Lodewijk de Kruif
{{short description|Dutch footballer and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|de Kruif|Kruif|lang=Dutch}}
{{Infobox football biography
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|10|7|df=y}}
|birth_place = Lunteren, Netherlands
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|position = Defender
|currentclub = VV DUNO (manager)
|years1 = 1993–1994
|clubs1 = TOP Oss
|caps1 = 19
|goals1 = 1
|manageryears1 = 2013–2014
|managerclubs1 = Bangladesh
|manageryears2 = 2015–2016
|managerclubs2 = VV DUNO
|manageryears3 = 2015
|managerclubs3 = Bangladesh
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Lodewijk de Kruif (born 7 October 1969) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who manages VV DUNO.
Playing career
De Kruif made 19 league appearances for TOP Oss in the 1993-94 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=19127&typeofpage=84137|title=Profile|accessdate=1 January 2011|language=Dutch|publisher=Voetbal International}}
Coaching career
After Samson Siasia left Nigerian club Heartland to manage the Nigerian national team, De Kruif was one of four European coaches named in December 2010 on the shortlist to replace him.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/9328477.stm|title=Heartland move to replace Siasia|date=30 December 2010|accessdate=7 February 2015|author=Oluwashina Okeleji|publisher=BBC Sport}} He worked for the club as a Technical Advisor, leaving his role in May 2012 to return to the Netherlands for personal reasons.{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201205030816.html|title=Nigeria: Heartland, Dutch Coach Part Ways|date=2 May 2012|accessdate=7 February 2015|author=Ime Bassey|publisher=AllAfrica}} In January 2013, De Kruif was appointed manager of the Bangladesh national football team.
{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=2008764.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215043040/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=2008764.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2013|title=Ambitious Bangladesh go Dutch|date=12 February 2013|accessdate=7 February 2015|publisher=FIFA}} He left the role in October 2014,{{cite web|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/op-ed/2014/oct/20/orange-dreams-fade-black|title=Orange dreams fade to black|date=20 October 2014|accessdate=7 February 2015|author=Towheed Feroze|publisher=Dhaka Tribune}}{{cite web|url=http://www.edestad.nl/lokaal/lodewijk_de_kruif_weg_uit_bangladesh_3309997.html#.VNXv6stybIU|title=Lodewijk de Kruif weg uit Bangladesh|date=6 November 2014|accessdate=7 February 2015|language=Dutch|publisher=EdeStad}} although he was re-appointed briefly in January 2015 for the Bangabandhu Gold Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/de-kruif-takes-over-today-61404|title=De Kruif takes over today|date=24 January 2015|accessdate=7 February 2015|publisher=Daily Star}} Earlier that month he had been appointed manager of amateur club VV DUNO.{{cite web|url=http://www.gelderlander.nl/sport/voetbal/amateurvoetbal/oud-bondscoach-de-kruif-nieuwe-trainer-duno-1.4723070|title=Oud-bondscoach De Kruif nieuwe trainer Duno|date=20 January 2015|accessdate=7 February 2015|language=Dutch|publisher=de Gelderlander}}
References
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Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Dutch football managers
Category:Dutch expatriate football managers
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Nigeria
Category:Expatriate football managers in Nigeria
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh
Category:Expatriate football managers in Bangladesh
Category:Bangladesh national football team managers
Category:Footballers from Ede, Netherlands
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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