Jan de Jonge (born 8 May 1963 in Emmen,

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) is a retired

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and is currently working as the manager of

De Treffers De Treffers is an amateur football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands. The club plays in the Tweede Divisie, the highest amateur league of Dutch football. History It was founded in 1919, and its first chairman was Jan Piepenbreier. De Treffers ...

. As a player, he served three clubs in the Netherlands:

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...

, SC Heerenveen and

FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie title. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. I ...

Managerial career

He was manager of

De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...

and he also served as assistant and interim manager of Dutch Eredivisie football club SC Heerenveen, after the dismissal of Trond Sollied 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.De Jonge ontslagen bij Heracles Almelo
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1963 births Living people Dutch footballers Dutch football managers Association football forwards Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players FC Emmen players FC Emmen managers De Graafschap managers FC Groningen players SC Heerenveen players SC Heerenveen managers Heracles Almelo managers Nea Salamis Famagusta FC managers Footballers from Emmen, Netherlands De Treffers managers VfL Bochum non-playing staff SC Heerenveen non-playing staff FC Twente non-playing staff {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub