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René Van Der Gijp
René van der Gijp (born 4 April 1961) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger for Sparta Rotterdam, Lokeren, PSV, Neuchâtel Xamax, Aarau and Heerenveen, as well as for the Netherlands national team. Since retiring from football in 1992, he has worked as a sports pundit and commentator. The son of former footballer Wim and nephew of Cor, van der Gijp was born in Dordrecht and began his senior career with Sparta Rotterdam in 1978. During his career, where his best period was in the mid-1980s for PSV, he gained 15 caps for the Netherlands national team in which he scored two goals. After ending his playing career, van der Gijp became known on television as a co-host in the football talk show ''Voetbal Inside'' (later ''Veronica Inside''). His contribution to the program earned him a nomination for the " Televizier Talent Award" in 2010. The biographies ''Gijp'' (2012) and ''De wereld volgens Gijp'' (2016) were bestsellers and were awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dordrecht
Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after Rotterdam, The Hague, Zoetermeer and Leiden, with a population of . The municipality covers the entire Dordrecht Island, also often called ''Het Eiland van Dordt'' ("the Island of Dordt"), bordered by the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden Merwede, Nieuwe Merwede, Hollands Diep, and Dordtsche Kil. Located about 17 km south east of Rotterdam, Dordrecht is the largest and most important city in the Drechtsteden and is also part of the Randstad, the main conurbation in the Netherlands. Dordrecht is the oldest city in Holland and has a rich history and culture. Etymology The name Dordrecht comes from ''Thuredriht'' (circa 1120), ''Thuredrecht'' (circa 1200). The name seems to mean 'thoroughfare'; a ship-canal or -river through which ships were pulle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Advocaat
Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat (; born 27 September 1947) is a Dutch former football player and coach who is currently the head coach of Eerste Divisie side ADO Den Haag. Advocaat was successful as a football player and as a coach, including three stints with the Netherlands national team. He has coached a number of clubs in the Netherlands and abroad (including the Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, with which he won the 2008 UEFA Cup Final), as well as the national teams of a number of countries, including South Korea, Belgium and Russia. His nickname is "The Little General", a reference to his mentor Rinus Michels. Club career Advocaat was born in The Hague and was a defensive midfielder during his playing days. His career began as an 18-year-old with Hague club ADO Den Haag, and he made his professional debut with the club on 21 May 1967 in a 3–0 win against GVAV. He only featured for Den Haag once more that season, and that summer, the San Francisco Golden Gate Gales franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geert Meijer
Geert Meijer (born 15 March 1951) is a Dutch association football, football manager and former professional player. Playing career Born in Sellingen, Meijer played as a Midfielder#Winger, left winger, and began his professional career in 1972 with FC Amsterdam. After moving to city rivals AFC Ajax, Ajax three years later, where he spent four seasons, Meijer spent a year in England with Bristol City F.C., Bristol City, making 15 appearances in the Football League First Division, First Division. Upon his return to the Netherlands, Meijer played for Sparta Rotterdam, FC Dordrecht, DS'79 and NAC Breda, before retiring in 1986. Coaching career While still a professional player, Meijer began his coaching career. He managed the amateur teams VV Strijen, DCV (football club), DCV and Hermes DVS. After 3 consecutive league titles with VV Strijen, he became assistant coach at Feyenoord. Between 1990 and 1999 Meijer was the assistant of 7 different Feyenoord managers: Gunder Bengtsson, Pim V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Van Der Lem
Gerard van der Lem (born 15 November 1952) is a retired football winger from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut for FC Amsterdam on 12 August 1973 against PSV Eindhoven. He later played for Roda JC, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Sparta Rotterdam and FC Utrecht. After his professional playing career Gerard van der Lem started his coaching career as assistant coach to world-famous coaches like Piet de Visser, Dick Advocaat and Louis van Gaal. In his first engagement at FC Alkmaar (AZS) he was responsible coach for the amateur teams (and became Holland Champion in 1985) as well as assistant coach to Piet de Visser with the senior team. From 1986 to 1989 he was employed with FC Haarlem starting out as assistant coach to Dick Advocaat, and then following him into the position of head coach during the last year. Having always given great emphasis to youth development Gerard van der Lem joined Ajax Amsterdam in 1990 as Head of the Youth Development Department. After a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Lengkeek
Ronald Lengkeek (born 14 September 1960) is a Dutch former footballer who played all of his career for Sparta Rotterdam. He also had one appearance for the Netherlands Under-21 team. He played mostly as a striker but could also play right-wing and attacking midfield. Club career Lengkeek came through the youth ranks of Sparta to become their senior team's all-time top goalscorer since the start of the Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c .... He played European Cup matches with Sparta, 10 games in total (3 goals). - Sparta External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruud Geels
