Cor Pot

Cornelis "Cor" Pot (born 8 June 1951) is a Dutch football manager and player. He is currently the assistant manager of the Curaçao national football team.^[1]

Cor Pot

Personal information
Full name	Cornelius Gert Aldrik Pot
Date of birth	(1951-06-08) 8 June 1951 (age 74)
Place of birth	The Hague, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Curaçao (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1973	Sparta Rotterdam	5	(0)
1973–1974	MVV	33	(7)
1974–1976	Haarlem	33	(11)
1976–1980	Excelsior	123	(32)
1980–1981	Vlaardingen '74
Total		194	(50)
Managerial career
1983–1984	Excelsior (assistant)
1984–1987	Feyenoord (assistant)
1988–1989	VV Wilhelmus
1989–1990	RBC Roosendaal
1990–1991	NAC Breda
1992–1994	Excelsior
1994–1995	Al-Masry
1995–1997	Telstar
2000–2001	Dynamo Dresden
2001–2006	Netherlands U17
2006–2009	Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant)
2009–2013	Netherlands U21
2013–2016	XerxesDZB
2016–2017	Fenerbahçe (assistant)
2017–2018	Sparta Rotterdam (assistant)
2019–2021	Feyenoord (assistant)
2021	Iraq (assistant)
2024–	Curaçao (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Pot started his career as a midfielder with the academy of Sparta in Rotterdam, and subsequently moved to the Ajax academy.

Coaching career

Pot was sacked as manager of the Netherlands U21 national team after its elimination from the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in the semifinals and subsequent criticism by the coach of the senior team, Louis van Gaal.^[2]

Personal life

Besides his native Dutch, Cor Pot speaks English, German.^{[citation needed]}

He has two sons, both are football players.