Former football coach for Al Wahda Pascal Jansen was born to his parents, Hans Jansen and Sue Chaloner.
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His father, Hans, is of Dutch origin and worked as a musician.
His mother, Sue, is a British singer and a former member of the musical duo Spooky and Sue
Who Is Pascal Jansen?
Pascal Jansen is a football coach and current manager of dutch club AZ Alkmaar.
Jansen was born on January 27, 1973, in London, England. He had relocated to the Netherlands with his family as a young boy, and grew up in Zaandam.
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He currently holds both Dutch and British citizenship.
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Jansen had played youth football with the teams AZ, Ajax, Haarlem, and Telstar.
He retired from football before turning professional, due to severe knee injuries.
Pascal began his managerial career in 2015, with the Eindhoven club Jong PSV. In 2020, he began coaching Eredivisie side AZ, and was later promoted to the position of manager.
He has additionally coached other teams in the Netherlands at “Haarlem, Vitesse and Sparta Rotterdam, and in the United Arab Emirates with Al Jazira and Al Wahda.”
In recent time, there has been an ongoing negotiation by Rangers FC to hire Jansen to replace English football manager Michael Beale.
However, conclusions are yet to be made because Jansen had already signed a contract extension with AZ which will expire in 2025.
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