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Adrie Koster

アドリー・コスター　/　あどりー・こすたー

Association football player from Netherlands

November 18, 1954 (age 71)　・　Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands

Zeeland
association football player
association football coach

My Take

What strikes me about Adrie Koster is the distance he traveled, from tiny Zierikzee in Zeeland to the dugout at Ajax. A former winger turned serious coach, he managed Ajax, Club Brugge and the Netherlands U21 side, building a reputation not on flash but on patiently earned trust. He now works as a technical advisor at Willem II, still passing his hard-won knowledge to younger players and staff. I tend to value the steady, behind-the-scenes figures whose influence compounds over decades, and Koster reads to me as exactly that sort of quiet backbone the Dutch game relies on.

Overview

Adrianus Cornelis "Adrie" Koster (Dutch pronunciation: [aːdriˈjaːnʏs kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈaːdri ˈkɔstər]; born 18 November 1954) is a Dutch football manager who is currently technical advisor of Willem II. He is a former winger and former manager of Ajax, Club Brugge and the Netherlands U21 team.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Adrie Koster
Name (Japanese): アドリー・コスター
Reading: あどりー・こすたー
Born: November 18, 1954 (age 71)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Horse
Origin: Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC

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