He is European champion as well Barcelona in 2005-06, in Paris, and now, as a coach, this former full-back who was capped 106 times for Netherlands He begins a new phase, this time as coach of Besiktas.
He Besiktas announced this Wednesday the hiring as the new coach of Giovanni van Bronckhorstwho as a player defended the team shirt Barcelona between 2003 and 2007 and who led as a coach Rangers through to the final of the 2021-22 Europa League, although the historic Scottish team lost it on penalties against Eintracht Frankfurt.
He Rangerswho dismissed him on November 21, 2022 (during the break in the European leagues for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar), until this Wednesday it was the last team he coached Gio van Bronckhorst, 49 years old and previously directed the Feyenoord and in Guangzhou R&F Chinese
Within Besiktas, Gio will have as assistants Jean Paul van Gastel (until now coach of NAC Breda) and Serdar Topraktepesince January temporary coach of Besiktaswhich finished 6th in the completed Turkish Super League.
Besiktas said in a statement that it wants to start a “new phase” under the command of Van Bronckhorst, who arrived at Barcelona on loan from Barcelona in 2003 and was signed by the Barça club in 2004.
Gio, world runner-up with the Netherlands in 2010, finished his career as a player in 2010 at Feyenoord and a year later he began his career as a coach by being second in that team, which then he directed as the first between 2015 and 2020. and where he won the 2016-17 Eredivisie, in addition to two Cups and two Super Cups in that country. With Rangers he won the Scottish Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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