Johannes Frederik "Joop" Hiele (born 25 December 1958 in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

) is a former

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from the

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, who earned seven caps for the

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. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the

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, but was second choice behind

Hans van Breukelen Johannes Franciscus "Hans" van Breukelen (; born 4 October 1956) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was the technical director of the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) from 2017 until 2018. Van Breuke ...

Player career

Hiele started his professional career with

Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after it ...

(1977–90), then moved to SVV (1990–92), Dordrecht'90 (1992–94) and ended his career at

Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...

(1994–95).

Manager career

Later on, Hiele became a goalkeeping coach and worked for Willem II and

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

. Hiele became a general football coach for the first time at ASWH, where he was a goalkeeping coach in 2012–2015 and for a while in 2015 general caretaker. Hiele continued to general coaching for VV Zwaluwen, XerxesDZB, and SV Heienoord.

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* 1958 births Living people Dutch footballers Association football goalkeepers Feyenoord players Go Ahead Eagles players SV SVV players FC Dordrecht players Netherlands international footballers Eredivisie players 1990 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1988 players UEFA European Championship-winning players Footballers from Rotterdam ASWH managers Dutch football managers VV Zwaluwen managers Association football goalkeeping coaches Willem II (football club) non-playing staff {{Netherlands-footy-goalkeeper-stub