Adrie Poldervaart (born 20 December 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Feyenoord U21.
 Poldervaart in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adrie Poldervaart | ||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Oudenhoorn, Netherlands | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Feyenoord U21 (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976–1986 | OHVV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | OHVV | ||
| 1989–1990 | Spijkenisse | ||
| 1990–1993 | OHVV | ||
| 1993–1995 | Nieuwenhoorn | ||
| 1995–2002 | OHVV | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2001 | OHVV (player-manager) | ||
| 2001–2002 | Nieuwenhoorn (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2005 | Nieuwenhoorn | ||
| 2005–2012 | Spijkenisse | ||
| 2012–2015 | Zwaluwen | ||
| 2015–2018 | BVV Barendrecht | ||
| 2018–2019 | Excelsior | ||
| 2019–2022 | Groningen (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | De Graafschap | ||
| 2023–2025 | Fortuna Sittard (assistant) | ||
| 2025–2026 | Quick Boys | ||
| 2026– | Feyenoord U21 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sports career
editPoldervaart played in his youth and senior career exclusively for OHVV Oudenhorn.[1] Poldervaart was hired in 1992 as a sports physiotherapist at Excelsior Rotterdam. He has also been a physiotherapist for VV Nieuwenhoorn.[1]
Next to being a physiotherapist at Excelsior, in 1998 he became player/manager at OHVV. In 2001 Poldervaart became an assistant coach and in 2002 coach for VV Nieuwenhoorn.[1] In 2005 he moved on to VV Spijkenisse. Only in 2012, he changed again, this time for VV Zwaluwen. For his achievements at Zwaluwen Poldervaart received the Rinus Michels Award.[2] From 2015 to 2018 he coached BVV Barendrecht.
In 2018, Poldervaart became the manager of Excelsior. He replaced Mitchell van der Gaag who left for NAC Breda. After 26 year Poldervaart stopped working as Excelsior's physiotherapist.[3] In 2019, after disappointing results, he stopped coaching Excelsior. Instead, Poldervaart became the assistant coach of FC Groningen.[4]
On 10 May 2022, De Graafschap appointed Poldervaart as head coach on a two-year deal, effective from 1 July, succeeding Reinier Robbemond.[5]
In February 2023, Poldervaart was hospitalised with Guillain–Barré syndrome,[6] prompting assistant coach Richard Roelofsen to assume first-team duties for the remainder of the season. Following the conclusion of the 2022–23 campaign, De Graafschap announced that Poldervaart would not return as head coach, though the club would continue to support him through his rehabilitation.[7]
In March 2025, after serving as assistant coach at Fortuna Sittard for two seasons, Poldervaart was appointed head coach of Tweede Divisie club Quick Boys, effective from the start of the 2025–26 season, succeeding Thomas Duivenvoorden.[8] He won the division title in his only season in charge, Quick Boys' second consecutive Tweede Divisie title.[9] On 29 May 2026, days after the title was secured, Feyenoord announced that Poldervaart would leave Quick Boys after one season to take charge of their under-21 team from 1 July, on a contract until 2028; the move returned him to professional football.[10][11]
Honours
editQuick Boys
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Adrie Poldervaart: OHVV zit nog zeer diep in mijn hart! - Sport op Voorne Putten. Voor talenten, clubs en Fans". www.sportopvoorneputten.nl. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019.
- ↑ Adrie Poldervaart nieuwe trainer Excelsior, dagblad010.nl
- ↑ (in Dutch)Adrie Poldervaart nieuwe hoofdtrainer van Excelsior SBV Excelsior, 30 May 2018
- ↑ "FC Groningen stelt voormalig Excelsior-trainer Poldervaart aan als assistent". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ↑ "Adrie Poldervaart nieuwe hoofdtrainer van De Graafschap". De Graafschap (in Dutch). 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ "De Graafschap-trainer Adrie Poldervaart heeft de ziekte van Guillain-Barré". Omroep GLD.
- ↑ "De Graafschap start komend seizoen niet met Adrie Poldervaart als hoofdtrainer". De Graafschap (Dutch).
- ↑ Duijn, Tim van (8 March 2025). "Poldervaart verruilt Fortuna Sittard in zomer voor Quick Boys" [Poldervaart to leave Fortuna Sittard for Quick Boys in the summer]. Voetbal International (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 21 April 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- 1 2 "Quick Boys prolongeert titel in tweede divisie en is weer beste amateurvoetbalteam van Nederland" [Quick Boys retain their Second Division title and are once again the best amateur football team in the Netherlands]. Omroep West (in Dutch). 23 May 2026. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
- ↑ "Adrie Poldervaart appointed as new Feyenoord U21 head coach". Feyenoord. 29 May 2026. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
- ↑ "Adrie Poldervaart gaat Feyenoord Onder 21 trainen: 'Een prachtige uitdaging'" [Adrie Poldervaart to coach Feyenoord Under-21: 'A wonderful challenge']. Rijnmond (in Dutch). 29 May 2026. Retrieved 14 June 2026.