Pieter Egge Huistra (born 18 January 1967) is a Dutch

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coach and former player who is the head coach of Liga 2 club

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. A winger, he played for the Scottish Premier Division club

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from 1990 to 1995. He left there to play for

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in the J. League. In 2001, he began coaching as the head coach for Jong Groningen. He was with them for four years before being named assistant coach to

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. He then became an assistant coach with

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and was named as their

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head coach on 24 April 2009. He then returned to Groningen, this time as the head coach of senior team, for the 2010–11 season. On 30 May 2012, he then became the head coach of the

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club

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. On 3 December 2014, he was appointed as the technical director of the Indonesia national team.

Playing career

Huistra started his football career as an amateur with SC Joure and Drachtster Boys, where his qualities quickly stood out. He made his debut in professional football for

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at the age of 17 on 5 September 1984, when he replaced Anne Mulder after sixty minutes in a 3–1 defeat against

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. After two seasons, he was loaned out to

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, who then entered the

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. He was then brought to

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by coach

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. The left winger became a permanent fixture in the team and reached the Netherlands national team. However, injury cost him his place in the squad for the

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. He played a total of eight international matches. Between 1990 and 1995 Huistra played for

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club

, becoming the first of a number of Dutch players to play for the club, where he won five League medals, three League Cup medals and two

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in the

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Coaching career

Huistra began his coaching career in 2000 as assistant coach for the Dutch U-17 team. In 2001, he moved to Hong Kong to become assistant coach of Hong Kong national team for one year. After that, he went back to Groningen to work in the youth academy and lead their U-19 team and Jong Groningen. He was there for four years. On 1 July 2005, he left Groningen and was named as the new assistant coach at

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. He served under the guidance of

. After he left Vitesse, he became an assistant coach at

as replacement of the injured

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and was named as the new

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head coach on 24 April 2009. In January 2010, after FC Groningen head coach at the time,

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, announced his intention to leave the club at the end of the season, Huistra was announced as new main team head coach for the 2010–11 season. He served as head coach for two full seasons. The first season was very successful. He implemented attacking-minded and fully exciting football. With a record number of points, the team reached the final of the play offs to qualify for

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in which they lost on penalties. In the second season, the club renewed his contract but many of the top players were sold. The new team was not capable to repeat the successful 2010–11 season. Due to illness and injuries the club missed out on the play offs and ended in 14th place. the seasonal outcome, below the boards aspirations, led to his dismissal on 10 May 2012. On 30 May 2012, he was announced as new head coach of recently relegated

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club

, with the goal to bring his new club back to the top flight. In his first season with a complete new team, he won a stage title and was named manager of the month. In the play offs for promotion the team lost in the second round against

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. The directors rewarded his work with a contract renewal. In the second season, Huistra got into a conflict with a small part of the fans and was fired on 24 December 2013. On 3 December 2014, he was appointed as the Technical Director of the Indonesian football association,

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. On 7 May 2015, he was called to become the interim head coach of the Indonesia national team for 2018 World Cup qualifiers and 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers. Unfortunately, a month later FIFA banned Indonesia to take part because of political interference. In January 2016, Huistra became head coach of Japanese club

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. Under supervision of Dome corporation, he became the technical leader of the new start up club. The first season the club won several regional and national trophies. On 31 March 2017, he was appointed as technical advisor of Slovak champion

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until end of season. He left the club shortly after to join

Pakhtakor Tashkent Pakhtakor Football Club () is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city of Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor is often considered the most successful football club in Uzbek ...

in Uzbekistan, initially as an assistant to

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. Together with Arveladze, they led the club from eight to third place and qualified for the

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. The season after, Pakhtakor ended in second place and reached the Cup final. In December 2018, the Uzbek club renewed the contracts of all the technical staff for a year. In 2019, the club had a good start when it qualified for the group stage of the Champions League after winning two qualifying rounds. Huistra left Pakhtakor on 10 January 2022.

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Glasgow Rangers *

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: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 * Scottish Cup: 1991–92, 1992–93 *

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: 1990–91 1992–93, 1993–94 Lierse SK *

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: 1999

Manager

Pakhtakor *

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* Uzbekistan Super Cup:

Individual

* Liga 1 Coach of the Month: September 2023, February 2024, August 2024

References

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