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Stijn Schaars
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Dutch association football player (born 1984)
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Stijn Schaars, born Stephanus Johannes Schaars on January 11, 1984, in Gendt, is a Dutch association football player and coach. He holds citizenship in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and speaks Dutch as his native language. Schaars played as a midfielder, wearing the number 8 shirt, during a professional career that spanned from 2003 to 2019.
He represented the Netherlands in international competition, participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. His club career included stints with AZ Alkmaar, SBV Vitesse, PSV Eindhoven, and Sporting CP. Schaars is recognized for his role as a midfielder in both his club and national team engagements.
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Key facts
- 2025
- Jong PSV
- Full name
- Stephanus Johannes Schaars
- Date of birth
- ( 1984-01-11 ) 11 January 1984 (age 42)
- Place of birth
- Gendt , Netherlands
- Height
- 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Midfielder
- Current team
- Jong PSV (manager)
- 2000 2003
- Vitesse
- Years
- Team
- 2003 2005
- Vitesse
- 2005 2011
- AZ
- 2011 2013
- Sporting CP
- 2013 2016
- PSV
- 2014 2016
- Jong PSV
- 2016 2019
- Heerenveen
- 2003 2006
- Netherlands U21
- 2006 2016
- Netherlands
- 2020 2021
- PSV (U17 assistant)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- The Netherlands
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Gendt
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2012
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- SC Heerenveen
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Netherlands
- Image
- Stijn-schaars-1312532657.jpg
- Height
- 177
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- Commons category
- Stijn Schaars
- date of birth
- 1984-01-11
- sport number
- 8
- end of work period
- 2019-00-00
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- birth name
- Stephanus Johannes Schaars
- name in native language
- Stijn Schaars
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Stephanus Johannes "Stijn" Schaars ( Dutch pronunciation: [stɛin ˈsxaːrs]; born 11 January 1984) is a Dutch professional football coach and a former midfielder who is the manager of Eerste Divisie club Jong PSV.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stijn Schaars” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.