John van 't Schip
Van 't Schip pictured in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Johannes Nicolaas van 't Schip | ||
| Date of birth | 30 December 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Fort St. John, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1992 | Ajax | 273 | (29) |
| 1992–1996 | Genoa | 107 | (11) |
| Total | 380 | (40) | |
| National team | |||
| 1986–1995 | Netherlands | 41 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001–2002 | Twente | ||
| 2002–2004 | Jong Ajax | ||
| 2004–2008 | Netherlands (Assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Ajax | ||
| 2009–2012 | Melbourne Heart | ||
| 2012–2013 | Guadalajara | ||
| 2013–2017 | Melbourne City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Johannes Nicolaas "John" van 't Schip (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʒɔn vɑn‿ət ˈsxɪp]; born 30 December 1963) is a former Dutch international footballer and was most recently head coach of Australian A-League club Melbourne City.
Van 't Schip was born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, and was raised in Powell River, British Columbia, where he grew up playing youth football in the small community before his family moved back to the Netherlands in 1972.
Van 't Schip began his career in the Jong Ajax youth academy. Debuting for the first team in December 1981, he would spend the next 11 seasons with the club. During this period he became league champion in 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1990, and cup champion in 1983, 1986 and 1987. He also helped Ajax win the 1987 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1992 UEFA Cup. After Ajax's UEFA Cup victory, he was bought by Italian team Genoa, where he played four seasons before finishing his career. He helped the club to lift the 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup.
On the international level, Van 't Schip, a member of the Dutch squad at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, was capped 41 times and scored two goals for the Dutch national team. His debut came against Scotland in April 1986, and his final match was a Euro qualifying match against Belarus in June 1995. Van 't Schip featured in the Euro 1988, 1990 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1992 tournaments.
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