Louis van Gaal

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Louis van Gaal
Van Gaal in 2014
Personal information
Full name Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal[1]
Date of birth (1951-08-08) 8 August 1951 (age 72)[2]
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ajax (advisor)
Youth career
RKSV de Meer
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
RKSV de Meer
1972–1973 Ajax 0 (0)
1973–1977 Royal Antwerp 41 (7)
1977–1978 Telstar 25 (1)
1978–1986 Sparta Rotterdam 248 (26)
1986–1987 AZ 17 (0)
Total 331 (34)
Teams managed
1988–1990 Ajax (youth)
1991–1997 Ajax
1997–2000 Barcelona
2000–2001 Netherlands
2001 Netherlands U20
2002–2003 Barcelona
2005–2009 AZ
2009–2011 Bayern Munich
2012–2014 Netherlands
2014–2016 Manchester United
2021–2022 Netherlands
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands (as manager)
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2014 Brazil Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Louis van Gaal (born 8 August 1951) is a former Dutch football player and international club manager. He was the manager of Manchester United.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Van Gaal (right) playing for Sparta Rotterdam in 1983 against Feyenoord's Ruud Gullit
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ajax 1971–72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972–73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Royal Antwerp 1973–74 9 2 3 0 — 12 2
1974–75 3 0 6 2 — 9 2
1975–76 19 4 2 2 4 0 25 6
1976–77 10 1 1 0 — 11 1
Total 41 7 12 4 4 0 57 11
Telstar 1977–78 25 1 — — 25 1
Sparta Rotterdam 1978–79 31 5 — — 31 5
1979–80 33 1 — — 33 1
1980–81 33 5 — — 33 5
1981–82 24 1 — — 24 1
1982–83 33 5 — — 33 5
1983–84 34 2 — 6 0 40 2
1984–85 30 4 3 0 — 33 4
1985–86 31 3 — 4 0 35 3
Total 248 26 3 0 10 0 261 26
AZ 1986–87 17 0 — — 17 0
Career totals 331 34 15 4 14 0 360 38

Managerial statistics[change | change source]

As of match played 9 December 2022
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % Ref.
Ajax 28 September 1991 30 June 1997 285 196 49 40 068.77
Barcelona 1 July 1997 20 May 2000[4] 171 95 32 44 055.56
Netherlands 7 July 2000[5] 30 November 2001[6] 15 9 4 2 060.00
Barcelona 1 July 2002[7] 28 January 2003[8] 30 16 5 9 053.33
AZ 1 July 2005 30 June 2009 182 105 39 38 057.69
Bayern Munich 1 July 2009[9] 10 April 2011[10] 96 59 18 19 061.46 [11]
Netherlands 6 July 2012[12] 12 July 2014[13] 29 18 9 2 062.07
Manchester United 16 July 2014[14] 23 May 2016 103 54 25 24 052.43 [15]
Netherlands 4 August 2021 9 December 2022 20 14 6 0 070.00
Total 931 566 187 178 060.79

Honours[change | change source]

Louis Van Gaal in 2010

Manager[change | change source]

Ajax[16][17]

Barcelona[17]

AZ[17]

Bayern Munich[17]

Manchester United[17]

Netherlands[17]

Awards and achievements[change | change source]

Orders[change | change source]

Publications[change | change source]

  • De trainer en de totale mens, Leipzig, Leibniz-Blätter-Verlag, 2021.

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 20. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Van Gaal: Louis van Gaal: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Ronay, Barney (19 May 2014). "Louis van Gaal: an aristocrat of the game". Irish Times. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Barcas Trainer van Gaal gibt auf". kicker (in German). 20 May 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Louis van Gaal soll auf Rijkaard folgen". kicker (in German). 3 July 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Bondscoach Van Gaal tritt zurück". kicker (in German). 30 November 2001. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Van Gaal kehrt nach Barcelona zurück". kicker (in German). 13 May 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "FC Barcelona entlässt van Gaal". kicker (in German). 28 January 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Bayern appoint Van Gaal as coach". BBC Sport. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  10. ↑ "FC Bayern and Louis van Gaal part company". Bayern Munich. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  11. ↑ "Bayern München" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "Van Gaal returns to Dutch hot-seat". FIFA. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  13. ↑ Lipton, Martin (12 July 2014). "World Cup 2014: Third place playoff will see Van Gaal and Scolari depart on very different notes". Daily Mirror. London. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "Manchester United: Louis van Gaal confirmed as new manager". BBC. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Louis van Gaal Profile & MUFC Managerial Record". www.mufcinfo.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  16. ↑ Fenn, Alec (1 March 2018). "When Ajax ruled the world". Four Four Two.com. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 "Louis Van Gaal". League Managers.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  18. ↑ Lyon, Sam (22 May 2010). "Bayern Munich 0–2 Inter Milan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  19. ↑ "World Soccer Awards – previous winners". World Soccer. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  20. ↑ ""Onze Mondial" Awards". RSSSF. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  21. ↑ "Van Gaal honoured with 'Rinus Michels Award'". AEFCA. 10 June 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  22. ↑ "Louis van Gaal coach van het jaar" [Louis van Gaal coach of the year] (in Dutch). NU.nl. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  23. ↑ "Van Gaal becomes Coach of the Year". NOS. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  24. ↑ "Van Gaal zählt zu den Sprachwahrern des Jahres" [Van Gaal among the keepers of the language of the year] (in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  25. ↑ "Trainer des Jahres: Das Wahlergebnis". kicker. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  26. ↑ "Anton Geesink Award voor Louis van Gaal". JBN.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  27. ↑ "Louis van Gaal krijgt oeuvre-award". AD.nl (in Dutch).
  28. ↑ "Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  29. ↑ "Orkun Kökcü, Fenna Kalma, Xavi Simons and Esmee Brugts are the big winners of the Eredivisie Awards". Eredivisie. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  30. ↑ "Five things you should know about Louis van Gaal, Manchester United's new manager". Straitstimes. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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