.jpg) Kluivert in training for PSV in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick Stephan Kluivert[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1984 | Schellingwoude | ||
| 1984–1994 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Ajax | 70 | (39) |
| 1997–1998 | AC Milan | 27 | (6) |
| 1998–2004 | Barcelona | 182 | (90) |
| 2004–2005 | Newcastle United | 25 | (6) |
| 2005–2006 | Valencia | 10 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | PSV | 16 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Lille | 14 | (4) |
| Total | 343 | (149) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Netherlands U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Netherlands U17 | 10 | (2) |
| 1992 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (2) |
| 1992–1994 | Netherlands U19 | 20 | (6) |
| 1994–2004 | Netherlands | 79 | (40) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2010 | AZ (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Brisbane Roar (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | NEC (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Jong Twente | ||
| 2012–2014 | Netherlands (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Curaçao | ||
| 2016 | Ajax (youth) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Cameroon (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Curaçao (interim) | ||
| 2023 | Adana Demirspor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Patrick Stephan Kluivert (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpɛtrɪ ˈklœyvərt] ; born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch former football player, coach and sporting director. He played as a striker, most notably for Ajax, Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.[3][4][5] He was most recently the manager of Süper Lig club Adana Demirspor.[6][7]
He was part of Ajax's Golden Generation of the 1990s, scoring the winner in the 1995 UEFA Champions League Final at the age of 18. He spent six years with Spanish club Barcelona, forming a successful partnership with Rivaldo, where both won the Spanish La Liga championship of 1999; in all, Kluivert scored 124 goals from 249 appearances.[3][8]
Kluivert played for the Netherlands national team from 1994 to 2004. With 40 goals in 79 appearances, he is the fourth highest goalscorer for the Oranje. He played in three European Championships and the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and was joint top scorer at Euro 2000, where he scored a total of five times. In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers chosen by Pelé as part of FIFA's centenary observances. He is considered one of the best Dutch strikers of all time.[9][10]
Kluivert began his coaching career as an assistant at AZ and NEC, as well as in Australia with the Brisbane Roar, before managing Jong Twente to a national title in the Dutch reserves league.[11] He was an assistant to Louis van Gaal with the Dutch team that finished third at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In 2015, he took over as head coach of the Curaçao national team for the country's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying and the 2017 Caribbean Cup qualifying campaigns. He then served as a sporting director for Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona's academy, as well as coaching the Ajax A1 (under-19) team and assisting Clarence Seedorf for the Cameroon national team.
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- ^ "Overview: Patrick Kluivert". Premier League. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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- ^ "Adana Demirspor'da yeni teknik direktör Patrick Kluivert!" (in Turkish). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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- ^ "Kluivert, the nine". FC Barcelona.com.
- ^ "Ons Oranje stats". Voetbal.nl.
- ^ "Patrick Kluivert and a lesson in scoring goals". These Football Times. 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Kluivert kampioen met Jong FC Twente". NU.nl. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2015.