Thijs Sluijter (born 20 February 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a left winger. He is the manager of SDZ Amsterdam.

Playing career

Sluijter started his career with SC Heerenveen. In 2001, he left for Heracles. In June 2006 Sluijter signed with

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on a free transfer, becoming the first Dutchman to play in the A PFG. Later on he also played for Nea Salamis Famagusta FC in Cyprus, and Slovak football club AS Trencin. He returned to the Netherlands and played for

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and

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, before he signed with ADO '20.

Coaching career

During his time at

and Almere City FC, Sluijter worked as a youth coach for the club's alongside his playing career, as well as at AZ Alkmaar.Trainersstaf - Voetbalverjaardag
voetbalverjaardag.nl Between 2010 and 2012 he was the manager De Kennemers' reserve team/2nd senior team, with whom he became champion in 2011. He also assisted the first team manager at the club. Retiring at the end of the 2013–14 season, he immediately became the manager of ADO '20. This was already announced in January 2014. In March 2017, Sluijter was appointed assistant manager of

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under his former teammate at

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, from the upcoming season.Hoofdtrainer Thijs Sluijter (ADO'20) wordt assistent bij OFC
hetamsterdamschevoetbal.nl, 8 March 2017 In the last year, Sluijter had also combined his manager role at ADO '20 with a role as forward coach at SC Telstar. In February 2018 it was confirmed, that Sluijter would become the manager of Vitesse '22 from the 2018–19 season. In January 2020, it was confirmed that Sluijter had been appointed manager of SDZ Amsterdam from the 2020–21 season.

Honours

Heracles Almelo * Eerste Divisie: 2004–05

References

1980 births Living people People from Uitgeest Dutch men's footballers Footballers from North Holland Men's association football midfielders Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Slovak First Football League players Cypriot Second Division players SC Heerenveen players Heracles Almelo players PFC Litex Lovech players AS Trenčín players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players FC Volendam players Almere City FC players SV Spakenburg players ADO '20 players Dutch football managers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub