Dutch great Kluivert named coach of Indonesia / Photo: Fabrice COFFRINI - AFP
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Dutch great Kluivert named coach of Indonesia
Netherlands and Barcelona great Patrick Kluivert was named Indonesia coach on Wednesday, tasked with taking the country to their first World Cup since independence.
The 48-year-old former striker inherits a side featuring mostly players born in the Netherlands and naturalised to play for the Southeast Asian nation.
"The Dutch football legend has signed a two-year contract from 2025 to 2027 with an option for an extension," Indonesia's football association, the PSSI, said in a statement.
Kluivert is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia on Saturday and will be officially introduced to the public the following day.
The Dutchman had been widely linked with the role after Indonesia controversially sacked the South Korean Shin Tae-yong on Monday.
Shin took Indonesia, who are 127th in the FIFA rankings, into the decisive third round of Asian qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in North America.
Indonesia have only been to the World Cup once, in 1938, when they were under Dutch colonial rule. The country gained independence in 1945.
They are firmly in the hunt for 2026, sitting third in their qualifying group after one win and three draws in six games.
The top two go straight to North America, with third and fourth going into another round of qualifying.
Amsterdam-born Kluivert retired as a player in 2008 after a stellar career that started at Ajax, where he won the Champions League in 1995, before moves to AC Milan and then Barcelona.
He was one of Europe's most feared forwards of his era, scoring 123 goals in six seasons for the Spanish giants.
He also scored 40 times in 79 games for his country.
Kluivert's managerial career has not been nearly as spectacular.
His last coaching role was in charge of Adana Demirspor in Turkey for five months in 2023.
Before that he was caretaker manager of Curacao in 2021.
Much of his coaching experience has been as an assistant, notably to fellow former Ajax and Netherlands player Clarence Seedorf with Cameroon in 2018-2019.
He was also number two to Louis van Gaal with the Dutch national side in 2012-2014.
Indonesia's next World Cup qualifier is a crunch trip to Australia, who are second in Asian qualifying Group C but just a point ahead, in March.
F.Schneider--AMWN
