Adrie Poldervaart

Adrie Poldervaart (Oudenhoorn, 20 December 1970) is a Dutch association football coach. Since 30 May 2018 he is the manager of Excelsior Rotterdam. He left the club in July 2019 to join FC Groningen as assistant manager.

Adrie Poldervaart
Personal information
Full name Adrie Poldervaart
Date of birth (1970-12-20) 20 December 1970
Place of birth Oudenhoorn, Netherlands
Club information
Current team
 FC Groningen
Youth career
?–1986 OHVV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–2001? OHVV
Teams managed
1998–2001 OHVV (player/manager)
2001–2002 VV Nieuwenhoorn (assistant)
2002–2005 VV Nieuwenhoorn
2005–2012 VV Spijkenisse
2012–2015 VV Zwaluwen
2015–2018 BVV Barendrecht
2018–2019 SBV Excelsior
2019– FC Groningen (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sports career

Poldervaart played in his youth and senior career exclusively for OHVV Oudenhorn.[1] Poldervaart was hired in 1992 as a sports physiotherapist at Excelsior Rotterdam. He has also been a physiotherapist for VV Nieuwenhoorn.[1]

Next to being a physiotherapist at Excelsior, in 1998 he became player/manager at OHVV. In 2001 Poldervaart became an assistant coach and in 2002 coach for VV Nieuwenhoorn.[1] In 2005 he moved on to VV Spijkenisse. Only in 2012, he changed again, this time for VV Zwaluwen. For his achievements at Zwaluwen Poldervaart received the Rinus Michels Award.[2] From 2015 to 2018 he coached BVV Barendrecht.

In 2018 Poldervaart became the manager of Excelsior. He replaced Mitchell van der Gaag who left for NAC Breda. After 26 year Poldervaart stopped working as Excelsior's physiotherapist.[3] In 2019, after disappointing results, he stopped coaching SBV Excelsior. Instead, Poldervaart became the assistant coach of FC Groningen.[4]

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References
  1. https://www.sportopvoorneputten.nl/interviews/adrie-poldervaart/
  2. Adrie Poldervaart nieuwe trainer Excelsior, dagblad010.nl
  3. (in Dutch)Adrie Poldervaart nieuwe hoofdtrainer van Excelsior SBV Excelsior, 30 May 2018
  4. https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/fc-groningen-stelt-voormalig-excelsior-trainer-poldervaart-aan-als-assistent~af159a33/
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