ASTANA, August 7. /TASS/. Dutchman John van't Schip has been tapped as the new head coach of the Kazakh national football team, the press office of the Kazakhstan Football Federation (KFF) reported on Friday.

The contract will officially be signed following a session of the KFF Executive Board, the federation’s press office announced without providing any further details.

John van't Schip, 62, is a former footballer and previously served as the head coach of Dutch football clubs Ajax, Twente, Zwolle, as well as Mexico’s Guadalajara FC and Australia’s Melbourne City FC leading the latter to win the national tournament. He was also the head coach of the national teams of Greece and Armenia.

In his playing days, the Dutch winger played for Ajax FC and Italy’s Genoa FC. He is a four-time winner of the Dutch national football championship (1982, 1983, 1985, 1990), and three-time winner of the Netherlands Cup (KNVB Cup in 1983, 1986, 1987).

Playing internationally for his country’s team, van't Schip won the gold and bronze at the UEFA Cup in 1988 and 1992 respectively.