Hans van der Pluijm (born 3 January 1949) is a Dutch

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coach who most recently coached Azam F.C. in Tanzania. A former goalkeeper, he played for

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 ...

between 1967 and 1986. After retiring, he was the manager of Den Bosch until 1995. He then spent a season with

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and since 1999 works in Ghana. His best achievement as a coach/manager was the final of the

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in 1991, which Den Bosch lost 1–0.

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