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Playing career

De Kruif made 19 league appearances for

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in the 1993-94 season.

Coaching career

After

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left Nigerian club

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to manage the Nigerian national team, De Kruif was one of four European coaches named in December 2010 on the shortlist to replace him. He worked for the club as a Technical Advisor, leaving his role in May 2012 to return to the Netherlands for personal reasons. In January 2013, De Kruif was appointed manager of the

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. He left the role in October 2014, although he was re-appointed briefly in January 2015 for the

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. Earlier that month he had been appointed manager of amateur club

References

1969 births Living people Dutch footballers TOP Oss players Eerste Divisie players Association football defenders Dutch football managers Dutch expatriate football managers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Nigeria Expatriate football managers in Nigeria Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh Expatriate football managers in Bangladesh Bangladesh national football team managers People from Ede, Netherlands Footballers from Gelderland {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub