchen, Netherlands Years Team Name Fred Rutten Height 1.8 m Spouse Marie-Jose Rutten | Playing position 1979–1992 Twente Role Footballer Weight 82 kg Position Defender | |
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Full name Fredericus Jacobus Rutten Date of birth (1962-12-05) 5 December 1962 (age 53) Team coached Feyenoord (Manager, 2014–2015) Similar People Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Ronald Koeman, Bert van Marwijk, Dick van Well, Graziano Pelle | ||
Fredericus (Fred) Jacobus Rutten ( [frəˈdeːrəkəs ˈfret jɑˈkoːbəs ˈrʏtə(n)]; born 5 December 1962) is a former footballer and worked as football coach for several clubs. As a player, Rutten spent his entire career with Twente during the years 1979 to 1992. Following his playing career he also managed FC Twente, before moving on to clubs like FC Schalke 04, PSV, Vitesse, and most recently Feyenoord. He was born in Wijchen, Gelderland.
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Coaching career
Rutten has managed Twente (assistant manager, manager and technical director) and PSV Eindhoven (youth coach and assistant manager). In the summer of 2008, he took over as head coach of Bundesliga club Schalke 04. On 26 March 2009, Rutten was sacked as Schalke manager. On 17 April 2009, Rutten signed a contract as the new manager of PSV Eindhoven, for the season 2009–10. During the 2009–10 competition Rutten's side remained undefeated for 39 consecutive games. On 12 March 2012 Rutten was sacked as PSV manager following losses to Twente (2–6) and NAC (3–1) in the Eredivisie and to Valencia (4–2) in the Europa League. The following season Rutten served as head coach of Vitesse where John van den Brom had been head coach before moving to Belgian side RSC Anderlecht. Rutten left Vitesse after the 2012-13 Eredivisie season, finishing in 4th place. On 3 March 2014, Feyenoord released a statement confirming they had hired Rutten as their new head coach for the 2014-15 Eredivisie season. On 2 March 2015, Feyenoord announced that Rutten had decided not to extend his 1-year contract, meaning he would leave the club at the end of the season. On 17 May 2015, Feyenoord fired Rutten as head coach effective immediately after a 3-0 loss against PEC Zwolle, causing Feyenoord to finish 4th in the Eredivisie and missing out on directly qualifying for the Europa League.
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