HIS first job in management saw him win several league titles back to back.
Every job since has seen him dismissed from his post.
Frank de Boer had a glittering playing career, turning out for some of the biggest clubs in world football.
Coming through Ajax’s famed youth system, de Boer spent more than a decade in the first team, winning five Eredivisie titles, the Champions League, the UEFA Cup and two Dutch Cups.
De Boer would go on to win La Liga during a four-year spell at Barcelona before joining Galatasaray in 2003.
After half a season in Turkey, he moved to Rangers in 2004, finishing the 2003/04 campaign in Glasgow but unable to add to his silverware haul.
His brief spell at Ibrox saw de Boer link up with twin brother Ronald once again, with the duo having played together at Ajax and Barcelona.
Ronald had joined Rangers four years earlier and had won all three major domestic honours.
Both de Boer brothers finished their careers career in Qatar with Al-Rayyan and Al-Shamal, with Frank retiring in 2006.
De Boer quickly moved into coaching, taking charge of Ajax’s academy and also assistant Netherlands boss Bert van Marwijk at the 2010 World Cup, where they reached the final.
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He got his big managerial break in December 2010 when he became caretaker boss at Ajax after Martin Jol’s exit.
He landed the job permanently, and won four titles back-to-back starting with the 2010/11 campaign.
It made de Boer the first manager to ever win four successive Eredivisie championships.
Liverpool reportedly wanted to talk to de Boer in 2012 but he refused the request and stuck with Ajax.
He quit the Amsterdam giants in 2016 after two disappointing seasons as PSV won the title in both.
Since then, his managerial career hasn’t yielded the kind of success he achieved at the beginning of his Ajax spell.
De Boer moved to Inter Milan in August 2016 but was sacked just 85 days later with the Italian giants sitting 12th in Serie A after a run of four defeats in five games.
The next summer, he was appointed Crystal Palace boss and it turned out to be what’s often viewed as one of the worst managerial reigns in Premier League history.
Signing a three-year deal on June 26 2017, de Boer was axed just TEN WEEKS later.
That was after the Eagles lost their opening four matches of the season without scoring a single goal – the first team to have started a top tier season like that for NINETY-THREE years.
Including an EFL Cup game, de Boer, 53, was in charge of Palace for just 450 minute, the shortest reign in terms of game time in the Premier League era.
Jose Mourinho blasted de Boer as “the worst manager in the history of the Premier League.”
After more than a year out, de Boer joined MLS side Atlanta United and won two cup competitions in his first campaign.
But he was axed in July 2020 after Atlanta were eliminated from the MLS Is Back Tournament after losing all of their games.
In September that same year, he succeeded Ronald Koeman as manager of the Dutch national team, but his reign started poorly with no wins from his first four matches.
He was in charge of the Netherlands at the delayed Euro 2020, leading them to the knockout stages as group winners.
But they were turfed out 2-0 by the Czech Republic at the round of 16 and de Boer was fired.
He returned to management earlier this year, signing a two-year contract with Al Jazira of the UAE Pro League.
But unfortunately for, it’s proved to be yet another unsuccessful managerial stint to add to his CV.
De Boer has been sacked AGAIN – and this time after just 14 games in charge.
Combined with his short-lived spell at Palace, it means he’s been dismissed from two of his jobs with just 19 games to show for it.
Al Jazira won the UAE title in 2021, but are languishing in 7th this season having won six of the 14 games with de Boer as boss.
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‘Recent performances and results’ have seen de Boer axed with immediate effect.
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