Dutch football player and director

Jakob “Jaap” Stam ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈjaːp ˈstɑm ] ; born 17 July 1972 ) is a dutch football coach, former read/write head coach and former professional player. He is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Stam played for respective european clubs including PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Lazio, Milan and Ajax before retiring in October 2007. a well as golf club trophies, he won respective personal awards, including being voted the best defender in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, american samoa well as being included in three back-to-back PFA Team of the Year sides from 1999 to 2001. Stam played 67 external matches for the Netherlands, scoring three goals. He was in their squads for three UEFA european Championships and the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Reading: Jaap Stam

After retiring as a actor, Stam worked as a coach at PEC Zwolle and Ajax before making his managerial debut with Reading in 2016. He late managed Feyenoord in 2019 and FC Cincinnati of Major League Soccer .

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Born in Kampen, [ 1 ] Overijssel, Stam started his career with local amateur football club DOS Kampen. On 15 August 1992, Stam made his professional debut for FC Zwolle in a 1–1 draw against SC Heracles in the Eerste Divisie. He became a first team regular right away and moved to Eredivisie club Cambuur Leeuwarden for the pursue season, but relegated in his first gear temper which brought him back into the Eerste Divisie. Two seasons at Cambuur earned him a transfer to Eredivisie club Willem II. At Willem II, he immediately impressed at the Eredivisie flat, which meant his final discovery. A shock 1–0 dwelling victory over Ajax led to Stam ‘s transfer to PSV Eindhoven in the same season in which they finally won the KNVB Cup, his first professional trophy .

PSV [edit ]

Stam was a key actor for PSV in the 1996–97 season, as the team won the Eredivisie league backing and the Johan Cruyff Shield. Individually, Stam won the VVCS Footballer of the Year award. In 1998, Stam became the then most expensive defender in history when Manchester United bought him for £ 10.6 million. [ 8 ]

manchester United [edit ]

Stam spent three seasons at Manchester United, during which time United won three Premier League titles, one FA Cup, the Intercontinental Cup and the UEFA Champions League. He scored his entirely finish for the club in a 6–2 away victory against Leicester City. [ 9 ] early on in the 2001–02 season, Stam was controversially sold to Lazio in Italy after Manchester United director Sir Alex Ferguson was reportedly upset by allegations Stam had made in his autobiography Head to Head about the club. Stam made numerous statements in the ledger about his views on opposing players, and notoriously alleged that Ferguson ‘s approach to buy him was done without the permission of PSV. [ 10 ] Later, Simon Kuper reported that contrary to initial belief, Ferguson had noticed that Stam ‘s tackling numbers were declining and just assumed the defender was past his play acme. [ 11 ] Laurent Blanc was signed as his substitution. In 2007, however, Ferguson described the decisiveness to sell Stam as an error : “ At the meter he had just come back from an achilles injury and we thought he had just lost a little act. We got the offer from Lazio, £16.5m for a center bet on who was 29. It was an offer I could n’t refuse. But in playing terms it was a mistake. He is still playing for Ajax at a actually good level. ” [ 12 ] On the fiscal report, Manchester United announced the fee was £15.3 million ; [ 13 ] Lazio declared the fee was £16 million. [ 14 ]

latium [edit ]

During his prison term with Lazio, Stam was found guilty of having the banned steroid hormone nandrolone in his system following a Serie A game, [ 15 ] and received a five-month ban, which was finally reduced by a month after appeals. [ 16 ] He was the second gear Lazio player suspended in 2001, after Fernando Couto. In his last season at the club, he won the Coppa Italia .

milan [edit ]

Stam joined Milan after UEFA Euro 2004. He reached his second base Champions League final with the Rossoneri in 2005, but was a runner-up after his team was defeated by Liverpool in a penalty shoot-out. [ 17 ]

ajax [edit ]

On 30 January 2006, it was announced that he would return to the Eredivisie and play for Ajax, where he signed a biennial contract for a €2.5 million transfer fee. Stam was named team captain upon his arrival at the baseball club. [ 18 ] In his first season, he won both the Johan Cruyff Shield and the KNVB Cup ; another Johan Cruyff Shield was added to his trophies at the start of the 2007–08 season. On 29 October 2007, Stam announced his retirement from professional football with immediate effect after playing six league games for Ajax in the 2007–08 league season. His final game was in a 0–0 pull against NEC on 20 October 2007 .

