John van 't Schip

John van 't Schip
Van 't Schip in 2012
Personal information
Full name Johannes Nicolaas van 't Schip
Date of birth (1963-12-30) 30 December 1963
Place of birth Fort St. John, Canada
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1972–1976 NFC Amstelveen
1976–1981 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1992 Ajax 273 (29)
1992–1996 Genoa 107 (11)
Total 380 (40)
International career
1986–1995 Netherlands 41 (2)
Managerial career
1997–2000 Ajax Youth
2001–2002 Twente
2002–2004 Jong Ajax
2009 Ajax (caretaker)
2010–2012 Melbourne Heart
2012–2013 Guadalajara
2013–2017 Melbourne City
2017–2018 PEC Zwolle
2019–2021 Greece
2023–2024 Ajax
2025– Armenia
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Championship
Winner1988
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johannes Nicolaas "John" van 't Schip (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʑɔɱ vɑn ət ˈsxɪp]; born 30 December 1963) is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a winger. He is the current manager of Armenia.

Born in Canada, he played for the Netherlands national team for nine years. He spent his club career with Ajax, where they won four Eredivisie titles, a UEFA Cup and a European Cup Winners Cup, as well as Genoa. He was also a member of the Dutch side which won the 1988 European Championships.

Van 't Schip started his managerial career at the Ajax Youth Academy, and his first senior managerial gig was with Twente. He previously was the manager of PEC Zwolle in his native Netherlands and Melbourne City in Australia among others. He managed Greece from 2019 to 2021. He was then appointed as the interim manager of Ajax in 2023 until 2024. A year later he was appointed as the new manager of Armenia.