Kluivert out as coach after Indonesia fail to reach World Cup

Patrick Kluivert’s stint arsenic Indonesia manager is implicit aft they “mutually” agreed to portion ways Thursday pursuing a failed bid to scope the World Cup.

Indonesia’s hopes of qualifying for the tourney successful North America adjacent twelvemonth ended with defeats to Iraq and Saudi Arabia successful the past week.

The 49-year-old Netherlands and Barcelona great, who was lone appointed successful January, was successful complaint for conscionable 8 matches.

He won 3 of his games successful charge, losing 4 and drafting one.

Writing connected Instagram, Kluivert called it “an unforgettable journey”.

He added: “Even though I’m profoundly disappointed and atrocious for the information that we didn’t marque it to the World Cup, I’ll ever beryllium arrogant of what we built together.”

The Dutchman took implicit pursuing the arguable sacking of South Korean Shin Tae-yong.

The erstwhile striker signed a two-year declaration astatine the commencement of the year, tasked with taking Indonesia to their archetypal World Cup since gaining independency successful 1945.

The Football Association of Indonesia, PSSI, said Kluivert’s departure was “through communal termination”.

“This measurement was taken arsenic portion of a broad valuation of the nationalist shot coaching and improvement programme,” it added.

The connection did not sanction Kluivert’s successor.

Amsterdam-born Kluivert retired arsenic a subordinate successful 2008 aft a stellar vocation that started astatine Ajax, wherever helium won the Champions League, earlier moves to AC Milan and Barcelona.

Kluivert’s managerial vocation has not been astir arsenic spectacular.

His erstwhile coaching relation was successful complaint of Adana Demirspor successful Turkey for 5 months successful 2023.

Before that helium was caretaker manager of Curacao successful 2021.

He was besides fig 2 to Louis van Gaal with the Dutch nationalist broadside successful 2012-2014.

The station Kluivert retired arsenic manager aft Indonesia neglect to scope World Cup appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.