One of his biggest achievements during his twelve-year stay at VVV Venlo was successfully bringing a lot of talents from the youth academy to the first team.
He was the youngest coach ever to obtain the UEFA PRO License under the official guidelines of the Dutch Football Association, the KNVB.
[3] Schattorie returned to Al-Ettifaq in 2008 as U-23 head coach and helped the side win the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup.
[5] After joining the club when they were bottom of the table, Schattorie managed to help the capital side finish eighth in the division, saving them from relegation.
[9] After spending years in the Middle-East, Schattorie moved to Africa, where he signed as head coach of Red Bull Ghana from 2011 to 2012.
[11] On 9 November 2012, it was announced that Schattorie would become the new head coach of Prayag United of the I-League in India, taking over on matchday 6 of the 2012-13 season.
[13] Schattorie won his first and only cup for the side on 20 March 2013 when Prayag United defeated East Bengal in the IFA Shield final 1–0 through a Ranti Martins goal.
[21] In August 2016, Eelco joined Al-Ettifaq for the 4th time, with an ambition to promote their Olympic Team to the highest division of Saudi Arabian football.
On 29 October 2016 Eelco replaced Tunisian head coach Djamel Belkacem and defeated Al Taawoun 3-0 in his first game in charge.
Eelco would step back to the Olympic Team, and Spanish coach Juan Carlos Garrido took over the rest of the season.
On 18 February 2017 Garrido was sacked after 12 games without a win, and so Eelco was once again called upon as caretaker coach until the end of the season.