Abe Knoop

Abe Knoop (born 28 August 1963 in Curaçao) is a Dutch professional football goalkeeping coach. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of the Iran national football team under the wing of Afshin Ghotbi.^[1]

Abe Knoop

Personal information
Full name	Abe Knoop
Date of birth	(1963-08-28) 28 August 1963 (age 62)
Place of birth	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles (now Curaçao)
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Iran
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	Feyenoord	1	(0)
1984–1985	NSVV
1985–1986	Vv Barendrecht
1986–1987	Sparta Rotterdam	0	(0)
1987–1990	FC Wageningen	94	(0)
1990	Ajax
1991	Neptunus
1991–1998	Vitesse	14	(0)
Total		109	(0)
Managerial career
1998–2005	Vitesse (goalkeeping coach)
2005–2006	S.L. Benfica (goalkeeping coach)
2006–2007	Al-Jazira (goalkeeping coach)
2009–2010	Iran (goalkeeping coach)
2022–	PSV (goalkeeping coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his playing career, Knoop was primarily used as a reserve goalkeeper, but he made a few Eredivisie appearances for Feyenoord and Vitesse.^[2]