Pepijn Lijnders
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pepijn Lijnders | ||
Date of birth | 24 January 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Broekhuizen, Netherlands | ||
Teams managed | |||
Years | Team | ||
2002–2007 | PSV Eindhoven (youth coach) | ||
2007–2014 | Porto (academy coach) | ||
2014–2018 | Liverpool (first-team coach) | ||
2018 | NEC | ||
2018– | Liverpool (first-team coach) |
Pepijn "Pep" Lijnders (born 24 January 1983) is a Dutch football manager. He is the first-team coach of Premier League club Liverpool, a role he took in 2018.
Managerial career
Lijnders began his managerial career in 2002 with PSV Eindhoven, helping with youth training and individual player development. In 2006, he moved to FC Porto and helped develop their youth academy, working under Vitor Baía and André Villas-Boas.[1] In 2014, he moved to Liverpool F.C. and assisted Brendan Rodgers and Jürgen Klopp as assistant coach, as well as first field trainer with Klopp.[2]
On 2 January 2018, Lijnders accepted the managerial job at NEC in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.[3] He signed a contract of one year and a half.[4] On 17 May 2018, Lijnders was sacked after NEC failed to gain promotion to the Eredivisie in the promotion play-offs.[5]
He returned to the Liverpool coaching staff on 5 June 2018.[6]
External links
References
- ↑ "Liverpool's Pepijn Lijnders is a big deal". 17 April 2015.
- ↑ "Pepijn Lijnders leaves Liverpool FC". 2 January 2018.
- ↑ "Pepijn Lijnders nieuwe hoofdtrainer N.E.C." nec-nijmegen.nl. 2 January 2018.
- ↑ "Cookies op VI.nl". www.vi.nl. 2 January 2018.
- ↑ "Lijnders na half jaar alweer op straat gezet door NEC". nos.nl. 17 May 2018.
- ↑ "Pep Lijnders rejoins LFC coaching staff". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 2018-06-05.