Gerard van der Lem

Gerard van der Lem
	Van der Lem in 1979
Personal information
Date of birth	15 November 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Zeeburgia
	Ajax
	FC Amsterdam
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1975	FC Amsterdam
1975–1977	Roda JC
1977–1980	Feyenoord
1980	Sparta Rotterdam
1980–1984	Utrecht
Total
International career
	Netherlands
Managerial career
1984–1985	AZ Alkmaar (assistant)
1985–1986	AZS
1986–1990	HFC Haarlem (assistant)
1990–1997	Ajax (assistant)
1997–1999	Barcelona (assistant)
1999–2001	AZ Alkmaar
2002–2003	Ajax (youth coach)
2003–2004	Saudi Arabia
2004–2006	Ajax (assistant)
2007	Apollon Limassol
2007–2008	Sharjah
2008–2010	Panathinaikos (coach)
2010–	Kayserispor (technical director)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gerard van der Lem (born 15 November 1952) is a retired football winger from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut for FC Amsterdam on 12 August 1973 against PSV Eindhoven. He later played for Roda JC, Feyenoord, Sparta Rotterdam and Utrecht.

After his professional playing career, van der Lem started his coaching career as assistant coach to world-famous coaches like Piet de Visser, Dick Advocaat and Louis van Gaal.

In his first engagement at AZS, he was responsible coach for the amateur teams (and became Holland Champion in 1985) as well as assistant coach to Piet de Visser with the senior team. From 1986 to 1989, he was employed with Haarlem starting out as assistant coach to Advocaat, and then following him into the position of head coach during the last year.

Having always given great emphasis to youth development, van der Lem joined Ajax in 1990 as Head of the Youth Development Department. After a successful year, and many new impressions, he was chosen to be co-coach to Louis van Gaal with the great and famous Champions League team. During this period, from 1991 to 1997, one title followed the next:

3 x Dutch Champion 2 x Dutch Cup Winner 1 x Winner of the European Champions League 1 x UEFA Cup Winner 1 x Winner of the FIFA World Cup for Clubs 2 x Winner of the Dutch Super Cup

These successes did not go unseen. The next engagement of van Gaal and van der Lem followed suit at equally famous Spanish Premier League club Barcelona. In the two seasons there, van der Lem was able to achieve the following titles:

2 x Spanish Premier League Champion 1 x Spanish Cup Winner 1 x Winner of the Spanish Super Cup

After his time in Spain, van der Lem returned to his native Netherlands to become the head coach of FC Alkmaar again, followed by one season in Japan at Oita Trinita of the J-League.

Another memorable and highly successful period followed in Saudi Arabia in his first engagement as coach of the national team. He and his team won:

1 x Winner of the Gulf Cup / 1 x Winner of the Arab Cup / Qualification to the Asian Cup

Furthermore, he was awarded "Best Coach of the Middle East".

After some time back home with Ajax, where he worked in several positions (2002-2003, 2004–2006), he returned to the Middle East for an engagement with United Arab Emirates 1st League club Al Sharjah in the 2007-2008 season.

In 2008, van der Lem joined his fellow manager Henk ten Cate in an appointment at the famous Greek club Panathinaikos.

At present, van der Lem is technical director at Kayserispor in Turkey.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			KNVB Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Amsterdam	1973–74		33	2
	1974–75		33	6
	Total		66	8
Roda JC	1975–76		33	5
	1976–77		33	5
	Total		66	10
Feyenoord	1977–78		34	6
	1978–79		19	2
	1979–80		19	1
	Total		72	9
Sparta Rotterdam	1979–80		10	1
Utrecht	1980–81		23	5
	1981–82		31	7
	1982–83		17	1
	1983–84		15	4
	Total		86	17
Career total			300	45

References

(in Dutch) Profile

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