PIJPERS Arnoldus Dick
  • 21.04.1959. 
  • Follower of «Feyenoord» school.

Playing career:

  • «Feyenoord» Rotterdam, «Papendrecht» – 1970-1980.

Coaching career:

  • Head coach of «Excelsior» Rotterdam, Netherlands – 1981-1982;
  • Head coach of «Olimpia»Gouda, Netherlands) –1982-1987;
  • Head coach of the youth U-16 team and assistant coach of the Olympic and national teams of the Netherlands – 1997-2000. 3rd medalist of the European Youth Championship U-16 (2000);
  • Head coach of «Flora» Tallinn, Estonia and the Estonian national team – 2000-2004. Champion of Estonia (2001-2003), Estonian Supercup Winner (2002-2003);
  • Head coach of the national team of Kazakhstan – 2005-2008;
  • Head coach of «Astana» – 2006, champion of Kazakhstan (2006);
  • Head coach of «Willem-II» Tilburg, Netherlands – 2010;
  • Head coach of the Estonian youth team U-19 – 2012;
  • Head coach of «Taraz» – 2016;
  • Head coach of «Flora» Tallinn, Estonia – 2017-2018. Estonian Premium League Coach of the Year (2017).

Functionary status:

  • Manager of the youth development department of the Football Association of the Netherlands (1988-97). Technical director of «Utrecht» Netherlands – 2005. Head of the youth department of «Zenit» St. Petersburg, Russia – 2009-2010. Head of the youth department of the Estonian Football Union – 2012-2013.

 

National team of Kazakhstan

  • In the period from December 2005 to September 2008 A. Pijpers was the head coach of the national team of Kazakhstan.
  • Under his leadership, the team played in the two-round group «A» tournament of the XIII European Championship qualification (EURO-2008) and took 6th place out of 8 teams, ahead of the teams of Armenia and Azerbaijan, losing to the teams of Belgium, Finland, Serbia, Portugal and Poland.
  • The team took part in the international tournament in Cyprus and the Cup of the King of Thailand (both in 2006).
  • It became the winner of the international tournament for the ALMA-TV Cup in Shymkent (2007), in which the teams of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan participated.
  • In total, under the leadership of A. Pijpers, the team played 36 matches: +7-18=11, goals 29-51 (29.6% of points scored).
  • Biggest win: 02.07.2006. Almaty. Kazakhstan – Tajikistan 4:1, 20.08.2008. Almaty. Kazakhstan – Andorra 3:0.
  • Biggest defeat: 23.05.2008. Moscow. Russia – Kazakhstan 6:0.
  • Top story: under the leadership of A. Pijpers, the Kazakhstan national team played the most matches – 36, and won their first victories in official UEFA games, both at home (24.03.2007. Almaty. Kazakhstan – Serbia 2:1), and away game (21.11.2007. Yerevan. Armenia – Kazakhstan 0:1).