The Armenian National Football Team Has a New Head Coach

The former head coach of Ajax and the Greece national team will lead the Armenian national team.

61-year-old Dutch coach John van 't Schip has been appointed to head the Armenian national football team. His assistant will be former Netherlands national player Aron Winter.

Armen Melikbekyan, the president of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA), introduced John van 't Schip to the members of the FFA Executive Committee today. The Executive Committee approved van 't Schip's candidacy for the position of head coach of the Armenian National Team.

The coach will begin his duties on March 1, 2025. The contract is set in a 1+1 format.

John van 't Schip was born on December 30, 1963.

Player Career
Netherlands national team - 41 matches, 2 goals
1981-1992 Ajax (Netherlands) - 273 matches, 29 goals
1992-1996 Genoa (Italy) - 107 matches, 11 goals

As a player, he became the European champion with the Netherlands national team in 1988 and won the national championship with Ajax four times (1981-1982, 1982-1983, 1984-1985, 1989-1990), as well as the Dutch Cup three times (1982-1983, 1985-1986, 1986-1987). He was also a winner of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1986-1987) and the UEFA Cup (1991-1992).

Coaching Career
1997-2000 Ajax (youth)
2000-2001 Ajax - Assistant Head Coach
2001-2002 Twente
2002-2004 Jong Ajax
2004-2008 Netherlands National Team (assistant head coach)
2008-2010 Ajax - Assistant Head Coach
2009 Ajax - Interim Head Coach
2010-2012 Melbourne Heart
2012-2013 Guadalajara
2013-2017 Melbourne City
2017-2018 Zwolle
2019-2021 Greece
2023-2024 Ajax