Patrick Kluivert

Patrick Kluivert

Kluivert in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Stephan Kluivert[1]
Date of birth	(1976-07-01) 1 July 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Indonesia (head coach)
Youth career
1983–1984	Schellingwoude
1984–1994	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1997	Ajax	70	(39)
1997–1998	AC Milan	27	(6)
1998–2004	Barcelona	182	(90)
2004–2005	Newcastle United	25	(6)
2005–2006	Valencia	10	(1)
2006–2007	PSV	16	(3)
2007–2008	Lille	14	(4)
Total		343	(149)
International career
1990–1991	Netherlands U16	2	(0)
1991–1992	Netherlands U17	10	(2)
1992	Netherlands U18	3	(2)
1992–1994	Netherlands U19	20	(6)
1994–2004	Netherlands	79	(40)
Managerial career
2010	Brisbane Roar (assistant)
2011–2013	Twente U21
2012–2014	Netherlands (assistant)
2015–2016	Curaçao
2016	Ajax U19
2018–2019	Cameroon (assistant)
2021	Curaçao (interim)
2023	Adana Demirspor
2025–	Indonesia
Medal record Men's football Representing  Netherlands (as assistant manager) FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Stephan Kluivert (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpɛtrɪ ˈklœyvərt] ^ⓘ; born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch football coach and former player who is currently serving as the head coach of the Indonesian national team. As a player, he played as a striker, most notably for Ajax, Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.^[3][4][5] He is considered one of the best Dutch strikers of all time.^[6][7]

He was part of Ajax's Golden Generation of the 1990s, scoring the winner in the 1995 UEFA Champions League Final at the age of 18. He spent six years with Spanish club Barcelona, where he scored 124 goals from 249 appearances.^[3][8] He formed a successful partnership with Rivaldo, and won the Spanish La Liga championship of 1999.

Kluivert played for the Netherlands national team from 1994 to 2004. With 40 goals in 79 appearances, he is the fourth highest goalscorer for the Oranje. He played in three European Championships and the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and was joint top scorer at Euro 2000, where he scored five goals. In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers chosen by Pelé as part of FIFA's centenary observances.

Kluivert began his coaching career as an assistant at AZ and NEC, as well as in Australia with the Brisbane Roar, before managing Jong Twente to a national title in the Dutch reserves league.^[9] He was an assistant to Louis van Gaal with the Dutch team that finished third at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In 2015, he took over as head coach of the Curaçao national team for the country's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying and the 2017 Caribbean Cup qualifying campaigns. He then served as a sporting director for Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona's academy, as well as coaching the Ajax A1 (under-19) team and assisting Clarence Seedorf for the Cameroon national team.