Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol (born 16 January 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. He is currently the manager of the Dutch football club, AFC Ajax. Prior to joining Ajax he managed German club Hamburger SV and English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team.
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Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol (born 16 January 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. He is currently the manager of the Dutch football club, AFC Ajax. Prior to joining Ajax he managed German club Hamburger SV and English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team.
Jol was born in The Hague. He started his playing career with an amateur team before joining the local professional side ADO Den Haag. He turned professional with Den Haag in 1973. He won the 1975 Dutch Cup with the team defeating FC Twente. He would play in the Bundesliga for the 1978-79 season with Bayern Munich before returning to the Dutch Eredivisie to play for FC Twente in 1979. While with FC Twente, he won his first cap for the Netherlands national football team in October 1980. Jol moved to England in 1982, joining West Bromwich Albion....
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