Co Adriaanse
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jacobus Adriaanse | ||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1970 | De Volewijckers | ||
| 1970–1976 | Utrecht | 176 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984–1988 | PEC Zwolle | ||
| 1988–1992 | FC Den Haag | ||
| 1992–1997 | Jong Ajax | ||
| 1997–2000 | Willem II | ||
| 2000–2001 | Ajax | ||
| 2002–2005 | AZ | ||
| 2005–2006 | Porto | ||
| 2006–2007 | Metalurh Donetsk | ||
| 2007–2008 | Al-Sadd | ||
| 2008–2009 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| 2010–2011 | Olympic Qatar | ||
| 2011–2012 | Twente | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jacobus "Co" Adriaanse (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoː ˈaːdriˌjaːnsə], born 21 July 1947) is a Dutch football manager and former football player.
As a professional player, Adriaanse played for six seasons with (now dissolved) De Volewijckers (from 1964 until 1970) and a further six seasons with FC Utrecht (1970 until 1976), retiring from football at the age of 29.
He started his managing career with Zilvermeeuwen in 1979, and after four years he joined AZ for the first time as scout and youth trainer. After a year, for the 1984–85 season he resumed his coaching career with two four-year stints with PEC Zwolle and FC Den Haag, where he would be sacked for the first time. He was then chosen to direct the youth side of AFC Ajax, a position he would occupy for five seasons.
Willem II followed in his career, and after ending his first season fifth place, achieved a second place and the title of best Dutch team of the year. This meant that Willem II, a team better known for finishing in the bottom half of the Dutch league, would be playing in the Champions League. The Champions was a bridge too far for Willem II, and the team ended up last in the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stage, and after failing to achieve a European spot, Adriaanse resigned on 20 May 2000.
He returned to Ajax as manager, but after a third place season he was released early in the next season, on 29 November 2001, after some poor results. During his tenure he made a number of controversial statements to the press – he called the chairman of PSV a "talking lampshade," and most famously said of Marco van Basten (mooted to join the Ajax staff at the time), "A good horse does not make a good rider."
After starting the 2002–03 season without a club, he was signed to AZ in November 2002. A 10th place in the first season was followed by a fifth, which allowed the Alkmaar team to join the UEFA Cup in the 2004–05 season. There, the club upset Spanish side and top contenders Villarreal CF in the quarter finals before being knocked out on away goals in the semi-finals by Sporting Clube de Portugal, in the final minute of extra time. In the Eredivisie, AZ also performed above the expectations, ending third after topping the league for a week at the end of the first half and spending most of the second in second place. Adriaanse again coined a number of colourful phrases while at AZ, the best known being "Scoreboard journalism," "Cheese viewers," "Woonerf football," and "Evening footballer."
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