Alex Pastoor

Career A former midfielder, Pastoor spent most of his career at FC Volendam, playing with the North-Hollanders from 1989 to 1995. After a poor start to the 2013–14 season, Pastoor was dismissed on 19 August, two days after a 5–1 defeat at home against PEC Zwolle. It was the fastest dismissal ever in an Eredivisie season. He was temporarily succeeded by Ron de Groot and Wilfried Brookhuis, Pastoor's former assistant and goalkeeper coach. At the end of August, Anton Janssen was appointed as Pastoor's permanent replacement.

Slavia Prague and AZ On 3 March 2014 Pastoor was appointed manager at Slavia Prague. After a short time in the club, he decided not to extend his contract and instead took the assistant coach role at AZ Alkmaar, coached by Marco van Basten. On 15 September 2014, Alex Pastoor was assigned as caretaker after health problems resulted in Marco van Basten having to step down to the position of assistant. He was sacked by the club after refusing to sign a contract for only nine months.

Sparta Rotterdam During the winter break of the 2014–15 season, Pastoor was appointed the new head coach of second-tier Eerste Divisie club Sparta Rotterdam. After he took over the club in sixth place in the table, he finished the season with Sparta in eighth place. In his second season, he won the Eerste Divisie title with Sparta and promoted to the Eredivisie.

Rheindorf Altach In March 2019, Pastoor became coach of Austrian Football Bundesliga club SCR Altach, for whom he had already played as a player. At the time of his appointment, Altach were one point above of the relegation zone in penultimate place in the league table. Under the Dutchman, the Vorarlberg side stabilised again and finally managed to stay in the league at the end of the season, eight points ahead of relegated Wacker Innsbruck.

In the 2019–20 season, they were in mid-table for the entire season and finished the season in eighth place, which meant they were eligible to play-offs for European football, although they were eliminated in the first round by Austria Wien.

In the 2020–21 season, they were again in a relegation battle throughout the season, and in February 2021, Pastoor was released with Altach bottom of the league table. On 23 February 2021, he was sacked from the team that was last in the Bundesliga.

Almere City Pastoor was named manager of Eerste Divisie side Almere City in December 2021. Under his tenure, Almere City won their first ever promotion to the Eredivisie in the 2022–23 season.

Indonesia On 8 January 2025, Pastoor was appointed as an assistant coach for the Indonesia national team under Patrick Kluivert.

On 16 October 2025, following Indonesia elimination from the World Cup qualification, PSSI decided to parted ways with Kluivert and the rests of the coaching staffs including Pastoor through a mutual agreement.

Honours Manager Sparta Rotterdam Eerste Divisie: 2015–16