Joop van Daele (born 14 August 1947 in

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) is a retired

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footballer who was active as a defender.

Club career

Van Daele joined the Feijenoord youth set-up in 1960 from local amateurs Overmaas and stayed with the Rotterdam giants until 1977. In 1970, he won the

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and the Intercontinental Cup. He scored the winning goal in the homematch, the return final of the latter tournament, against Estudiantes. He also had a short loan spell at

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and played for

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before finishing his career at

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"Het brilletje van Van Daele"

He claimed his name in the history books during the second leg of the

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Final against tough-tackling Estudiantes in Rotterdam. Van Daele scored the winning goal and during the goal celebrations his glasses were ripped off by the Argentinians and allegedly smashed to pieces on the pitch by

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. The incident prompted

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to write a song about it and it was recorded by actor Luc Lutz after van Daele declined to sing it himself.

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also released a single with ''Van Daele de klusjesman'' (Van Daele the handyman) on the one side and ''Waar is de bril van Joop van Daele'' (Where are Joop van Daele's glasses?) on the other.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, van Daele was assistant manager at former clubs Fortuna and Excelsior before appointed manager at amateur side Papendrecht and as head coach at Excelsior. In 2006, he was appointed scout at Feyenoord.Joop van Daele wordt scout bij Feyenoord
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Honours

Player

Feijenoord * Intercontinental Cup (1):

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(1):

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(1):

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(3): 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74, *

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(1) : 1968–69

References

External links

Career stats
- Feyenoord
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