Dick Schreuder

Jan-Dirk "Dick" Schreuder (born 2 August 1971) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the head coach of Eredivisie club NEC.

Schreuder formerly played for PSV, Sparta Rotterdam, Groningen, RKC Waalwijk, Helmond Sport, Go Ahead Eagles in his native Netherlands and for Stoke City in England.

His brother Alfred was also a professional footballer.

Playing career Schreuder was born in Barneveld and began his career with PSV Eindhoven. He played four times for PSV.

He then played a season at Sparta Rotterdam and Groningen before finding regular football with RKC Waalwijk.

He left the Netherlands in the summer of 1997 on a bosman and signed for English side Stoke City. After the departure of Davids in January 2014, Schreuder and Landvreugd were appointed joint managers. The duo lost their jobs to Martin Allen on 19 March after four straight losses, and returned to a first team coaching role.

VV Katwijk Schreuder left Barnet to become manager of VV Katwijk in May 2014.

Philadelphia Union In February 2018, he joined the technical staff of Philadelphia Union. and was replaced in Katwijk by Jack van den Berg.

TSG Hoffenheim On 27 May 2019, Philadelphia Union announced, that Schreuder would leave the club at the end of the season to become assistant manager of TSG Hoffenheim for the 2019–20 season.

Vitesse On 12 June 2021, it was announced that Schreuder would become an assistant coach to Thomas Letsch at Vitesse, where he signed a contract until 30 June 2023.

PEC Zwolle On 18 November 2021, Schreuder signed a one-and-a-half-year deal to become the new PEC Zwolle head coach, replacing the outgoing Art Langeler.

CD Castellón After leading PEC Zwolle back to the Eredivisie in the 2022–23 season with attacking football, he was appointed head coach of Primera Federación club Castellón in June 2023, replacing Albert Rudé.

In his first season in charge of the Spanish club, he led them back to Segunda División, achieving a Primera Federación record of 74 goals. On 20 January 2025, however, he was sacked.

NEC Nijmegen On 1 July 2025, Schreuder was appointed head coach of NEC Nijmegen, replacing Rogier Meijer. He would start off the season managing NEC to a 5–0 home win over Excelsior Rotterdam in the Eredivisie. He led the club to a third-place finish in the 2025–26 season and participation in the Champions League qualifying rounds.

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Honours Manager Individual Eerste Divisie Manager of the Season: 2022–23