Pepijn Lijnders
 Lijnders in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pepijn Lijnders | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Broekhuizen, Netherlands | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool (assistant) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2006–2014 | Porto (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2017 | Liverpool (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | NEC | ||
| 2018– | Liverpool (assistant) | ||
Pepijn "Pep" Lijnders (born 24 January 1983) is a Dutch football manager. He is an assistant manager of Premier League club Liverpool.
Managerial career
Lijnders began his managerial career in 2002 with PSV Eindhoven, helping with youth training and individual player development. In 2006, he moved to Porto and helped develop their youth academy, working under guidance of Vítor Frade and Luís Castro and implementing the Tactical Periodisation ideas on the 611 project. During his time in the club he worked under Jesualdo Ferreira, André Villas-Boas, Vítor Pereira and Paulo Fonseca.[1] In 2014, he moved to Liverpool and assisted Brendan Rodgers and Jürgen Klopp as assistant coach, as well as First Team trainer with Klopp.[2]
On 2 January 2018, Lijnders accepted the managerial job at NEC in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.[3] He signed a contract of one year and a half.[4] On 17 May 2018, Lijnders was sacked after NEC failed to gain promotion to the Eredivisie in the promotion play-offs.[5]
He returned to the Liverpool coaching staff on 5 June 2018.[6] He was part of the coaching staff that helped Liverpool to their sixth UEFA Champions League win on 1 June 2019 and their 19th league title win in the 2019–20 season.
References
- ^ "Liverpool's Pepijn Lijnders is a big deal". 17 April 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Pepijn Lijnders leaves Liverpool FC". 2 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Pepijn Lijnders nieuwe hoofdtrainer N.E.C." nec-nijmegen.nl. 2 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Cookies op VI.nl". www.vi.nl. 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Lijnders na half jaar alweer op straat gezet door NEC". nos.nl. 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Pep Lijnders rejoins LFC coaching staff". Liverpool FC. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.