Wilhelmus "Wim" Gerardus Rijsbergen (; born 18 January 1952) is a Dutch

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manager and former player who played as a defender. He was last the manager of Solomon Islands' national team.

Playing career

Rijsbergen was born in Leiden,

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. Playing for

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 ...

, he was part of the Netherlands national football team which finished second in both the

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and

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World Cups. He later played in the

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, for the New York Cosmos. Rijsbergen began his professional career at PEC Zwolle, and ended it in 1986 at

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merge ...

Managerial career

In 1999, he was appointed manager of Universidad Católica. Rijsbergen, an assistant to Leo Beenhakker at the

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in Germany, assumed control of the Trinidad and Tobago national team in his own right following the World Cup. As of December 2007, he was suspended by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation for six (6) months, through 4 June 2007 and replaced.Lasana Liburd (22 December 2007) . trinidadexpress.com He was manager of Indonesia from 2011 to 2012, after which he stayed in Indonesia to become technical director. Rijsbergen joined the Solomon Islands and guided the island nation to a fourth place in group B in the

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Managerial statistics

Honors

As a player

PEC Zwolle *

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

runner up: 1970–71 Feyenoord * Eredivisie: 1973–74 * UEFA Cup: 1973–74 New York Cosmos *

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1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

runner up:

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

Utrecht *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

: 1984–85 Netherlands * FIFA World Cup runner-up:

* UEFA European Championship third place:

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As a manager

FC Volendam *

runner up: 1994–95

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External links

NASL stats
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rijsbergen, Wim 1952 births Living people Dutch football managers Dutch footballers Eredivisie players Ligue 1 players Association football defenders Netherlands international footballers North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players New York Cosmos players Footballers from Leiden 1974 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1976 players 1978 FIFA World Cup players Feyenoord players FC Utrecht players Helmond Sport players PEC Zwolle players SC Bastia players Club Deportivo Universidad Católica managers Dutch expatriate footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Chile Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Trinidad and Tobago Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States Dutch expatriate football managers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate football managers in Indonesia Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate football managers in Chile Trinidad and Tobago national football team managers PSM Makassar managers FC Groningen managers NAC Breda managers Indonesia national football team managers UEFA Cup winning players