OFFICIAL: Besiktas have appointed Giovanni van Bronckhorst as their new manager.
Beşiktaş Official account: "We are pleased to confirm that Giovanni van Bronckhorst will become the new manager of Beşiktaş JK men's football team from the beginning of the 2024/25 season."
"As a result of detailed studies carried out by our Board of Directors regarding the new term structuring, Dutch Giovanni van Bronckhorst was appointed as the Coach of our Football A Team.
Jean Paul van Gastel and Serdar Topraktepe will be the assistants of Giovanni van Bronckhorst, with whom a 2+1 year agreement has been reached. "
Van Bronckhorst, who started his professional football career in the Dutch club Rotterdam in 1993, later played for world-famous clubs such as Feyenoord, Glasgow Rangers, Arsenal and Barcelona, and played in midfield and defense throughout his career.
Van Bronckhorst, known by the nickname Gio, played for Feyenoord until the day he said goodbye to football in 2010; 1 Champions League, 2 times Spanish La Liga, 2 times Spanish Super Cup championships with Barcelona, 1 English Premier League, 2 times FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 English Super Cup championships with Arsenal jersey, 2 times with Glasgow Rangers jersey. He won the Scottish League, the Scottish Cup once, the Scottish League Cup once, and the Dutch Cup twice with Feyenoord.
van Bronckhorst played in the World Cup three times and the European Football Championship three times with the Dutch national team between 1998 and 2010. Gio took the field as captain of his team against Spain in the final of the 2010 World Cup.
Gio started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Feyenoord in 2011. Van Bronckhorst, who was promoted to the position of coach at the same club in 2015, won the Dutch League (Eredivisie) championship once, the Dutch Cup twice, the Dutch Super Cup twice and the Scottish Cup once during his coaching career. van Bronckhorst managed to take Glasgow Rangers to the UEFA Europa League final in the 2021-22 season.