Alex de Crook is 49 years old and has been active in the football world for over 34 years already. Alex has a UEFA A Youth license and has worked for several football clubs, including de Graafschap, Dalian Yifang FC (former Dalian Aerbin) in China and San Jose Earthquakes (US). The last few years he worked as an assistant coach for the Chinese Olympic team and the national team of Curacao with Guus Hiddink. His most recent job has been with Bengaluru FC in India as an assistant coach.
The last few years De Crook worked as an assistant coach for the Chinese Olympic team and the national team of Curacao. Both under head coach Guus Hiddink. In 2020 and 2021 he was working for the 1st team of De Graafschap as a game analyst. His most recent job has been with Bengaluru FC in India as an assistant coach under head coach Marco Pezzaiuoli. In 2018 he is the assistant coach of the first team of the San Jose Earthquakes. Headcoach of this MLS club is Mikael Stahre. This is the same coach De Crook worked with during his stay in China in 2015 en 2016. In 2017 at Dalian Yifang he is headcoach of the reserve team and also headcoach of the U20 Liaoning province team.
From 2007 until 2013 Alex was next to being the U-17 coach at De Graafschap, also the director of the youth academy.
As a trainer, De Crook specializes in team and individual periodization, has great knowledge of- and experience in video and data analysis, GPS tracking systems and has been providing team and individual trainings for various age groups for 33 years already. He has developed a methodical training course on football technical and tactical level for youth and senior football teams, whereby he aims for cohesion between the age groups in all areas.
An overview of the thing I do.
Alex de Crook specializes in providing training to top youth and senior teams in all elements of modern football. He also provides training programs for individual players on location.
As (interim) head coach, you can hire de Crook's knowledge and expertise to get your training on a higher level. Additionally, he organizes presentations and football clinics.
De Crook is also good at analyzing the opponent or the own team at team- and individual level. He is able to provide comprehensive advice for a game plan, but also can make the plan trainable on the field.
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