About Jan Willem van Ede
Born 1963. Jan Willem van Ede is a Dutch association football player.
Jan Willem van Ede (born 13 April 1963 in Utrecht) is a Dutch retired football goalkeeper.
Playing career Club He played the majority of his career for hometown club FC Utrecht and as of 2026, still holds the record of most Eredivisie games played for the club with 409. He made his professional debut on 8 September 1982 for Utrecht against PEC Zwolle and won the 1985 KNVB Cup with the club.
He later became reserve goalkeeper at PSV and FC Twente and also played for Haarlem in the Eerste Divisie and NAC.
International Van Ede was capped twice by the Netherlands national under-21 football team.
Hoekman case In 1999, Van Ede was sentenced to pay a compensation after kicking Roda JC winger Danny Hoekman 10 years earlier, which took Hoekman out of the game for almost two years due to a knee injury.
Coaching career Van Ede worked as assistant and goalkeeper coach of the Netherlands women from 2005 but was dismissed in summer 2016 due to a difference in view with manager Arjan van der Laan. Next to his job with the Dutch FA, he was appointed coach of amateur side Montfoort in December 2015.
In September 2019 van Ede was appointed the Republic of Ireland Women's team goalkeeping coach, reuniting with manager Vera Pauw.
Statistics Season Club Country League Apps Goals 1982/83 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 30 0 1983/84 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 34 0 1984/85 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 34 0 1985/86 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 15 0 1986/87 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 14 0 1987/88 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 34 0 1988/89 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 19 0 1989/90 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 34 0 1990/91 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 34 0 1991/92 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 34 0 1992/93 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 34 0 1993/94 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 34 0 1994/95 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 30 0 1995/96 FC Utrecht Eredivisie 29 0 1996/97 PSV Eredivisie 5 0 1997/98 PSV Eredivisie 1 0 1998/99 HFC Haarlem Eerste Divisie 10 0 1999/00 NAC Eerste Divisie 25 0 2000/2001 FC Twente Eredivisie 1 0 2001/02 FC Twente Eredivisie 0 0 Total 451 0 Last update: 4 December 2008
Honours FC Utrecht KNVB Cup: 1984–85
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