Giovanni van Bronckhorst Era
From the youth academy to the 2017 title as manager.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst came through Feyenoord's youth academy, winning the Dutch Youth League in 1991. After ten appearances as a fringe player in 1994-95, he broke through in 1995-96, playing almost every match alongside Regi Blinker, Jean-Paul van Gastel and Henrik Larsson, before leaving as Feyenoord failed to break the PSV-Ajax hold on the league.
Quick Facts
- Youth
- Dutch Youth League 1991
- Manager
- 2015-2019
Reader's Guide
He returned as a player and captain in 2007-2010, then assisted Ronald Koeman from 2011 and became manager in May 2015. He won the KNVB Cup in his first season, beating Utrecht 2-1 in the 2016 final, and in 2016-17 the Eredivisie, the club's first league title in 18 years. In 2017-18 his side won the Johan Cruyff Shield on penalties against Vitesse, beat Sparta 7-0 away in the Rotterdam derby and took the KNVB Cup again, 3-0 against AZ in the tournament's 100th final. In January 2019 he announced he would leave after the 2018-19 season.
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