Maurice Steijn (born 20 November 1973) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He formerly worked with ADO Den Haag, VVV-Venlo, Al Wahda FC, and NAC Breda.[1] He is the current head coach of Sparta Rotterdam.
![]() Steijn as Den Haag coach | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maurice Steijn | ||
Date of birth | (1973-11-20) 20 November 1973 (age 48) | ||
Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
Youth career | |||
1980–1981 | VIOS | ||
1981–1993 | ADO | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1999 | ADO | 98 | (6) |
1999–2001 | NAC | 36 | (1) |
Total | 134 | (7) | |
Teams managed | |||
2010 | ADO Den Haag (caretaker) | ||
2011–2014 | ADO Den Haag | ||
2014–2019 | VVV-Venlo | ||
2019 | Al Wahda | ||
2020–2021 | NAC Breda | ||
2022– | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Steijn is a Bachelor of Education and has taught in primary education. As a coach, he started as an assistant to Bob Kootwijk at the ADO Den Haag amateur branch and also coached youth teams. After this, he became assistant for the first team and until 30 March 2010 also coached the ADO reserves, before being appointed caretaker manager of the ADO first team after the dismissal of Raymond Atteveld.[2]
After the departure of John van den Brom to Vitesse on 30 June 2011, Steijn was appointed head coach of ADO. On 5 February 2014, after three years as head coach, Steijn was dismissed after a loss against Heracles Almelo, and was succeeded by his assistant, former defender Henk Fräser.[3]
Steijn is the father of the Dutch footballer Sem Steijn, and managed his son's debut at VVV-Venlo on 6 December 2018.[4]
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
ADO Den Haag (Caretaker) | 30 March 2010 | 30 June 2010 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 040.00 | |
ADO Den Haag | 30 June 2011 | 5 February 2014 | 100 | 29 | 23 | 48 | 029.00 | |
VVV Venlo | 1 July 2014 | 8 June 2019 | 197 | 88 | 47 | 62 | 044.67 | |
Al Wahda | 9 June 2019 | 10 October 2019 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 037.50 | |
NAC Breda | 10 July 2020 | 19 June 2021 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 057.89 | |
Total | 329 | 133 | 74 | 122 | 040.43 | — |
Sparta Rotterdam – current squad | |
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Maurice Steijn managerial positions | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Rinus Michels Award | |
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Eredivisie | |
Eerste Divisie | |
Amateur leagues |
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Lifetime achievement |
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