{"id":930198,"date":"2026-10-12T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930198\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:50:11","slug":"clarence-seedorf-corinthians-hire-former-netherlands-midfielder-as-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930198\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarence Seedorf: Corinthians hire former Netherlands midfielder as head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corinthians have appointed Clarence Seedorf as their head coach, with the former Netherlands midfielder taking on his first coaching role since 2019.<\/p>\n

The 50-year-old has joined on a contract until the end of 2027 with the club 16th in the Brazilian top flight, one place above the relegation zone with eight games left.<\/p>\n

Seedorf succeeds former Brazil interim national coach Fernando Diniz, who was sacked by Corinthians last week after the club lost seven consecutive league games.<\/p>\n

Seedorf’s last coaching role was with the Cameroon national team<\/a> more than seven years ago, while he has previously had underwhelming spells at AC Milan, Shenzhen FC and Deportivo La Coruna.<\/p>\n

“Taking on this challenge is an honour, but also a huge responsibility. I am here to give my all and build a team that fights for every ball, every minute, every victory,” said Seedorf of his Corinthians appointment.<\/p>\n

Seedorf inherits a Corinthians squad which features former Manchester United players Memphis Depay and Jesse Lingard.<\/p>\n

Dutch great Seedorf retired from playing in 2014 following a glittering career which yielded four Champions League titles – two with AC Milan, one with Real Madrid and one with Ajax.<\/p>\n

Seedorf remains the only player to win the Champions League with three different clubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corinthians have appointed Clarence Seedorf as their head coach, with the former Netherlands midfielder taking on his first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-930198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}