Career
He worked for the Royal Dutch Football Association as a youth coach, before taking up a dual role in being the coach of Estonian club Football Club Flora Tallinn and the Estonia national football team After the end of his contract, he joined Eredivisie club Football Club Utrecht as a technical director, before going to Kazakhstan in 2005. At the same time he coached Football Club Astana for the 2006 season, winning the Kazakhstan Super League title.
He was fired as manager of Kazakhstan in September 2008.
In 2010 he had a comeback as a coach in the Netherlands for Willem II, but his contract was quickly terminated, after it became clear that he was not the right man for keeping Willem II in the Eredivisie. Estonia National Team Pijpers led Estonia first in World Cup 2002 qualification with two wins over Andorra and two draws with Cyprus.
However the contract was terminated mutually with national team after a conflict with the Football Club Flora chairman Aivar Pohlak, who was the head of the Estonian Football Association at that time. Altogether under Pijpers the Estonian national team played 55 games winning 16 and drawing 14 (2909% of winning).
Kazakhstan National Team Pijpers led Kazakhstan in their first European campaign in Euro 2008 qualification.
They recorded wins over Serbia (home) and Armenia (away) and drew both matches against Belgium and Azerbaijan. Altogether under Pijpers the Kazakhstan national team played 36 games winning seven and drawing 11 (1944% of winning). Alma-Ata Estonia The Dutchman returned to Estonia in late 2011 and became the technical director to help coordinate, analyze and guide the training operations across different senior and youth national teams.
On 8 March 2012, he was appointed as the head coach of Estonia"s under-19 national team for the 2012 Union of European Football Associations European Under-19 Football Championship.