Fred Rutten

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fred Rutten

| fullname = Fredericus Jacobus Rutten

| image = Zaria-Feyenord (1).jpg

| caption = Rutten in 2014

| height = 1.80 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|12|5}}

| birth_place = Wijchen, Netherlands

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1977

| youthclubs1 = VV Alverna

| youthyears2 = 1977–1979

| youthclubs2 = Twente

| years1 = 1979–1992

| clubs1 = Twente

| caps1 = 317

| goals1 = 11

| nationalyears1 = 1988

| nationalteam1 = Netherlands

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1999–2001

| managerclubs1 = Twente

| manageryears2 = 2002–2006

| managerclubs2 = PSV (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2006–2008

| managerclubs3 = Twente

| manageryears4 = 2008–2009

| managerclubs4 = Schalke 04

| manageryears5 = 2009–2012

| managerclubs5 = PSV

| manageryears6 = 2012–2013

| managerclubs6 = Vitesse

| manageryears7 = 2014–2015

| managerclubs7 = Feyenoord

| manageryears8 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs8 = Al Shabab

| manageryears9 = 2018

| managerclubs9 = Maccabi Haifa

| manageryears10 = 2019

| managerclubs10 = Anderlecht

| manageryears11 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs11 = PSV (assistant)

| manageryears12 = 2023

| managerclubs12 = PSV (caretaker)

}}

Fredericus Jacobus Rutten ({{IPA|nl|freːdəˈrikʏ ɕaːˈkoːbʏs frɛt ˈrʏtə(n)}}; born 5 December 1962) is a Dutch football coach and former player. As a player, he spent his entire career with Twente during the years 1979 to 1992. Following his playing career, Rutten also managed Twente, before moving on to clubs like Schalke 04, PSV Eindhoven, SBV Vitesse, Feyenoord, Al Shabab, Maccabi Haifa and more recently Anderlecht.

Coaching career

Rutten has managed Twente (assistant manager, manager and technical director) and PSV Eindhoven (youth coach and assistant manager). In the summer of 2008, he took over as head coach of Bundesliga club Schalke 04. On 26 March 2009, Rutten was sacked as Schalke manager.{{cite web|url=http://www.schalke04.de/content/news_archive/news/en/rutten-relieved-of-duties-with-immediate-effect-26-03-2009.html|title=Rutten relieved of duties with immediate effect|access-date=22 October 2013|date=26 March 2009|work=schalke04.de}}

On 17 April 2009, Rutten signed a contract as the new manager of PSV Eindhoven, for the season 2009–10. During the 2009–10 competition Rutten's side remained undefeated for 39 consecutive games. On 12 March 2012, Rutten was sacked as PSV manager following losses to Twente (2–6) and NAC (3–1) in the Eredivisie and to Valencia (4–2) in the Europa League.

The following season Rutten served as Vitesse head coach where John van den Brom had been head coach before moving to Belgian side Anderlecht. Rutten left Vitesse after the 2012-13 Eredivisie season, finishing in fourth place. On 3 March 2014, Feyenoord released a statement confirming they had hired Rutten as their new head coach for the 2014-15 Eredivisie season. On 2 March 2015, Feyenoord announced that Rutten had decided not to extend his one-year contract, meaning he would leave the club at the end of the season.

Feyenoord reached the knockout stage of the Europa League for the first time since 2004 with Rutten as head coach. On 17 May 2015, Feyenoord fired Rutten as head coach effective immediately after a 3–0 loss against PEC Zwolle, causing Feyenoord to finish 4th in the Eredivisie and missing out on directly qualifying for the Europa League.{{cite web|url=http://www.brandonsun.com/sports/soccer/feyenoord-fires-coach-fred-rutten-after-team-finishes-4th-misses-automatic-spot-in-europe-304047511.html|title=Feyenoord fires coach Fred Rutten after team finishes 4th, misses automatic spot in Europe|access-date=17 May 2015|date=17 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707090155/http://www.brandonsun.com/sports/soccer/feyenoord-fires-coach-fred-rutten-after-team-finishes-4th-misses-automatic-spot-in-europe-304047511.html|archive-date=7 July 2015|url-status=dead}}

Rutten then had brief spells in the Middle East at Al Shabab and Maccabi Haifa. On 6 January 2019, he became head coach of Anderlecht. However, on 16 April, he was already fired after only 13 matches.{{cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-belgium-anderlecht/soccer-belgiums-anderlecht-part-company-with-dutch-coach-rutten-idUKL5N21Y2AT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416124132/https://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-belgium-anderlecht/soccer-belgiums-anderlecht-part-company-with-dutch-coach-rutten-idUKL5N21Y2AT|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2019|title=Soccer-Belgium's Anderlecht part company with Dutch coach Rutten|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=16 April 2019|date=16 April 2019}}

On 20 May 2022 PSV confirmed that Rutten would return for the 2022-23 season as an assistant under head coach Ruud van Nistelrooy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.psv.nl/english-psv/news/article/ruud-van-nistelrooij-confirms-backroom-staff-at-psv.htm|title=RUUD VAN NISTELROOIJ CONFIRMS BACKROOM STAFF AT PSV|website=psv.nl|date=20 May 2022|access-date=1 June 2022|archive-date=1 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601184028/https://www.psv.nl/english-psv/news/article/ruud-van-nistelrooij-confirms-backroom-staff-at-psv.htm|url-status=dead}}