Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 December 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Enschede, Netherlands | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Sportclub Enschede | |||
FC Twente | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1981 | FC Vlaardingen | 33 | (4) |
1981–1982 | Feyenoord | 4 | (0) |
1982–1983 | FC Den Haag | 32 | (1) |
1983–1986 | SVV | 69 | (3) |
Total | 138 | (8) | |
Teams managed | |||
1983–1988 | VV Rijswijk | ||
1992 | ADO Den Haag | ||
1994–1996 | FC Lisse | ||
1996–1998 | ADO Den Haag | ||
1998–2000 | FC Utrecht | ||
2000–2000 | FC Den Bosch | ||
2000–2002 | Netherlands U19+U-21 | ||
2002–2004 | Willem II Tilburg | ||
2006 | Ismaily | ||
2006–2007 | RKC Waalwijk | ||
2007–2008 | Al Ahli Doha | ||
2009 | Southampton | ||
2010 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
2010–2011 | Ismaily | ||
2011–2014 | Scottish FA (performance director) | ||
2015– | Moroccan FA (performance director) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Mark Wotte (born 16 December 1960 in Enschede, Overijssel) is a football player and manager from the Netherlands. Wotte has managed teams in the Netherlands, Egypt, Qatar, England and Romania, and has also worked for the Scottish Football Association.
Wotte played for Sportclub Enschede and FC Twente Academy, The Netherlands U.17's, and 1st Team Football for Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Vlaardingen, FC Den Haag and SVV Schiedam in his native Netherlands. Injuries ended his career in 1986.
In 1996, he was named manager of ADO Den Haag, where he stayed for two seasons, before signing for FC Utrecht (1997–2000). He later worked for FC Den Bosch, Willem II Tilburg, the Royal Dutch Football Association, Feyenoord Rotterdam (technical director), and Ismaily SC in Egypt. He left Ismaily SC on 16 December 2006 due to family reasons, to return to the Netherlands to coach RKC Waalwijk before moving to Qatar to manage Al Ahli.
Having initially been linked with Southampton in 2005, Wotte joined the club as part of the new management team in 2008, with particular responsibility for the development of Southampton's youth squad. He was appointed manager on 23 January 2009, replacing Jan Poortvliet. Southampton drew 2–2 against Norwich City in his first game in charge.