| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1958-10-12)12 October 1958 (age 66) | ||
| Place of birth | Elst, Gelderland, Netherlands | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| De Treffers | |||
| 1991–1994 | N.E.C. | ||
| 1994–1995 | De Treffers | ||
| 1995–1996 | Helmond Sport | ||
| 2009 | Ajax Cape Town | ||
| 2012–2013 | Ajax Cape Town | ||
Jan Pruijn (born 12 October 1958) is a Dutchfootball coach.
As a footballer, Jan Pruijn only played amateur football, playing in theHoofdklasse the highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands.
In 1985, he became the coach ofDe Treffers fromGroesbeek, with whom he won the championship in the Zondag Hoofdklasse C league three times, also winning the championship of the whole amateur league once.
Between 1991 and 1994 he was the coach ofN.E.C., being promoted to theEredivisie and making it to the final of theKNVB Cup in 1994.
Pruijn then managed De Treffers for one more year, followed by a season as manager forHelmond Sport.
After this coaching period, he became a football consultant for clubs such asUrawa Red Diamonds,Real Sociedad,FC Porto andFC Basel, and a couple of clubs from England. He opened up youth camps in the United States, and was youth coach in various countries, coaching at Lebanese football clubs, Dutch clubs,AFC Ajax,VV Venray andAl Ain FC.
In 1999, he was employed by AFC Ajax as the manager of the international youth system, working with the academies in Ghana, Belgium and South Africa. In 2008, he succeededHans Vonk as the technical director atAjax Cape Town. In October 2009 he was briefly the interim manager for Ajax Cape Town following a brief interim stint byMuhsin Ertuğral. Jan Pruijn was relieved at the Cape club byFoppe de Haan, to whom Jan would become the assistant, leading Ajax CT to second place in the South AfricanPSL that season.
In late 2012, Jan Pruijn occupied another interim coaching position at Ajax CT, succeedingWilfred Mugeyi's interim position, following the dismissal ofMaarten Stekelenburg as coach of Ajax Cape Town. He was relieved byJan Versleijen who took over as interim coach, before resigning prematurely, andMuhsin Ertuğral finishing the season with Ajax CT after being appointed Technical director of the Cape club.[1]