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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arnoldus Dick Pijpers | ||
| Date of birth | (1959-04-21)21 April 1959 (age 66) | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam,Netherlands | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Feyenoord | |||
| Papendrecht | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1981–1982 | Excelsior | ||
| 1982–1987 | Olympia Gouda | ||
| 2000–2004 | Flora | ||
| 2000–2005 | Estonia | ||
| 2005–2008 | Kazakhstan | ||
| 2006 | Astana-1964 | ||
| 2008–2010 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | ||
| 2010 | Willem II | ||
| 2012–2013 | Estonia U19 | ||
| 2013–2014 | Taraz | ||
| 2017 | Flora | ||
| 2018 | Flora | ||
| 2024- | Estonia (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arnoldus Dick Pijpers (born 21 April 1959) is a Dutchfootball manager, who was the manager ofEstonian top tier clubFlora in 2018.[1]
He worked for theRoyal Dutch Football Association as a youth coach, before taking up a dual role in being the coach ofEstonian clubFlora and theEstonia national football team in 2000. After the end of his contract, he joinedEredivisie clubFC Utrecht as a technical director, before going toKazakhstan in 2005. At the same time he coachedFC Astana for the 2006 season, winning theKazakhstan Super League title. He was fired as manager ofKazakhstan in September 2008. In 2010, he had a short stint as a coach in theNetherlands forWillem II.
Pijpers led Estonia first inWorld Cup 2002 qualification with two wins overAndorra and two draws withCyprus. He achieved almost the same result inEuro 2004 qualification beating twiceAndorra again, and drawing withCroatia (away) andBulgaria (home). AtWorld Cup 2006 qualification Pijpers won the first two games againstLiechtenstein andLuxembourg. However the contract was terminated mutually with national team after a conflict with theFC Flora chairmanAivar Pohlak, who was the head of the Estonian Football Association at that time.[2] All together under Pijpers the Estonian national team played 55 games winning 16 and drawing 14 (29.09% of winning).
Pijpers led Kazakhstan in their first European campaign inEuro 2008 qualification.[3] They recorded wins overSerbia (home) andArmenia (away) and drew both matches againstBelgium andAzerbaijan. Pijpers then extended his contract until the end ofWorld Cup 2010 qualification[4] and Kazakhstan proved to be very ambitious with the board feeling that they could qualify for theFIFA World Cup. Pijpers however disagreed and after a poor start to the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, he was fired by the Kazakhstan Football Association as they felt he was not being aggressive enough. All together under Pijpers the Kazakhstan national team played 36 games winning seven and drawing 11 (19.44% of winning).
In July 2007, whilst continuing as Kazakhstan's Manager, Pijpers took up the role as Consultant atFC Alma-Ata in preparation for theirUEFA Cup debut.[5]
The Dutchman returned to Estonia in late 2011 and became thetechnical director to help coordinate, analyze and guide the training operations across different senior and youth national teams.[6][7] On 8 March 2012, he was appointed as the head coach ofEstonia's under-19 national team for the2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.[8]
As a manager
As a manager