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My Take
What draws me to Stijn Schaars is the quiet logic of his career arc. A versatile box-to-box midfielder is, to my mind, the most cerebral position on the pitch, so his pivot from playing into managing Jong PSV feels less like reinvention and more like the natural next chapter. I have a soft spot for footballers who choose the unglamorous, patient work of developing young players over chasing the spotlight. Coming out of a small corner of Gelderland and building a steady professional life, he strikes me as a craftsman rather than a star, and I respect that kind of substance far more than flash.
Overview
Stephanus Johannes "Stijn" Schaars (Dutch pronunciation: [stɛin ˈsxaːrs]; born 11 January 1984) is a Dutch professional football coach and a former midfielder who is the manager of Eerste Divisie club Jong PSV.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Stijn Schaars
- Name (Japanese)
- スタイン・スハールス
- Reading
- すたいん・すはーるす
- Born
- January 11, 1984 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rat
- Origin
- Gendt, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 177 cm
- 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
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.