Michel Kreek

Michel Kreek
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-01-16) 16 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Ajax (loan coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1994 Ajax 83 (5)
1995–1996 Padova 53 (10)
1996–1997 Perugia 32 (3)
1997–2002 Vitesse 130 (18)
2002–2004 AEK Athens 29 (0)
2004–2006 Willem II 23 (0)
Total 350 (36)
International career
1995 Netherlands 1 (0)
Managerial career
2006–2013 Ajax (academy)
2013–2016 Almere City (U19)
2015–2016 Netherlands U19 (assistant)
2016 Inter Milan (assistant)
2017–2019 Netherlands (women's assistant)
2018–2019 Netherlands (women's U20)
2019–2021 Ajax (youth coordinator)
2021–2023 Jong Ajax (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michel Kreek (born 16 January 1971) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. He made one international appearance for the Netherlands national team: on 22 February 1995, in a 1–0 friendly loss against Portugal.

He was part of Frank de Boer's backroom staff at Inter Milan. He currently serves as the loan coach for Ajax, responsible for monitoring and accompanying players serving loan spells with other clubs.[1]

Coaching career

After retiring, Kreek immediately began his coaching career at Ajax's academy.[2] He worked in several positions at Ajax' academy until his departure in the summer 2013, where he joined Almere City as U19 manager. Beside that, he would also be the head responsible of Almere's academy.[3] In the 2015-16 season, Kreek also functioned as assistant coach for the Dutch U-19 national team.[4]

In August 2016, Kreek was appointed assistant coach to Frank de Boer at Italian club Inter Milan.[5] However, de Boer and his staff, including Kreek, were fired in the beginning of November 2016.[6]

In November 2017, Kreek was named assistant coach to Sarina Wiegman at the Netherlands women's national team.[7] In addition to his duties as assistant coach of the Dutch women's team, he was also appointed manager of the U-20 women's team in March 2018. He left the position in July 2019 to re-join Ajax, this time as a youth coordinator.[8] In June 2021, he promoted to assistant coach for Jong Ajax under manager Johnny Heitinga.[9]

Honours

Ajax

References

  1. ^ Michel Kreek wordt loan coach bij Ajax - Amsterdam, Ajax.nl, 22 July 2015
  2. ^ Kreek ook komend seizoen jeugdtrainer Ajax, ajaxfanzone.nl, 25 May 2007
  3. ^ Kreek aan de slag bij Almere, parool.nl, 19 April 2013
  4. ^ KNVB stelt oude bekenden aan als assistenten bij jeugdteams, vi.nl, 28 August 2015
  5. ^ Michel Kreek van City naar Inter Milaan, omroepflevoland.nl, 9 August 2016
  6. ^ Ook Kreek en Trustfull weg bij Inter, telegraaf.nl, 2 November 2016
  7. ^ Kreek assistent van Wiegman bij Oranjevrouwen, ad.nl, 15 November 2017
  8. ^ Michel Kreek terug bij Ajax, ajax.nl, 17 July 2019
  9. ^ Dave Vos en Steven Pienaar nieuwe trainers Ajax O18, ajax.nl, 3 June 2021