 Steijn as coach ofADO Den Haag in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1973-11-20)20 November 1973 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sparta Rotterdam (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1981 | VIOS | ||
| 1981–1993 | ADO Den Haag | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1999 | ADO Den Haag | 98 | (6) |
| 1999–2001 | NAC Breda | 36 | (1) |
| Total | 134 | (7) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010 | ADO Den Haag (caretaker) | ||
| 2011–2014 | ADO Den Haag | ||
| 2014–2019 | VVV-Venlo | ||
| 2019 | Al Wahda | ||
| 2020–2021 | NAC Breda | ||
| 2022–2023 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| 2023 | Ajax | ||
| 2024– | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Maurice Steijn (born 20 November 1973) is a Dutch professionalfootball manager and former player.[1] He is the current head coach of Eredivisie clubSparta Rotterdam.
Steijn has aBachelor of Education and has taught in primary education. As a coach, he started as an assistant toBob Kootwijk at theADO Den Haag amateur branch and also coached youth teams. After this, he became assistant for the first team and until 30 March 2010 also coached the ADO reserves, before being appointedcaretaker manager of the ADO first team after the dismissal ofRaymond Atteveld.[2]
After the departure ofJohn van den Brom toVitesse on 30 June 2011, Steijn was appointed head coach of ADO. On 5 February 2014, after three years as head coach, Steijn was dismissed after a loss againstHeracles, and was succeeded by his assistant, formerdefenderHenk Fräser.[3]
Maurice Steijn was appointed head coach ofVVV-Venlo in July 2014[4] and held the position until June 2019.[5] In his first two seasons, the team finished seventh and second in theEerste Divisie, but failed to secure promotion through the play-offs. In the2016–2017 season, VVV-Venlo won the Eerste Divisie title under his leadership, earning promotion to the Eredivisie. The club maintained its top-flight status in the following two seasons, finishing fifteenth and twelfth respectively.
In June 2019, Steijn left VVV-Venlo to become the head coach ofAl-Wahda in the United Arab Emirates.[5]
Maurice Steijn was appointed head coach of Al-Wahda in June 2019[5] but was dismissed in October 2019 after just a three games in charge.[6]
Maurice Steijn was appointed head coach of NAC Breda in July 2020, signing a three-year contract. During the2020–2021 season, the team finished fifth in the Eerste Divisie and failed to secure promotion after losing toNEC in the play-off final.
His tenure was marked by internal conflicts, including disagreements with technical directorTon Lokhoff and criticism from supporters over the team's defensive playing style. In June 2021, Steijn resigned from his position due to threats directed at him and his family.[7]
Maurice Steijn was appointed head coach ofSparta Rotterdam in April 2022, taking over fromHenk Fraser with four matches remaining in the season and the club at the bottom of theEredivisie table.[8] Under his leadership, Sparta secured 10 points from those four games, finishing 14th and avoiding relegation. In the2022–23 season, Steijn guided Sparta to a sixth-place finish and reached the final of the European play-offs.
In June 2023, he departed to become head coach of Ajax after the Amsterdam club activated a clause in his contract.[9][10]
On 14 June 2023, Steijn was hired byAjax on a three-year contract.[10] On 23 October 2023, a day after a 4–3 loss toUtrecht placed it second-from-last on theEredivisie table, Ajax announced that it was parting ways with Steijn after just two wins through eleven matches in charge.[11] The club under Steijn experienced their worst ever start of a season, with only five points in seven matches, taking into consideration that the 1964–65 season was during a standard of two points for a win.[12][13]
On 2 November 2024,Sparta Rotterdam announced that Steijn would return to the club on a contract until the end of the season.[14]
Steijn is the father of the Dutch footballerSem Steijn, and managed his son's debut atVVV-Venlo on 6 December 2018.[15]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| ADO Den Haag (caretaker) | 30 March 2010 | 30 June 2010 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 040.00 | |
| ADO Den Haag | 30 June 2011 | 5 February 2014 | 100 | 29 | 23 | 48 | 029.00 | |
| VVV-Venlo | 1 July 2014 | 8 June 2019 | 197 | 88 | 47 | 62 | 044.67 | |
| Al Wahda | 9 June 2019 | 10 October 2019 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 037.50 | |
| NAC Breda | 10 July 2020 | 19 June 2021 | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 054.76 | |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 25 April 2022 | 12 June 2023 | 43 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 048.84 | |
| Ajax | 14 June 2023 | 23 October 2023 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 018.18 | |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2 November 2024 | present | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 034.21 | |
| Total | 444 | 181 | 105 | 158 | 040.77 | — | ||
VVV-Venlo:2016-17 Eerste Divisie
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