Hans Kraay Jr. (born 22 December 1959) is a Dutch former professional

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turned coach and television presenter.

Biography

Kraay Jr. was born in Utrecht on 22 December 1959, the son of fellow footballer

Hans Kraay Sr. Hans Kraay (14 October 1936 – 27 October 2017) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a defender. Subsequently, he became well known for his football management skills as well as analysis of matches on Dutch television. Biography ...

Career

Kraay played professionally in the Netherlands for AZ, SBV Excelsior,

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, RKC Waalwijk, Helmond Sport,

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, Telstar and

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...

, in the

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for the Edmonton Drillers,

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and the

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, in England for Brighton & Hove Albion, and in Belgium for Sint-Niklase. He also served as head coach of Dutch amateurs

FC Lienden FC Lienden is a football club from Lienden, Netherlands. The club was established on 1 August 1930. History In 2010s, the club saw a rise through the Dutch football pyramid, under the guidance of former professional player Hans Kraay Jr., wh ...

from 2004 to 2011, leading the club from Tweede Klasse to Topklasse and making it nationally known within Dutch football. In November 2011 he was appointed head coach of Topklasse club SVZW. One month later, it was revealed his appointment head coach of JVC Cuijk, effective from July 2012. He left after two seasons in charge to become new head coach of

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club DOVO, effective from July 2014. Kraay presented numerous television shows on Dutch television, most notably for

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, for which he worked from 1997 till 2015. Between 2002 and 2015 he was the presenter of ''Lachen om Home Video's'', on

, a compilation program of funny home videos. A part of the videos were taken from America's Funniest Home Videos. In 2003 he had a hit record in The Netherlands reaching #3 at the

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with ''Er zal d'r altijd eentje winnen'', a song recorded with fans of various Dutch football clubs as a reaction to the violent meeting at Beverwijk of hooligans of AFC Ajax and Feyenoord, leading to the death of one hooligan. In April 2018, Kraay handed in his resignation at FC Lienden due to a discourtesy by supporters of the FC Lienden business club.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kraay, Hans 1959 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch football managers Dutch association football commentators Dutch television presenters Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players English Football League players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players Edmonton Drillers (1979–1982) players Footballers from Utrecht (city) AZ Alkmaar players Excelsior Rotterdam players HFC Haarlem players NAC Breda players RKC Waalwijk players Helmond Sport players FC Eindhoven players De Graafschap players FC Dordrecht players FC Den Bosch players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States VV DOVO managers FC Lienden managers K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. players Men's association football defenders Edmonton Eagles players Canadian Professional Soccer League (original) players