Indonesia have named former Netherlands and Barcelona striker Patrick Kluivert as their head coach.
The 48-year-old replaces South Korean coach Shin Tae-yong, and can look to qualify his new aspect for the expanded 48-team World Cup in 2026.
Kluivert, who received the Champions League with Ajax and performed within the Premier League for Newcastle, has signed a two-year contract with the choice for an extension.
The southeast Asian nation have solely beforehand certified for the match as soon as, taking part in within the 1938 version whereas they have been nonetheless the Dutch East Indies.
The Dutchman’s first task will probably be a 3rd qualifying spherical tie with Australia in March, with two nations from their six-team group reaching the World Cup routinely and an additional two heading into an additional spherical.
Indonesia, who’re 127th within the Fifa rankings, sit third of their group after six of 10 video games.
Kluivert final managed a crew in 2023, when he took cost of Turkish aspect Adana Demirspor for a five-month spell.
He has beforehand had two spells in control of Curacao and assisted Louis van Gaal and Clarence Seedorf once they led the Netherlands and Cameroon nationwide sides respectively.
