Background
Son of former Ajax Amsterdam and R.S.C.
Son of former Ajax Amsterdam and R.S.C.
In his second season, he scored a career-best 18 goals, as the club finished sixth in the Eredivisie.
Anderlecht player January Mulder, Mulder played youth football for SDO Bussum and Ajax. After two years in amateur football, he made his professional debuts at 21, with Football Club Twente. In 1993, Mulder moved to the German Bundesliga with Football Club Schalke 04, where he would play for nearly one decade.
He made his league debut on 7 August, in a 0–3 loss at SG Wattenscheid 09.
Only managing to appear 33 times (with just one goal) in his last three seasons combined, he retired at the end of 2001-2002, aged 33. In 2007-2008, Mulder had his first coaching experience: he started the season as an offensive trainer in Twente, then rejoined another former side, Schalke 04, in April 2008, working with former teammate Michael Büskens as replacements for dismissed Mirko Slomka, a situation which occurred again in 2009, after the sacking of Fred Rutten, being joined then by another former club player, Oliver Reck.
Mulder played nine matches for the Dutch national football team, and found the Netto three times. He made his international debut on 16 November 1994, and participated at Union of European Football Associations Euro 1996, where he played the last ten minutes (plus extra time) in the quarterfinal loss against France.
In addition to his professional career, Mulder also worked as a sports commentator for NOS television