Career
Middendorp coached the South African Castle Premiership team Kaizer Chiefs from the beginning of the 2005-06 season up to March 5, 2007.
In his first season for the Soweto glamour club he finished third in the league, won the ABSA Cup as well as the coach of the tournament award. He also managed to win the 2006 Vodacom Challenge by beating Manchester United.
At the start of the 2006-07 season, Middendorp guided his team to the SAA Supa 8 trophy, a tournament contested by the top eight finishers in the league from the previous season. Kaizer Chiefs defeated Supersport United in the final. On March 5, 2007, Middendorp and the club parted company.
At his former German club Arminia Bielefeld, Middendorp was elected Coach of the Century when the club celebrated its 100 years of existence in 2005.
On March 14, 2007, he started his third stint as a coach at Arminia Bielefeld, he was fired by club management on December 10, 2007.
During his years in Bielefeld he was ajudged twice because of driving drunk.
He later coached Chinese club Changchun Yatai but left the club in December 2008 and returned to Germany.
On 6 April 2009 Middendorp signed a contract with Rot Weiss Essen. and left the team after just 29 days.
In 2009 he joined Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta. He was sacked on the 25 of July following their elimination in the second round of UEFA Europa League.
On 16 November 2009 he replaced Gordon Igesund as head coach of Maritzburg United, his second coaching job in South Africa.
On 18 January 2012 Middendorp returned to Maritzburg United after a brief stint with South African club Golden Arrows
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