Marc Overmars gets worldwide football ban over inappropriate behaviour

Overmars quit his job at Ajax in February 2022, admitting to “unacceptable” behaviour after it emerged within the club that he had sent inappropriate messages and photographs to several women who worked there.

BANNED: Marc Overmars will not be allowed to hold any position in professional football for at least a year.

The former Netherlands winger Marc Overmars will not be allowed to hold any position in professional football for at least a year owing to his inappropriate behaviour towards women at Ajax.

The Dutch football association (KNVB) confirmed reports in the Dutch newspaper NRC, which quoted Fifa as saying it had taken over the suspension handed to Overmars in the Netherlands late last year.