Geertruida "Ruud" Maria Geels (; born 28 July 1948) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker and attacking midfielder. He obtained 20 caps for the Netherlands national team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s. Career statistics Club International Honours Club Feyenoord * Eredivisie: 1968–69 * KNVB Cup: 1968–69 * European Cup: 1969–70 Club Brugge * Belgian First Division: 1972–73 Ajax * Eredivisie: 1976–77 RSC Anderlecht * UEFA Super Cup: 1978 * Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978 Individual * Eredivisie Top Scorer: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81 * UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1975–76 * World XI In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...: 1976 References External links Profile * 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Blind
Dirk Franciscus "Danny" Blind (; born 1 August 1961) is a Dutch former football player and coach. He played as a defender for Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax and the Netherlands national team. As coach he has managed Ajax and the Netherlands national team. He is one of only two Dutch players, together with Arnold Mühren, to have won all UEFA club competitions. Playing career Club career Blind made his professional football debut on 29 August 1979 with Sparta Rotterdam. He stayed under contract with Sparta for seven seasons when in July 1986 he transferred to Ajax, attracted there by manager Johan Cruyff. Blind's signing, however, was much to the chagrin of Ajax superstar Marco van Basten, who was upset that his manager had brought in a relatively unknown, defensive player from a fairly small club like Sparta, instead of splashing out on a big-money, big-name transfer. With Ajax, Blind amassed an impressive trophy list, winning all three European trophies (UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adri Van Tiggelen
Adrianus Andreas "Adri" van Tiggelen (born 16 June 1957) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a left back. His career in football was intimately connected to Sparta Rotterdam, in which he began as a professional footballer, going on to manage the side in several categories and capacities, but he also played with success in Belgium for Anderlecht. Van Tiggelen appeared nearly 60 times for the Netherlands, representing the nation at the 1990 World Cup and two European Championships, being a starter in the team that won Euro 1988. Club career Born in Oud-Beijerland, South Holland, van Tiggelen – nicknamed "De Spijker" (nail) – started his professional career with Sparta Rotterdam, making his Eredivisie debut on 30 August 1978, in a 1–0 home in against neighbours Feyenoord. During his five-year spell at the club, he was an undisputed starter, also finding the net every season (for a total of 13 league goals). In 1983, van Tiggelen signed with fellow league side FC Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luuk Balkestein
Luuk Balkestein (born 9 April 1954 in Apeldoorn) is a Dutch retired football player who played for Sparta Rotterdam and Feyenoord, as well as the Dutch national side. International career Balkestein played three games for Netherlands U-21 and earned one senior cap for the Netherlands, a friendly match against France in March 1980. Personal life Balkestein is chief scout at German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach - De Voetbaltrainer and has been a scout at SC Heerenveen
Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, ...
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Arie Van Staveren
Arie is a masculine given name. As a Dutch name, Arie (pronounced ) is generally a short form of Adrianus, but sometimes also of Arend or Arent, Arnout or Arnoud, or even Aaron. As a Hebrew, Jewish, or Israeli name, Arie (pronounced ) is a transliteration of the Hebrew word or name אריה, which means lion. Other transliterations include Arieh, Aryeh, and Ari. People with the name include: * Arie Alter (born 1961), Israeli footballer * Arie Altman (1902–1982), Israeli politician (''Aryeh) * (1903–1982), Dutch composer *Arie Aroch (1908–1974), Israeli painter * Arie van Beek (born 1951), Dutch music teacher and conductor *Arie Belldegrun (born 1949), Israeli-American urologic oncologist (''Aryeh'') * Arie Bieshaar (1899–1965), Dutch footballer (''Adrianus'') * Arie Bijl (1908–1945), Dutch theoretical physicist and resistance member * Arie Bijvoet (1891–1976), Dutch footballer * Arie Bodek (born 1947), American experimental particle physicist and professor * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Van Gaal
Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal (; born 8 August 1951) is a Dutch former football player and manager. At club level, he served as manager of Ajax, Barcelona, AZ Alkmaar, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, as well as having three spells in charge of the Netherlands. Van Gaal is one of the greatest and most decorated managers in world football, having won 20 major honours in his managerial career. He is sometimes nicknamed the "Iron Tulip". Before his career as a coach, Van Gaal played as a midfielder for Royal Antwerp, Telstar, Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax and AZ Alkmaar. He is also a qualified physical education teacher, and worked at high schools during his career as a semi-professional footballer. After a brief spell as an assistant coach at AZ, Van Gaal served as an assistant under Leo Beenhakker at Ajax, and eventually took over as head coach in 1991. Under his lead, the club won three Eredivisie titles, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. He moved to Barcelona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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