Jan Mak

January Mak ( born 1948 ) is a Dutch football coach. In his previous career, he was active both as a club as national coach.

Career

Mak was active as a player in the Netherlands, Germany and Brazil. Starting in 1973, initially trained Randstad Sport, FC Groningen and vv C.E.C. from Emmen, before he took over in 1977 FC Volendam. Under coach Leo Steegman the club had risen in the Eredivisie. After he had occupied with the team in the first year to seventh place in the table, he went with her the following year as a table Penultimate again and was replaced by Henk Ellen.

Meanwhile, youth coach at Feyenoord Rotterdam followed Mak 1981 an offer of the Swedish club Halmstad BK in the Allsvenskan. By also committed from the Netherlands Frenk Schinkel, he finished with the team to Mats Jingblad, Jan Jönsson and Rutger cheek in his first season in ninth place in the standings. In the season 1982, the team reached the championship finals, but failed in the quarterfinals at the eventual champions IFK Göteborg. Once in the subsequent season after a sixth place this time came from in the regular season against AIK in the quarterfinals, he threw himself in Frühjajr 1984 with the club management and was replaced in March shortly before the season started by Stefan Lundin.

Mak then remained in Sweden and in 1985 took over as coach at second division IS Halmia. After one season he returned to the Swedish Elite Series, in the season of 1986, he finished the season with IK Brage as a table of eight. In 1988 he went to IF Elfsborg Boras after that was relegated last year from the Allsvenskan. Had he led the team to third place in 1989, parted ways after the end of the following season, which ended for the club in tenth place in the standings.

1992 Mak supported the Dutch national team at the European Championships in Sweden. He also coached Norrby IF, Tampere Pallo - Veikot from Finland and for a game the Lebanese national team.

2000 Mak returned back to Sweden and signed up again for IF Elfsborg, where he was responsible for the junior section of the club. In the spring of 2008 he took over as successor by Raoul Shungu the care of the national team of the Seychelles in the framework of qualification for the 2010 World Cup. In December 2010, he IF Elfsborg transferred together with Tobias Linderoth and Sanel Duzel the coach of the U-17 youth team.

July 31, 2012 presented the located in a relegation battle Allsvenskan GAIS Gothenburg Erstligist Mak as their new coach until the end of the 2012 before, after a few days earlier, Alexander Axén had resigned from his post. In early October, he resigned from his office because he did not see any positive development under his direction. Under his successor, Benjamin Westman the club was relegated to the second division to the end of the season.

Beginning in February 2013 returned Mak back to the Seychelles, where he again took over the national team.