JAKARTA (8 May 2015) – Dutchman Pieter Huistra has been announced as the interim coach of the Indonesian national team. Huistra is the current Technical Director of the FA of Indonesia (PSSI).
This follows the decision of the PSS Executive Committee which met earlier this week.
“We have decided to appoint Huistra in the interim. We will evaluate his progress after the World Cup qualifying matches against Chinese Taipei and Irak,” kata acting general secretary of the PSSI, Azwan Karim.
“Why have we decided on an interim coach? We have little choice due to the volatility of football in Indonesia at the moment. We had some good individuals wanting to be the Indonesian national coach but they backed down because of the prevailing situation.”
Indonesia will take on Chinese Taipei on 11 June and then against Iraq five days later.
“I want to show to the Indonesian people that they can still be proud of football in Indonesia in spite of all the problems that are plaguing the game at the moment,” added Huistra.
Pieter Huistra
18 January 1967
2012-2013: Manager BV De Graafschap, Head coach first team, Jupiler League First Division Holland
2010-current: Boardmember Dutch Trainer-Coach Association, working with Leo Beenhakker, Peter Bosz
2010-current: Representative of managers in Dutch Pro Football in the resonance goup KNVB “Refereeing”
2010-2012: Manager FC Groningen, Head coach first team, Premier League Holland (Granqvist, Tadic, Matavz, Virgil van Dijk)
2009- 2010: Reserve team coach AFC Ajax Amsterdam, Worked with: Martin Jol
2009: Coach /Teacher for KNVB (Dutch Football Association) Academy
2005-2008: Asssitant Manager Vitesse Arnhem, Premier League Holland. Worked with managers: Edward Sturing and Aad de Mos. Responsible for daily technical /tactical/physical training.
Actively involved in inplementing innovative computer program for objectively measuring players efficiency (TSS)
