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

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) is a former football

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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.

Player career

Hiele started his professional career with Feyenoord Rotterdam (1977–90), then moved to SVV (1990–92),

Dordrecht'90 Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, t ...

(1992–94) and ended his career at Go Ahead Eagles (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, w ...

. Hiele became a general football coach for the first time at

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. The club won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, ...

, 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 Voetbalverenging Zwaluwen Vlaardingen is a football club from Vlaardingen, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1935. Its first squad plays in the Hoofdklasse since 2010. History The first squad promoted to the Derde Klasse in 1946. Since, it ha ...

XerxesDZB XerxesDZB is a Dutch football club based in Rotterdam. History The club was founded in 1904 as RFC Xerxes and their first regional championship was won in 1907. After a second championship in 1911 the club was promoted to the second class (tweed ...

, 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