After his football career had ended, Mulder became a well-known writer, columnist and television-personality in the Netherlands, making his debut analysing a match of the Netherlands national football team broadcast by TV channel RTL4 in 1996. From that point onwards he would frequently guest star in the RTL4 shows by Frits Barend and Henk van Dorp, who presented both football-related programmes as well as talkshows concerning more political and social/public subjects. After having been a daily guest-star on the show Villa BvD, a football show during the 1998 World Cup in France (also hosted by Frits Barend and Henk van Dorp), Mulder made more and more TV appearances until finally becoming daily guest-star on the late-night talkshow Barend & Van Dorp since March 1999, until the show stopped in April 2006.
The final season of Barend & Van Dorp was shown on the channel Talpa, who had bought the programme from RTL4 during the summer of 2005. Jan Mulder also frequently appeared on another show that was broadcast by Talpa; Eredivisie – De Wedstrijden, which aires several times a week and shows highlights of the Dutch Football League (the Eredivisie). After Barend & Van Dorp Mulder became a weekly side kick in De Wereld Draait Door.
Mulder has also written several works, ranging from ultra-short stories to novels. Most people will associate his name with CaMu, the partnership between Remco Campert (Ca) and Jan Mulder (Mu) that has been writing daily front-page columns for national newspaper de Volkskrant since 1995. These columns are traditionally bundled into books entitled CaMu Jaaroverzicht at the end of each year.
Bibliography
1978: Opmars der strafschopgebieden
1982: De eeuwige reserve
1984: Sportjournalistiek bestaat niet
1987: De toespraken
1988: Diva in Winschoten (short stories)
1992: De middagduivel
1994: De vuurspuger van Ootmarsum
1994: Fiebelekwinten
1994: La vase
1994: Spreek en vergissing (novel)
1996: Mobieliquette
1999: Familie-album
1999: Villa BvD
2000: Overwinningen & nederlagen
2001: Spelers en speelsters
2001: Hollandse Velden
2002: De vrouw als karretje
2002: Strafschopgebieden & Reserves
2002: Opkomst & Ondergang
2003: Iris
2009: De analyticus
2009: Labradoedel
2010: Chez Stans
2014: Tot u spreekt Jan Mulder
2016: Duivelskunstenaar
2018: Liefde en Aardbevingen
References
^ abG.J. van Bork, "Mulder, Jan" (in Dutch), Schrijvers en dichters, 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2916.
^Jan Mulder (in Dutch), Voetbalstats.nl. Retrieved 28 June 2016.