PIETER HUISTRA reckons Scotland could be the ideal place to expand his coaching horizons in the future.
The former Rangers winger has held several positions since hanging up his boots and is currently assistant to Shota Arveladze at Pakhtakor Tashkent.
Huistra has coached at the likes of Ajax and Groningen in his homeland and would be keen to explore opportunities for a return to Scotland.
"I can certainly see myself as a manager in Scotland," he told the fourladshadadream podcast.
"That is one of the things I have had in my mind for a long time and I have applied for a few vacant positions.
"I am sure that, in the future, some day there is a job for me in Scotland. I have been a long time now in Asia, I have seen a lot of places and developed my own philosophy and it fits very strongly with what I do and think.
"I would love to have an opportunity now in Europe to show this philosophy and really turn a club around in the way I see it.
"I practice this for the last few years in Japan and now here and in between I was in Slovakia.
"It works and I would love to bring this philosophy to a club in Europe and Scotland would be very nice for that."
Huistra moved to Uzbekistan three years ago and has enjoyed success alongside former Gers strike hero Arveladze.
The pair have found common ground in terms of their football philosophy and also have plenty to talk about as they reminisce about their respective Rangers careers.
Huistra said: "We had never met before we met each other in Uzbekistan and we have a similar path in our careers. We have both played or worked at Ajax, we both played at Rangers, so we have good topics to talk about and whatever happens at these clubs we certainly discuss. It is nice to be able to share that also.
"If you have never played for Rangers, it is difficult to share the feeling you have about that club. We did so it is easy to share it and it is nice.
"We both appreciate that time, both appreciate the whole atmosphere and people around the club.
"That is a good thing to have in common and I think that makes it easier to work together also because we have the same opinion about football, the same style of play and we have the Dutch school.
"Pakhtakor used to be the top team in the few years before we came and when we took over they were eighth in the table.
"We have made good progress, built a nice team and play in a style that we like.
"There is a lot of pressure on the ball when we don’t have it, domination on it when we have the ball.
"It is good to see it develop and it always feels nice to win games. That is what we do a lot here."
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