Managing Ajax in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Bosz | ||
Date of birth | 21 November 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Ajax (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
OBV | |||
Apeldoornse Boys | |||
AGOVV | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1984 | Vitesse | 81 | (2) |
1984–1985 | AGOVV (amateurs) | ||
1985–1988 | RKC | 105 | (4) |
1988–1991 | Toulon | 93 | (0) |
1991–1996 | Feyenoord | 155 | (6) |
1996–1997 | JEF United Ichihara | 36 | (3) |
1998 | 14 | (0) | |
1998–1999 | NAC | 26 | (1) |
1999 | JEF United Ichihara | 11 | (0) |
National team | |||
1991–1995 | Netherlands | 8 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2000–2002 | AGOVV | ||
2002–2003 | De Graafschap | ||
2004–2006 | Heracles | ||
2006–2009 | Feyenoord (technical director) | ||
2010–2013 | Heracles Almelo | ||
2013–2016 | Vitesse | ||
2016 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
2016– | Ajax | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Peter Bosz (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeːtər ˈbɔs], born 21 November 1963 in Apeldoorn, Gelderland) is a former football midfielder from the Netherlands, from July 2016 serving as head coach of the Dutch club AFC Ajax.
A midfielder, Bosz started his professional career played with Vitesse in 1981; after a loan season with then amateurs AGOVV Apeldoorn in 1984, he returned into professional football with RKC Waalwijk (from 1985 to 1988), then moving to France with SC Toulon (1988 to 1991), and successively playing six seasons with Dutch giants Feyenoord (1991 to 1996), Japanese club JEF United Ichihara (1996–97), German club (1997–98), NAC Breda (1998–99). He retired at the end of the year 1999 after a second spell with JEF United Ichihara.
Bosz made his debut for the Netherlands in a December 1991 Euro qualification match against Greece and earned eight caps, scoring no goals. His final international was in 1995 against the Czech Republic. He was part of the Dutch squad at UEFA Euro 1992.
After his retirement, Bosz started a managing career, becoming first head coach of amateurs AGOVV Apeldoorn, a position he held from January 2000 to 2002; in 2002 he also won a national amateur league title.
Bosz made his move into professional football in 2002, becoming head coach of De Graafschap (2002–2003). The team finished last in the 2002–03 Eredivisie and was relegated to the Eerste Divisie.