Project Officer, Montessori Football
Jip is a former professional player of the AFC Ajax youth academy and Dutch national youth teams. He’s an experienced youth coach with more than 20 years of experience as a (professional) football player. After being forced to stop as a professional player due to injuries he finished his Master Business Administration at the University of Amsterdam in 2017. In addition he completed the Cruyff Montessori Introductory Coaching Course and obtained his AMI 6-12 Montessori Assistance Certificate. At the beginning of 2018 he started a Montessori Football programme with Montessori Australia at the Melbourne Montessori School, which has been a great success.
