Rob Witschge

Personal information
Rob Witschge

Full name	Rob Witschge
Date of birth	August 22, 1966 (1966-08-22) (age 41)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
	ASC SDW Ajax Amsterdam
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985-1989 1989-1991 1991-1996 1996-1998 1998-1999	Ajax Amsterdam AS Saint-Etienne Feyenoord Rotterdam FC Utrecht Al-Ittihad	84 (10) 51 (11) 160 (25) 57 (1) ?? (?)
National team²
1989-1995	Netherlands	30 (3)
Teams managed
2001-2002 2002-2004 2004-2008 2008-	HFC Haarlem (assistant) ADO'20 Netherlands (assistant) AFC Ajax (assistant)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 June 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Rob Witschge (born August 22, 1966 in Amsterdam, North-Holland) is a former football midfielder from The Netherlands, who earned 30 caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored three goals. He was a member of the Dutch team at Euro 1992 and the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Witschge made his debut for the Netherlands on January 4, 1989, in a friendly against Israel (0-2). He played for Ajax (1985-89), AS Saint-Étienne (1989-91), Feyenoord (1991-96), FC Utrecht (1996-98), and Al-Ittihad (1998-99). In 2004 he became the assistant of Marco van Basten and John van 't Schip at the Dutch national team.

Witschge will become Ajax' assistant coach together with John van 't Schip, under head coach Marco van Basten starting from 2008/09 season ^[1].

Rob is the older brother of fellow Dutch international Richard Witschge (born 1969).

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v • d • e Netherlands squad - UEFA Euro 1992

1 van Breukelen • 2 van Aerle • 3 van Tiggelen • 4 Koeman • 5 Blind • 6 Wouters • 7 Bergkamp • 8 Rijkaard • 9 van Basten • 10 Gullit • 11 van 't Schip • 12 Kieft • 13 Menzo • 14 Witschge • 15 Winter • 16 Bosz • 17 F. de Boer • 18 Jonk • 19 Viscaal • 20 Roy • Coach: Michels

v • d • e Netherlands squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 de Goey • 2 F. de Boer • 3 Rijkaard • 4 Koeman • 5 Witschge • 6 Wouters • 7 Overmars • 8 Jonk • 9 R. de Boer • 10 Bergkamp • 11 Roy • 12 Bosman • 13 van der Sar • 14 van Gobbel • 15 Blind • 16 Numan • 17 Taument • 18 Valckx • 19 van Vossen • 20 Winter • 21 de Wolf • 22 Snelders • Coach: Advocaat