Pieter Huistra
Personal information
Full name	Pieter Egge Huistra
Date of birth	January 18, 1967 (1967-01-18) (age 42)
Place of birth	Goënga,Friesland, Dutch
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-1986 1986-1987 1987-1990 1990-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000-2001	FC Groningen BV Veendam FC Twente Rangers F.C. Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Groningen Lierse S.K. RBC Roosendaal	19 (1) 33 (5) 93 (17) 125 (22) 63 (13) 9 (2) 54 (11) 0 (0)
National team
	Dutch	8 (0)
Teams managed
2001–2004 2005–2008 2008-2009 2009–	FC Groningen (youth coach) Vitesse (assistant) AFC Ajax (assistant) Jong Ajax
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Pieter Huistra (born 18 January 1967, in Goënga, Friesland) is a former Dutch footballer.

[edit] Career

Between 1990 and 1994 he played for Scottish Premier Division club Rangers, becoming the first of a number of Dutch players to play for the club, where he won five League medals, two League Cup medals and a Scottish Cup medal. He left Rangers to play for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J. League.

[edit] Coaching Career

Huistra began his coaching career in 2001 as Head Coach by Jong Groningen and was here four years the Head Coach. On 01 July 2005 left Groningen and was named as the new assistant coach from Aad de Mos by Vitesse, here assisted four years between summer 2008^[1]

He is currently an assistant coach at AFC Ajax as replacement of the injured Rob Witschge^[2] and was named as the new Jong Ajax Head Coach on 24 April 2009^[3], he signed an contract between 30 June 2011^[4].

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Pieter Huistra profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

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