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Fredericus Jacobus Rutten (frə.ˈdeː.rɪ.kʏs (ˈfrɛt) jɐ.ˈkoː.bʏs ˈrʏ.tə(n)) (born 5 December 1962 in
Wijchen' is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands, at .- Neighbourhoods :Neighbourhoods in Wijchen include:*Centre: Kloosterakker*Wijchen-Oost: Valendries, Oosterweg and Uilenboom....
,
GelderlandGelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...
) is a
DutchThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
football coach of
PSV Eindhoven and former football player.
Club career
As a player, Rutten
spent his entire careerA one-club man is a term used to describe a football player who has played his entire professional career with only one club. In the strictest definition, one-club men are rare in football due to the effects of the promotion and relegation systems used by most professional leagues...
with
FC TwenteFC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
from 1979 to 1992.
Coaching career
He has managed for
FC TwenteFC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
(assistant manager, manager and technical director) and
PSV Eindhoven (youth coach and assistant manager). In the summer of 2008, he took over as the head coach of
Schalke 04Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
.
On 26 March 2009, Rutten was sacked as Schalke manager. On 17 April 2009, Rutten signed a contract as the new manager of
PSV Eindhoven, for the season 2009/2010. After the start in the 2009–10 competition Rutten did not lose 39 games in a row.
Manager