Aad de Mos

Early career

De Mos was born in The Hague, Netherlands on 27 March 1947. He played in the youth team of local club ADO Den Haag in 1955. he began his managing as an assistant to Leo Beenhakker at Ajax, and continued to do so while Kurt Linder was manager. After Linder left, de Mos replaced him as Ajax manager in 1982, and retained the role until he was dismissed shortly before the end of the 1984–1985 season. With Ajax de Mos won the national championship twice and the cup once.

Successes in Belgium

After leaving Ajax, de Mos became coach of Mechelen in Belgium. There he won the national title, cup and, in 1988, the European Cup Winners' Cup, beating his former club Ajax 1–0 in the final. He also won the 1988 European Super Cup with the club. De Mos left Mechelen after three years to become Anderlecht manager, where he again reached the 1990 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, this time losing to Sampdoria in Gothenburg.

PSV

In 1993, after his successful stints with Mechelen and Anderlecht, de Mos came back to the Netherlands and became the new manager of PSV Eindhoven, faced with the task of cleaning up an aging team. In his first season, PSV placed third in the league. In his second season, despite some major purchases, PSV and de Mos did not perform well. In September 1994, he positioned the centre forward Erik Meijer, known for being able to make good headers, for incomprehensible reasons as a back against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Career…

De Mos has a daughter, Tessa (born 1982) who is active as a FIFA-licensed football agent since 2005, and currently works on behalf of several Eredivisie players.

Manager

Ajax

Eredivisie: 1982–83, 1984–85 KNVB Cup: 1982–83 Mechelen

Belgian First Division: 1988–89 Belgian Cup: 1986–87 Belgian Second Division: 2001–02 European Cup Winners Cup: 1987–88 European Super Cup: 1988 Anderlecht

Belgian First Division: 1990–91 European Cup Winners Cup runner-up: 1989–90

Individual

Belgian professional Manager of the Year: 1986–87, 1988–89