Season › 2015-16 › News Heitinga retires and moves into coaching , 1 February, 1comment | Jump to most recent Former Everton defender John Heitinga has hung up his boots at the age of 32 and will take up a coaching position at Ajax Amsterdam. The Dutchman spent four years at Goodison Park after joining from Atletico Madrid in 2009 for £6m and was named the club's Player of the Season for one of them but eventually moved on to Fulham in Roberto Martinez's first season in charge. A spell with Hertha Berlin followed before he returned to his first love, Ajax last year. Reader Comments (1) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Gary Carlisle 1 Posted 04/02/2016 at 09:14:00 John Heitinga – can't we get him to teach them how to defend? He's gotta be better than what we have now. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads © ToffeeWeb