Jean-Paul van Gastel

Jean-Paul van Gastel
	Jean-Paul van Gastel in the 2024 Turkish Super Cup
Personal information
Full name	Jacobus Johannes Martinus Paulus van Gastel
Date of birth	28 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Breda, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Beşiktaş (assistant coach)
Youth career
	BSV Boeimeer
	NAC Breda
	Willem II
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1996	Willem II
1996–2001	Feyenoord
2001–2002	Ternana
2002	Como
2002–2003	De Graafschap
Total
International career
1996–1999	Netherlands
Managerial career
2004–2005	Willem II U-19
2005–2011	Jong Feyenoord
2011–2019	Feyenoord (assistant coach)
2019–2020	Guangzhou R&F (assistant coach)
2021–2022	Guangzhou City
2023–2024	NAC Breda
2024–	Beşiktaş (assistant coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jacobus Johannes Martinus Paulus "Jean-Paul" van Gastel (Dutch pronunciation: [ʑɑ̃ːˈpʌul vɑŋ ˈɣɑstəl]; born 28 April 1972) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the assistant coach of Turkish club Beşiktaş. During his playing career, he gained five caps for the Netherlands national team, scoring twice.

Club career

Van Gastel started his professional career in 1990 with Willem II, where he stayed for six seasons, before moving to Feyenoord. There he won the Dutch title (1999). He moved to Italy in 2001 and played for Ternana (Serie B) and Como (Serie A). He ended his career in 2003 with De Graafschap. Van Gastel, who became national champion with Feyenoord in 1999, was approached by AS Roma the following summer with a very high offer to bring him to Italy, but Feyenoord did not want to lose him.

Coaching career

In the end as a player, he worked from 2004 to 2005 as Head Coach of the U-19 team of Willem II. On 30 June 2005, he began his coaching career with the U-19 of Feyenoord.

During his stint at Feyenoord as an assistant coach, he alongside Giovanni van Bronckhorst won five trophies at the De Kuip, including an Eredivisie and KNVB Cup.

Then in 2020, he joined alongside Giovanni van Bronckhorst in joining Guangzhou R&F as an assistant coach. After that season, he became head coach of the club after van Bronckhorst's resignation.

In the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League, he led Guangzhou City to a ninth-place finish in the regular standings and a seventh-place finish in the championship round. Including notable matches versus Qingdao 4–2, Beijing Guoan 5–0, and their city rivals, Guangzhou by 2–2 and 3–3 respectively.

On 11 May 2022, his Twitter account announced that he penned a one-year extension for Guangzhou City.^[1]

On 25 September 2023, van Gastel was appointed to the head coach position of NAC Breda, replacing Peter Hyballa.^[2]

Honours

Player

Feyenoord
- Eredivisie: 1998–99
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 1999

Manager

Feyenoord^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Twitter https://twitter.com/jpvangastel/status/1524244303207313408. Retrieved 30 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "NAC stelt trainer Jean-Paul van Gastel aan als opvolger van omtslagen Peter Hyballa". Telegraaf (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
^ "Giovanni Van Bronckhorst: Profile". Eurosport.com.
^ "Giovanni Van Bronckhorst". Soccerway.com.
^ "NAGENIETEN VAN DE FINALE OM DE TOTO KNVB BEKER". KNVB.nl.

(in Dutch) Profile

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[1] Twitter https://twitter.com/jpvangastel/status/1524244303207313408. Retrieved 30 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] "NAC stelt trainer Jean-Paul van Gastel aan als opvolger van omtslagen Peter Hyballa". Telegraaf (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2023.

[Eurosport-3] "Giovanni Van Bronckhorst: Profile". Eurosport.com.

[Soccerway-4] "Giovanni Van Bronckhorst". Soccerway.com.

[5] "NAGENIETEN VAN DE FINALE OM DE TOTO KNVB BEKER". KNVB.nl.

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