Cor Pot
Dutch football player and coach (born 1951)
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Cornelis "Cor" Pot (born 8 June 1951) is a Dutch football manager and player.
Full name
Cornelius Gert Aaldrik Pot
Date of birth
8 June 1951
Place of birth
The Hague, Netherlands
Position
Midfielder
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cornelius Gert Aaldrik Pot | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1973 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | (0) |
| 1973–1974 | MVV | 33 | (7) |
| 1974–1976 | Haarlem | 33 | (11) |
| 1976–1980 | Excelsior | 123 | (32) |
| 1980–1981 | Vlaardingen '74 | ||
| Total | 194 | (50) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1983–1984 | Excelsior (assistant) | ||
| 1984–1987 | Feyenoord (assistant) | ||
| 1988–1989 | VV Wilhelmus | ||
| 1989–1990 | RBC Roosendaal | ||
| 1990–1991 | NAC Breda | ||
| 1992–1994 | Excelsior | ||
| 1994–1995 | Al-Masry | ||
| 1995–1997 | Telstar | ||
| 2000–2001 | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| 2001–2006 | Netherlands U17 | ||
| 2006–2009 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2013 | Netherlands U21 | ||
| 2013–2016 | XerxesDZB | ||
| 2016–2017 | Fenerbahçe (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Sparta Rotterdam (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Feyenoord (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Iraq (assistant) | ||
| 2024–2026 | Curaçao (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Pot started his career as a midfielder with the academy of Sparta in Rotterdam, and subsequently moved to the Ajax academy.
Coaching career
Pot was sacked as manager of the Netherlands U21 national 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.[1]
Personal life
Besides his native Dutch, Cor Pot speaks English, German.[citation needed]
He has two sons, both are football players.