Cornelis "Cor" Pot (born 8 June 1951) is a Dutch football manager and former professional footballer He was sacked as manager of the Netherlands U-21 team after its elimination from the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in the semifinals and subsequent criticism by the coach of the senior team, Louis van Gaal.

Contents

• 1 Playing career
• 2 Clubs coached
• 3 Personal life
• 4 References

Playing career

He started his career with the academy of Sparta in Rotterdam, and subsequently moved to the Ajax academy.

• 1970 – 1973 Sparta Rotterdam
• 1973 – 1974 MVV
• 1974 – 1976 HFC Haarlem
• 1976 – 1980 Excelsior
• 1980 – 1981 FC Vlaardingen '74

Clubs coached

• 1983 – 1984 Excelsior (*istant manager)
• 1984 – 1987 Feyenoord (*istant manager)
• 1989 – 1990 RBC Roosendaal (manager)
• 1990 – 1991 NAC (manager)
• 1992 – 1994 Excelsior (manager)
• 1994 – 1995 Al-Masry (manager)
• 1995 – 1997 Telstar (manager)
• 2000 – 2001 Dynamo Dresden (manager)
• 2001 – 2006 Royal Dutch Football *ociation (manager of the national youth team)
• 2006 – 2009 Zenit Saint Petersburg (*istant manager)
• 2009 – 2013 Netherlands under-21 team (manager)
• 2016 – 2017 Fenerbahçe S.K. (*istant manager)
• 2019 – 2021 Feyenoord (*istant manager)
• 2021 – present Iraq (*istant manager)

Personal life

Besides his native Dutch, Cor Pot speaks English, German.

He has two sons, both are football players.

References