Alex Pastoor

A former midfielder, Pastoor spent most of his career at FC Volendam, playing with the North-Hollanders from 1989 to 1995. Later on he continued his career at SC Heerenveen, and then in Belgium (with KRC Harelbeke) and Austria (with Austria Lustenau) before retiring in 2001.

Early career

After his retirement from football as a player, Pastoor entered into management as youth coach of AZ Alkmaar in the 2001–02 season. From 2002 to 2005 he stayed in Alkmaar, as head coach of local amateurs AFC'34. He was successively appointed as reserve team coach of Fenerbahçe for the 2005–06 season, and then as Gertjan Verbeek's assistant at his former club SC Heerenveen from 2006 to 2008. He was then appointed as youth coach of top-ranked Dutch club Feyenoord for the 2008–09 season.

Excelsior

In July 2009, he took his first head coaching job at a professional level, becoming the boss of Rotterdam-based club Excelsior, a satellite club of Feyenoord. Under his tenure, the small Eerste Divisie side, mostly composed by youngsters on loan from the parent club (and thus all former players of Pastoor under his tenure at Feyenoord), went on to end the regular season in third place and qualify to the promotion playoffs, where they defeated crosstown rivals Sparta Rotterdam in a tense two-legged final and ensured a historic promotion to the Eredivisie.

NEC

In the summer of 2011, Pastoor moved to NEC, where he succeeded Wiljan Vloet. He signed a contract until 2013. He guided the team to eighth place in the Eredivisie in his first season. In the play-offs for European contention, NEC were eliminated by rivals Vitesse. In March 2013, he extended his contract until 2014. After a poor start to the 2013–14 season, Pastoor was dismissed on 19…

Manager

Sparta Rotterdam

Eerste Divisie: 2015–16