Jean-Paul van Gastel
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Jacobus Johannes Martinus Paulus "Jean-Paul" van Gastel (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 28 April 1972) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Liga 1 club PSIM Yogyakarta. During his playing career, he gained five caps for the Netherlands national team, scoring twice.
Club career
Van Gastel started his professional career in 1990 with Willem II, where he stayed for six seasons, before moving to Feyenoord. There he won the Dutch title (1999). He moved to Italy in 2001 and played for Ternana (Serie B) and Como (Serie A). He ended his career in 2003 with De Graafschap. Van Gastel, who became national champion with Feyenoord in 1999, was approached by AS Roma the following summer with a very high offer to bring him to Italy, but Feyenoord did not want to lose him.
Coaching career
In the end as a player, he worked from 2004 to 2005 as Head Coach of the U-19 team of Willem II. On 30 June 2005, he began his coaching career with the U-19 of Feyenoord.
During his stint at Feyenoord as an assistant coach, he alongside Giovanni van Bronckhorst won five trophies at the De Kuip, including an Eredivisie and KNVB Cup.
Then in 2020, he joined alongside Giovanni van Bronckhorst in joining Guangzhou R&F as an assistant coach. After that season, he became head coach of the club after van Bronckhorst's resignation.
In the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League, he led Guangzhou City to a ninth-place finish in the regular standings and a seventh-place finish in the championship round. Including notable matches versus Qingdao 4–2, Beijing Guoan 5–0, and their city rivals, Guangzhou by 2–2 and 3–3 respectively.
On 11 May 2022, his Twitter account announced that he penned a one-year extension for Guangzhou City.[1]
On 25 September 2023, van Gastel was appointed to the head coach position of NAC Breda, replacing Peter Hyballa.[2]
On 1 July 2024, van Gastel joined van Bronckhorst once again for the third time as his assistant coach for Turkish side Beşiktaş until 30 November 2024, where the latter was sacked following the team's defeat by Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League.[3]
On 17 June 2025, Indonesia club PSIM Yogyakarta announced the signing of van Gastel as their new head coach.[4]
Honours
Player
- Feyenoord
Manager
- Eredivisie: 2016–17
- KNVB Cup: 2015–16, 2017–18
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 2017, 2018
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