KITAINDONESIASASATU.COM – Patrick Kluivert's name was mentioned as a strong candidate to replace Sien Tae-Yong (STY), who was fired by PSSI, who was deemed to have failed to bring success to the Indonesian Senior National Team and the U-23 National Team, Monday (6/1/2024).
Patrick Stephan Kluivert is a Dutch former football player, coach and sports director.
Before becoming a coach he played as a striker, mainly for clubs Ajax, Barcelona, AC Milan and the Dutch national team.
This man, who was born on July 1 1976, appeared most widely after STH's dismissal, and this name even appeared in a tweet from Indonesian football observer Farzie Idris.
He gave a leak that the Indonesian national team coach was a former Dutch national team player and played as a striker.
This name then refers to the figure of Patrick Stephan Kluivert, a man born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with no Indonesian blood in him.
In his prime, Patrick had brilliant achievements with the Dutch national team, in 79 matches he was able to score 40 goals.
In fact, he has also become a legend among De Oranje football fans in the land of Windmills.
However, as a coach, his career was not as brilliant as when he played with Ajax and the Dutch national team.
Because he was just kicked out of the Turkish Premier League team, from the Adana Demirspor club in December 2024, even though he had only been in charge for 6 months.
At the Adana Demirspor club he recorded a poor record with eight wins from six draws and six defeats.
So since being fired from the Adana club, Patrick has practically had no club, aka he is unemployed.
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On the other hand, Patrick has experience leading the national team from Caracao, which recorded one win, two draws and three defeats from six matches.
Meanwhile, Patrick's career, since 1994, Patrick Kluivert has been promoted to the Ajax Amsterdam senior team.
At that time, Kluivert was only 18 years old, but he was already trusted to be a core player at one of Europe's top clubs at that time.
The recruitment of Patrick Kluivert certainly paid off, in the first season he became the top scorer, namely 22 goals and five assists from 38 matches with Ajax Amsterdam.
Thanks to goals from Patrick Kluivert, Ajax Amsterdam won the Eredivisie and Champions League 1994-1995.
In the same year, this 191 centimeter tall striker also helped Ajax win the 1995 European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup.
Three seasons (1994-1997) with Ajax Amsterdam, it was time for Patrick Kluivert to expand his career to the Italian Serie A.
He also played for AC Milan for one season in Italy, then immediately became an attraction for Barcelona FC, where he played for six seasons at this club.
While at Barcelona from 1998 to 2004, Tarick managed to collect 122 goals in the 257 matches he played in all competitions.
At Barcelona, Patrick Kluivert also succeeded in winning the Spanish League trophy in 1997-1998.
Apart from his experiences at Barcelona, Patrick also played at Newcastle United after leaving Barca in 2004.
Then Patrik also joined the Valencia club until finally returning to the Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven until he finally retired with the Lille club in 2008 in France.
Meanwhile, at the Dutch national level, Patrick defended the Dutch national team 79 times, collecting 40 goals.
In the world of coaching, this man with a height of 1.91 meters has been an assistant coach for the Dutch National Team, Curacao National Team and most recently Adana Demirspor from Türkiye.
So, if it is true that Patrick will coach the Indonesian national team, of course he will have to work hard, because the national team has a very high target of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. **
