Suzanne Bakker (born 9 July 1986) is a Dutch football manager and former footballer who manages AC Milan. Career. Bakker started her managerial career with Dutch side . In 2017, she was appointed as an assistant manager of Dutch side Excelsior Rotterdam, before being appointed as manager of the reserve team of Dutch side AFC Ajax in 2022. Two years later, she was promoted to manager of the club's first team, helping them win the league and 2023–24 KNVB Women's Cup. Despite this, she left them at the end of the 2023–24 season because of communication problems. Ahead of the 2024–25 season, she was appointed manager of Italian side AC Milan. While managing the club, she was regarded to have preferred the 4–3–3 formation. Controversy. While coaching in Milan Nadia Nadim a Danish player from Afganistan, who played football in a refugee camp, felt like "training in the refugee camp was better" than working under Bakker.