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Jelle ten Rouwelaar

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Jelle ten Rouwelaar
Ten Rouwelaar training with NAC in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jelle ten Rouwelaar
Date of birth (1980-12-24) 24 December 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Joure, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Leicester City (first-team coach)
Youth career
SC Joure
Emmen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Emmen 77 (0)
2002–2006 PSV 2 (0)
2002–2003Groningen (loan) 4 (0)
2003–2004Twente (loan) 11 (0)
2004–2005FC Zwolle (loan) 36 (0)
2005–2006FC Eindhoven (loan) 36 (0)
2006–2007 Austria Wien 4 (0)
2007–2016 NAC Breda 313 (0)
Total 483 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2020 NAC Breda (goalkeeping coach)
2018–2019 Netherlands U-20 (goalkeeping coach)
2020–2022 Anderlecht (goalkeeping coach)
2022–2024 Burnley (goalkeeping coach)
2024 Ajax (goalkeeping coach)
2024 Manchester United (goalkeeping coach)
2024– Leicester City (first-team coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jelle ten Rouwelaar (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɛlə tɛn ˈrʌuəˌlaːr]; born 24 December 1980) is a Dutch football goalkeeping coach and former professional player. He is currently the first-team coach of Premier League club Leicester City.

Ten Rouwelaar started his professional career in the 1998–99 season playing for Emmen. He was the first-choice goalkeeper of NAC Breda for nine years in which he hardly missed a match. In March 2011, he received a call-up for the Netherlands national team, but he did not play.

After retirement, Ten Rouwelaar became the goalkeeping coach of NAC Breda in 2016. In 2018, he was the goalkeeping coach at Netherlands U-20 along his club duties. In 2020, he left the Dutch club and served as goalkeeping coach in Anderlecht under manager Vincent Kompany. He followed Kompany to join Burnley in 2022. In 2024, he joined Ajax briefly but left within eight days to join Manchester United under manager Erik ten Hag.

Following Ten Hag's departure and Amorim's appointment, Ten Rouwellar left Manchester United and moved to fellow Premier League club Leicester City in 2024 as a first-team coach under the new Dutch manager Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Career

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Coaching career

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On 29 April 2016, during the match against Go Ahead Eagles the fans started to applaud his recently deceased mother at the 61st minute in reference to his mother's age.[1] On 19 May 2016, he played his last match during the playoffs of the Dutch professional competitions.

After his active career, he was immediately hired as goalkeeper coach for NAC Breda, where he stayed until the summer of 2020. From there, he was hired in an identical position at Anderlecht.[2] During the 2018–19 season, Ten Rouwelaar was also functioning as a goalkeeper coach for the Dutch U-20 national team.[3]

In July 2022, Jelle ten Rouwelaar moved to English Premier League club Burnley under newly hired manager, Vincent Kompany, who he also worked under at Anderlecht.

In July 2024, he joined Ajax as goalkeeping coach, but left within eight days, as his compensation fee was paid by Manchester United, who signed him to replace Richard Hartis, who left the club after five years, as a part of the overhaul under the new ownership structure. On 11 November 2024, following Ruben Amorim's appointment as head coach, ten Rouwelaar left Manchester United's coaching staff.[4]

References

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  1. ^ http://www.newstalk.com/WATCH:-Dutch-goalkeeper-gets-emotional-midmatch-after-fans-applaud-his-deceased-mother [dead link]
  2. ^ CLUBICOON JELLE TEN ROUWELAAR NAAR ANDERLECHT, nac.nl, 4 May 2016
  3. ^ Jelle ten Rouwelaar (NAC) ook keeperstrainer bij Oranje onder 20 jaar, omroepbrabant.nl, 29 August 2018
  4. ^ Whitwell, Laurie (11 November 2024). "Ruud van Nistelrooy departs Manchester United following interim head coach spell". The Athletic.
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