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Martin Jol

Martin Jol
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Jol with Hamburger SV in 2009
Personal information
Full name Maarten Cornelis Jol
Date of birth (1956-01-16) 16 January 1956 (age 61)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
JAC ADO Den Haag
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1978 ADO Den Haag 132 (9)
1978–1979 Bayern Munich 9 (0)
1979–1982 Twente 71 (9)
1982–1984 West Bromwich Albion 63 (4)
1984–1985 Coventry City 15 (0)
1985–1989 ADO Den Haag 135 (6)
Total 425 (28)
National team
1980–1981 Netherlands 3 (0)
Teams managed
1991–1995 ADO Den Haag (amateurs)
1995–1996 Scheveningen (amateurs)
1996–1998 Roda JC
1998–2004 RKC Waalwijk
2004–2007 Tottenham Hotspur
2008–2009 Hamburger SV
2009–2010 Ajax
2011–2013 Fulham
2016 Al-Ahly
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol (born 16 January 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder.

Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team. He subsequently became a manager and has worked for Roda JC, RKC Waalwijk and AFC Ajax in his homeland, as well as German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and English Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham.

Jol was born in The Hague. He started his playing career with an amateur team before joining the local professional side ADO Den Haag. He turned professional with Den Haag in 1973. He won the 1975 Dutch Cup with the team defeating FC Twente. He played in the Bundesliga for the 1978–79 season with Bayern Munich before returning to the Dutch Eredivisie to play for Twente in 1979. While with Twente, he won his first cap for the Netherlands national football team in October 1980. Jol moved to England in 1982, joining West Bromwich Albion. He appeared in the semi-finals of both domestic cup competitions in 1981–82. He signed for Coventry City in 1984 but wanted to leave the club after manager Bobby Gould was asked to leave. Jol returned to Den Haag in 1985, and won the 1985 Dutch Footballer of the Year award in the Eerste Divisie league.


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