Adrie Poldervaart

Adrie Poldervaart (born 20 December 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Tweede Divisie club Quick Boys.

Adrie Poldervaart

Poldervaart in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Adrie Poldervaart
Date of birth	(1970-12-20) 20 December 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Oudenhoorn, Netherlands
Team information
Current team	Quick Boys (head coach)
Youth career
1976–1986	OHVV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1989	OHVV
1989–1990	Spijkenisse
1990–1993	OHVV
1993–1995	Nieuwenhoorn
1995–2002	OHVV
Managerial career
1998–2001	OHVV (player-manager)
2001–2002	Nieuwenhoorn (assistant)
2002–2005	Nieuwenhoorn
2005–2012	Spijkenisse
2012–2015	Zwaluwen
2015–2018	BVV Barendrecht
2018–2019	Excelsior
2019–2022	Groningen (assistant)
2022–2023	De Graafschap
2023–2025	Fortuna Sittard (assistant)
2025–	Quick Boys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sports career

Poldervaart played in his youth and senior career exclusively for OHVV Oudenhorn.^[1] Poldervaart was hired in 1992 as a sports physiotherapist at Excelsior Rotterdam. He has also been a physiotherapist for VV Nieuwenhoorn.^[1]

Next to being a physiotherapist at Excelsior, in 1998 he became player/manager at OHVV. In 2001 Poldervaart became an assistant coach and in 2002 coach for VV Nieuwenhoorn.^[1] In 2005 he moved on to VV Spijkenisse. Only in 2012, he changed again, this time for VV Zwaluwen. For his achievements at Zwaluwen Poldervaart received the Rinus Michels Award.^[2] From 2015 to 2018 he coached BVV Barendrecht.

In 2018, Poldervaart became the manager of Excelsior. He replaced Mitchell van der Gaag who left for NAC Breda. After 26 year Poldervaart stopped working as Excelsior's physiotherapist.^[3] In 2019, after disappointing results, he stopped coaching Excelsior. Instead, Poldervaart became the assistant coach of FC Groningen.^[4]

On 10 May 2022, De Graafschap appointed Poldervaart as head coach on a two-year deal, effective from 1 July, succeeding Reinier Robbemond.^[5]

In February 2023, Poldervaart was hospitalised with Guillain–Barré syndrome,^[6] prompting assistant coach Richard Roelofsen to assume first-team duties for the remainder of the season. Following the conclusion of the 2022–23 campaign, De Graafschap announced that Poldervaart would not return as head coach, though the club would continue to support him through his rehabilitation.^[7]

In March 2025, after serving as assistant coach at Fortuna Sittard for two seasons, Poldervaart was appointed head coach of Tweede Divisie club Quick Boys, effective from the start of the 2025–26 season, succeeding Thomas Duivenvoorden.^[8]