Hans van der Zee

Who is Hans van der Zee?

Hans van der Zee is a Dutch soccer manager and scout. He was a manager of two clubs in the Netherlands on the highest level. From 1996 until 1997 he was manager of FC Volendam. From 1997 until 1999 he was manager of Sparta Rotterdam.

Van der Zee started as a football player played in the Ajax youth academy for eight years, from 1966 until 1974. His player career came to end because of injuries.

From 1999 until 2001 Van der Zee was director of football at AZ Alkmaar. Then Van der Zee became an international scout for PSV Eindhoven from 2001 until 2007. In that time he worked close and successfully together with Guus Hiddink, manager of PSV at that time. In the time they worked together, PSV Eindhoven signed South-American top players like Alex, Gomes and Jefferson Farfán. In the six years Van der Zee worked as an international scout for PSV Eindhoven the club won the Dutch title four times: 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

In 2006 Van der Zee joined Hiddink and worked for the Australia national football team during World Cup in Germany. Van der Zee made team reports on the opponents of Australia.

In July 2007, he became the international scout for Ajax.