Jurgen Streppel (born 25 June 1969) is a Dutch professional

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and former

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, who is the current technical director of

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport () is a Dutch professional football club based in Helmond, North Brabant. Founded in 1967 following the acquisition of the professional license of , the club achieved promotion to the top-tier Eredivisie in 1982. After two seasons ...

Playing career

Born in Voorst, Streppel began his professional career in 1990 as a

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in the second-tier

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. After two seasons he moved to

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

, where he played in the top-tier

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until 1997. In the 1993–94 season, he was loaned to Eerste Divisie club

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. From 1997 to 2005, Streppel played for Helmond Sport again. In total, he made 373 appearances in which he scored 57 goals.

Managerial career

Already in 1995, Streppel began his coaching career as a youth coach at

where he also was a player for the first team. He worked as a youth coach for several years until 2006, where he became assistant manager of the first team under

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. From 2008 to the summer of 2011, he was head coach of Helmond Sport. On 1 July 2011, Streppel was appointed head coach of Willem II, where signed a contract extension in January 2015 until mid-2017. After the 2012–13 season, Streppel suffered relegation with Willem II to the

, but they returned to the Eredivisie a year later. Streppel signed a two-year contract with

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 ...

in March 2016, which would go into effect in July of the same year, after his fifth season with Willem II. He succeeded

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. Streppel was succeeded at Willem II by Erwin van de Looi, who came over from

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 ...

. On 13 March 2018, it was announced that Streppel would leave Heerenveen after the 2017–18 season. In October 2018, Streppel was appointed manager of

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in Cyprus, where he had to wait three months for salary payment. In June 2019, Streppel was appointed manager of Al Jazira in Abu Dhabi. He left the role in October 2019 after only three matches. On 10 June 2020, Streppel was appointed manager of

Roda JC Kerkrade Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; ), shortly as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or simply Roda, is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the ...

. In October 2021, he extended his deal until June 2024. However, on 15 December 2022, Roda confirmed, that Streppel had left the club and would return to

as technical director.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

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