International career [edit ]

Stam made his debut for the Netherlands on 24 April 1996 in a 1–0 friendly kill to Germany in Rotterdam. He was not initially chosen for UEFA Euro 96, but was late added to the team after an injury ruled out Frank de Boer ; he did not however make any appearances at the tournament. He scored his first finish on 6 September 1997 in a 3–1 home succeed over rivals Belgium in World Cup qualification. He was besides an important musician in the Dutch team that finished fourth in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. [ 19 ] During UEFA Euro 2000, he once again reached the semi-finals with the Dutch team, hosted in his dwelling nation and Belgium. Stam missed his undertake in the penalty shoot-out in the semi-finals, hitting the crossbar in a get the better of against Italy. He was not primitively scheduled to take a penalty, but had to due to substitutions and fatigue duty among the Dutch. [ 20 ] Stam reached his third base semi-finals in an external competition with his nation at UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal and retired from external football after the tournament. The reason cited for his external retirement was that he wanted to focus on his new team, Milan, vitamin a well as his kin. [ 21 ] In sum, he played 67 matches for the Netherlands, scoring three goals. [ 19 ]

Playing style [edit ]

Stam played chiefly as a centre-back. He was known for possessing “ a rare combination of speed, persuasiveness and ball-playing ability ”, [ 22 ] a well as an excellent positional sense. [ 23 ] due to his wide compass of skills, in his choice he was besides capable of playing as a full-back on the right flank. [ 24 ] [ 25 ]

Post-playing career [edit ]

In October 2008, Stam returned to Manchester United as a scout for the golf club, responsible for most of South America. [ 26 ]

Soccer Aid [edit ]

Stam has been involved with Soccer Aid, which puts celebrities and football legends together in two teams ( England and Rest of the World ) for a charity game in aid of UNICEF. Stam has appeared in five Soccer aid matches 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. [ 27 ]

coach and managerial career [edit ]

Stam ( right ) during his time period with PEC Zwolle In 2009, Stam became an adjunct coach for PEC Zwolle, and on 30 October was appointed caretaker coach. [ 28 ] Following his stint with Zwolle, Stam penned a three-year contract with Ajax in 2013 as an adjunct coach, and as defensive bus starting in the 2013–14 Eredivisie season. [ 29 ] On 28 May 2014, Stam was revealed as one of the new managers of Jong Ajax, the reservation team in the Eerste Divisie. He was joined by Andries Ulderink and they signed a contract beginning on 1 July 2014 and lasting until 30 June 2016. [ 30 ] [ 31 ]

Reading [edit ]

On 13 June 2016, Stam was appointed as director of English Championship golf club Reading on an initial biennial contract. [ 32 ] He enjoyed a successful first season with the club, leading them to the Championship play-offs. On 4 July 2017, Stam signed a new biennial shrink annex with Reading, keeping him at the club until 2019. [ 33 ] On 21 March 2018, Reading announced that Stam had left the club with immediate effect following a prevail of one winnings in 18 league matches left the team 20th in the league postpone. [ 34 ]

PEC Zwolle [edit ]

On 28 December 2018, Stam was appointed as the new director of Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle on a year-and-a-half compress. [ 35 ]

Feyenoord [edit ]

On 6 March 2019, Feyenoord announced that Stam would succeed Giovanni van Bronckhorst as Feyenoord ‘s new director. He signed a biennial narrow, effective 1 June 2019. [ 36 ] Following a 0–4 frustration to Ajax, Stam resigned on 28 October 2019, saying “ I ‘ve thought about this for a farseeing prison term. My final conclusion is that it ‘s better for the cabaret, the players and myself if I step apart. ” [ 37 ] [ 38 ]

