Ron Jans

Ron Jans ( born September 29, 1958 in Zwolle ) is a Dutch former football player, the coach was following his playing career.

Sports career

Jans, who played in the youth at RKSV Zwolle, began his professional career in 1976 at PEC Zwolle. First, second-rate accrued with the club, he went up with him in 1978 in the Eredivisie. However, the living from the money in the bank Slavenburgse club went bankrupt in 1982. He then moved to FC Groningen, for whom he took two seasons before he moved on to Roda JC Kerkrade. In 1987 he moved to the Japanese club Mazda engine, but returned immediately back to the Dutch first division club BV Veendam. With the club he joined the end of the season 1988/89 as from the first division, but remained until the end of his active career in 1991 at the club.

After his career end Jans trained initially the lower division amateur teams Stadskanaal SJS, ACV and Achilles 1894. 2000 he was engaged by the second division BVO Emmen as an assistant to Jan de Jonge, in which he was also under his successor Hennie Spijkerman. In October 2002, he returned as chief responsibility for his former coach to play station FC Groningen, the Dwight Lodeweges had dismissed. First, he played with the team against relegation, before he regularly reached the front range league with the club from the season 2005/ 06. Against FK Partizan Belgrade respectively Fiorentina he failed with the team but in each case early in the UEFA Cup. In November 2009, he announced after eight seasons with the club in his resignation to the end of the season, where he missed the new collection only in the play-offs in the European Cup.

In summer 2010, Jan took over as the successor of Jan de Jonge and the interim solution January Everse as coach at the Dutch first division club SC Heerenveen. Thanks to his aggressive style of play, he led the Frisians in 2012 to fifth place in the table and thus into the Europa League qualification. Striker Bas Dost was league top scorer and supported by Luciano Narsingh Jans, matured in this time for national team, was the best assist provider of the season. Nevertheless Jans ' contract was not renewed and he moved to Belgian Erstdivisionär Standard Liege, where he signed a one year contract. After eleven games, the club parted but from him again. Was standard with 13 points remained at number twelve short of expectations.