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Patrick van Leeuwen (born 8 August 1969) is a Dutch football manager who manages Zorya Luhansk.

Patrick van Leeuwen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-08-08) 8 August 1969 (age 53)
Place of birth	Assen, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Zorya Luhansk (manager)
Youth career
1985–1991	Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1994	Sparta Rotterdam	16	(0)
1994–1996	Helmond Sport
Teams managed
2000–2006	Feyenoord (youth)
2006–2013	Shakhtar Donetsk (youth)
2013–2015	Kairat (sportive director)
2016–2020	Maccabi Tel Aviv (youth's director)
2020–2021	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2022–	Zorya Luhansk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Van Leeuwen joined Dutch top flight outfit Sparta (Rotterdam) at age of 16.[1] Growing up was receiving a lot of injuries and decided to obtain a coaching certification. At age of 21 Leeuwen obtained his A License at the Sports Academy in Holland. His professional playing career with Sparta (Rotterdam), where he made 16 league appearances and scored 0 goals.[2]

In 1994, van Leeuwen signed for Helmond Sport in the Dutch lower leagues.

At the age of 27, he retired.[3]

Managerial career

After retirement, he was appointed youth manager of Feyenoord, one of the Netherlands' most successful clubs. After that, van Leeuwen was appointed youth manager of Shakhtar (Donetsk) in Ukraine, before being appointed director of Kazakhstani side Kairat.

In 2020, van Leeuwen was appointed manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv, the most successful club in Israel. In 2020/21, under his management, the team finished in the 2nd place in the Israeli Premier League and won the Israel State Cup.

On October 26, 2021 van Leeuwen was sacked due to a poor start to the regular season.[4]

References

External links

• Patrick van Leeuwen at playmakerstats.com
• Patrick van Leeuwen at WorldFootball.net

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