Cor Pot

Cor Pot
Personal information
Full name Cornelius Gert Aldrik Pot
Date of birth (1951-06-08) 8 June 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1973 Sparta Rotterdam 5 (0)
1973–1974 MVV 33 (7)
1974–1976 Haarlem 33 (11)
1976–1980 Excelsior 123 (32)
1980–1981 FC Vlaardingen '74
Total 194 (50)
Managerial career
1983–1984 Excelsior (assistant)
1984–1987 Feyenoord (assistant)
1988–1989 VV Wilhelmus
1989–1990 Roosendaal
1990–1991 NAC Breda
1992–1994 Excelsior
1994–1995 Al-Masry
1995–1997 Telstar
2000–2001 Dynamo Dresden
2001–2006 Royal Dutch FA (youth manager)
2006–2009 Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant)
2009–2013 Netherlands U-21
2016–2017 Fenerbahçe S.K. (assistant)
2019–2021 Feyenoord (assistant)
2021 Iraq (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cornelis "Cor" Pot (born 8 June 1951) is a Dutch football manager and former professional footballer.[1]

Playing career

Pot started his career as a midfielder with the academy of Sparta in Rotterdam, and subsequently moved to the Ajax academy.

Coaching career

Pot was sacked as manager of the Netherlands U21 national team after its elimination from the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in the semifinals and subsequent criticism by the coach of the senior team, Louis van Gaal.[2]

Personal life

Besides his native Dutch, Cor Pot speaks English, German.[citation needed]

He has two sons, both are football players.

References

  1. ^ "Playing career of Cor Pot" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Pot: 'Van Gaal vindt kritiek vreselijk, nu doet hij het zelf' (Pot: 'Van Gaal thinks critics are terrible, but he's doing it now')". vi.nl. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.