FC Cincinnati [edit ]

On 21 May 2020, Major League Soccer golf club FC Cincinnati announced that Stam would succeed interim coach Yoann Damet. He signed a year-and-a-half contract. [ 39 ] On 15 July, he won 1–0 on his introduction against an Atlanta United FC side managed by his former external teammate Frank de Boer. [ 40 ] Stam was dismissed on 27 September 2021, with Cincinnati second-from-bottom in the Eastern Conference having won four of 25 games. [ 41 ]

personal life sentence [edit ]

Stam is a Protestant. [ 42 ] He met his wife Ellis when he was 16, [ 43 ] and they have two daughters and twin sons. [ 44 ] His first daughter ‘s parturition was induced two weeks early, to come between the 1998 World Cup and pre-season education for Manchester United. [ 43 ] When he played for Manchester United, he lived in Wilmslow in Cheshire. [ 43 ]

career statistics [edit ]

golf club [edit ]

[ 45 ] [ 46 ]

Club

Season

Division

League

Cup

League Cup

Europe

Other

Total

Apps
Goals

Apps
Goals

Apps
Goals

Apps
Goals

Apps
Goals

Apps
Goals

Zwolle
1992–93
Eerste Divisie

32
1

Cambuur
1993–94
Eredivisie

33
1

1994–95

Eerste Divisie

33
2

Total

66
3

Willem II
1995–96

Eredivisie

19
1

PSV Eindhoven
1995–96

Eredivisie

14
1
4
0



18
1

1996–97

33
7
2
0

4
0
1
0
40
7

1997–98

29
4
5
0

5
0
1
0
40
4

Total

76
12
11
0

9
0
2
0
98
12

Manchester United
1998–99
Premier League

30
1
7
0
0
0
13
0
1
0
51
1

1999–2000

33
0
0
0
0
0
13
0
5
0
51
0

2000–01

15
0
1
0
0
0
6
0
1
0
23
0

2001–02

1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0

Total

79
1
8
0
0
0
32
0
8
0
127
1

Lazio
2001–02
Serie A

13
1


5
0

18
1

2002–03

28
0
2
0

4
0

34
0

2003–04

29
2
6
0

7
1

42
3

Total

70
3
8
0

16
1

94
4

Milan
2004–05

Serie A

17
0
2
0

8
1
1
0
28
1

2005–06

25
1
3
0

9
0

37
1

Total

42
1
5
0

17
1
1
0
65
2

Ajax
2006–07

Eredivisie

25
1
4
1

11
0
1
0
41
2

2007–08

6
0


4
0
1
0
11
0

Total

31
1
4
1

15
0
2
0
52
2

Career total

415
23
36
1
0
0
89
2
13
0
553
26

International [edit ]

[ 47 ]

Netherlands senior team

Year
Apps
Goals

1996
4
0

1997
6
1

1998
14
1

1999
4
1

2000
8
0

2001
7
0

2002
5
0

2003
9
0

2004
10
0

Total
67
3

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 26 September 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team

From

To

Record

Ref

P
W
D
L
Win %

Reading

13 June 2016

21 March 2018

98
40
23
35
0 40.8
[34][48]
PEC Zwolle

28 December 2018

31 May 2019

17
7

Read more: Mario Maurer

3
7
0 41.2
[48]
Feyenoord

1 June 2019

28 October 2019

18
7
6
5
0 38.9
[48]
FC Cincinnati

21 May 2020

27 September 2021

47
8
13
26
0 17.0

Total

180
62
45
73
0 34.4
*Some of Stam ‘s commemorate comes from the MLS is Back tournament. however, the tournament is basically the MLS 2020 season .

Honours [edit ]

Stam with Ajax in 2010 PSV
Manchester United
Lazio
Milan
Ajax

  • KNVB Cup: 2006–07
  • Johan Cruyff Shield: 2006, 2007

Individual

Books [edit ]

  • Stam, J., with Butler, J. (contrib.) (2002), Head to Head, Willow Publishing, ISBN 978-0-00-711709-3

References [edit ]