John Van Den Brom

As a player, he played for Vitesse, Ajax, De Graafschap and Istanbulspor. After his playing career, Van den Brom became a manager. He worked as a head coach for AGOVV Apeldoorn (2007–2010), ADO Den Haag (2010–2011), Vitesse (2011–2012) and Anderlecht (2012–2014). After managing AZ for five years, he moved to take charge of FC Utrecht from the 2019–20 season.

John van den Brom

Van den Brom in 2016 managing AZ
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Anthonius van den Brom
Date of birth	(1966-10-04) 4 October 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth	Amersfoort, Netherlands
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	APWC
	AFC Quick 1890
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1993	Vitesse	225	(80)
1993–1995	Ajax	44	(7)
1995–1996	Istanbulspor	22	(3)
1996–2001	Vitesse	99	(13)
2002–2003	De Graafschap	42	(4)
Total		432	(107)
International career
1990–1993	Netherlands	2	(1)
Managerial career
2003–2004	Bennekom
2004–2007	Jong Ajax
2007–2010	AGOVV
2010–2011	ADO Den Haag
2011–2012	Vitesse
2012–2014	Anderlecht
2014–2019	AZ
2019–2020	Utrecht
2020–2021	Genk
2022	Al-Taawoun
2022–2023	Lech Poznań
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, Van den Brom started his career at the amateurs of APWC in Amersfoort before signing as a professional footballer for Vitesse in 1986. After seven seasons with Vitesse, playing 225 games and scoring 80 goals, he made the move to Dutch giants Ajax, where he played for two seasons before moving abroad with Turkish side Istanbulspor. He returned to Vitesse after one season, and spent another five seasons there before signing for De Graafschap for his final season, retiring from playing in 2003.

International career

Van den Brom made two appearances for the Dutch national team. He played in the 8–0 win against Malta and the 6–0 win against San Marino. He scored one goal.

After his playing career he became head scout of De Graafschap and head coach of amateur side Bennekom, before becoming coach of the second team at Ajax, on 29 April 2004. From 2007 to 2010 he served as head coach of small Eerste Divisie club AGOVV Apeldoorn with impressive results, also winning a place in the promotion playoffs in his last season in charge. In May 2010 he was presented as new head coach of Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag, with whom he qualified for the 2011–12 Europa League. In June 2011, Van den Brom was named as head coach of his old club Vitesse. Again, he managed to qualify for the Europa League.

He signed with Belgian side Anderlecht on 29 May 2012 as head coach. He was sacked on 10 March 2014.

On 27 September 2014, it was announced that Van den Brom had signed a deal with AZ to succeed Marco van Basten as the new manager. After managing AZ for five years, he moved to take charge of FC Utrecht from the 2019–20 season.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2020 van den Brom was announced as the new manager of Belgian First Division A side Genk following Jess Thorup's departure. He was sacked by Genk on 6 December 2021.

On 31 March 2022, van den Brom was announced as the manager of Saudi Professional League club Al-Taawoun.

On 19 June 2022, he was announced as the manager of defending Polish Ekstraklasa champions Lech Poznań, replacing Maciej Skorża who left the team due to personal reasons. He had a tumultuous start to his tenure, as Lech remained winless in the first four league games and crashed out of the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round after losing to Azerbaijani side Qarabağ 2–5 on aggregate. However, Lech rebounded, and van den Brom led the team to a successful UEFA Europa Conference League campaign, reaching second place in the group stage which included Villarreal, Austria Wien and Hapoel Be'er Sheva, eliminating Bodø/Glimt and Djurgårdens IF in the knockout stages, before losing in the quarter-finals to Fiorentina, 4–6 on aggregate.

Lech's 2023–2024 campaign got off to a rocky start, crashing out of Conference League third qualifying round against Slovak side Spartak Trnava (3–4 on aggregate). On 16 December 2023, Lech drew 2–2 at Radomiak Radom, losing the win in the 96th minute. With that result, Lech scored 10 points in the last eight games of the year, and headed off for a winter break sitting 3rd in the league table, with an eight-point deficit to leaders Śląsk Wrocław. The following day, van den Brom was dismissed.

As of match played 16 December 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
AGOVV Apeldoorn		1 July 2007	30 June 2010	120	45	22	53	037.50
Den Haag		1 July 2010	29 June 2011	40	20	7	13	050.00
Vitesse		1 July 2011	30 May 2012	42	20	9	13	047.62
Anderlecht		30 May 2012	9 April 2014	98	54	18	26	055.10
AZ Alkmaar		29 September 2014	30 June 2019	216	116	41	59	053.70
Utrecht		1 July 2019	9 November 2020	40	20	9	11	050.00
Genk		9 November 2020	6 December 2021	65	30	13	22	046.15
Al-Taawoun		31 March 2022	7 May 2022	7	2	1	4	028.57
Lech Poznań		19 June 2022	17 December 2023	82	41	23	18	050.00
Total				710	348	143	219	049.01

As player

Vitesse

• Eerste Divisie: 1988–89

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1993–94, 1994–95
• Dutch Supercup: 1993, 1994
• UEFA Champions League: 1994–95

As manager

Anderlecht

• Belgian Pro League: 2012–13
• Belgian Super Cup: 2012, 2013

Genk

• Belgian Cup: 2020–21

Individual

• Ekstraklasa Coach of the Month: September 2022