Jan de Jonge (born 8 May 1963) is a Dutch professional

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coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Dutch ninth-tier

Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse () is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the South I region. The league is divided into 55 divisions, 29 played on Saturday and 26 on Sunday ...

club Waskemeer. As a player, he played as a striker for three clubs in the Netherlands:

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, Groningen (province), Groningen province. Founded in 1971 as the successor of GVAV-Rapiditas, GVAV, Groningen compete in the Eredivisie, the first t ...

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherla ...

and

FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch professional football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1925, the club ...

Managerial career

He was manager of

De Graafschap Vereniging Betaald Voetbal De Graafschap, simply known as De Graafschap () is a professional association football club based in Doetinchem, Netherlands. The team competes in the , the second level of the Dutch football league system. Founded o ...

and he also served as assistant and interim manager of Dutch

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

football club

, after the dismissal of

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during the early weeks of the 2009–10 season. In June 2013 he was appointed by Heracles. He was sacked by Heracles on 31 August 2014 after the club lost its first four Eredivisie matches of the 2014-15 season. On 28 June 2023, De Jonge was appointed head coach of

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club Safa. Jansen left Safa on 13 September 2023 for what was cited as personal reasons. He returned to the Netherlands and was appointed interim head coach of

Hoogeveen Hoogeveen (; or '' 't Oveine'') is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Population centres Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout the town. Other v ...

on 8 April 2024, as the

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede D ...

club fought against relegation. Despite his efforts, the team was relegated to the

Vierde Divisie The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...

through the play-offs. In July 2024, De Jonge made a surprising move by becoming head coach of ninth-tier

club Waskemeer.

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