Jos van Eck (born 2 May 1963) is a Dutch former

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and

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. He is team manager of Jong Sparta, the under-21 team of

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top fligh ...

Playing career

Van Eck played for

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 ...

FC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a tot ...

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called ' De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. ...

, KFC Tielen and

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, t ...

Managerial career

After retirement, he worked as an assistant coach, then

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at FC Dordrecht before Robert Verbeek took over in January 2004. After leaving FC Dordrecht, he worked as an assistant coach at Sparta Rotterdam for seven years before taking over as manager when

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resigned on 24 February 2011. Van Eck continued as manager until the end of the season when

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was appointed on a permanent basis. He later worked as a coach at amateur sides Quick Boys and Zwervers. On 23 June 2021, Van Eck was appointed team manager of Jong Sparta, the under-21 team of

, a position where he would oversee practicalities regarding the team.

Personal life

His brother

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played professional football in Holland and Switzerland. Van Eck's wife Lindsey died of

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in 2020. Together they had a daughter, Abbygail.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eck, Jos van 1963 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Footballers from Rotterdam Men's association football defenders De Graafschap players PEC Zwolle players FC Den Bosch players Sparta Rotterdam players FC Dordrecht players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Dutch football managers FC Dordrecht managers Sparta Rotterdam managers Sparta Rotterdam non-playing staff