Dick Advocaat

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Dick Advocaat
Personal information
Full name Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat[1]
Date of birth (1947-09-27) 27 September 1947 (age 76)[2]
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1973 ADO Den Haag 147 (7)
1967San Francisco Gales (loan) 7 (1)
1973–1977 Roda JC 113 (2)
1977–1979 VVV-Venlo 74 (6)
1979 Chicago Sting 32 (3)
1979–1980 ADO Den Haag 11 (1)
1980 Chicago Sting 31 (1)
1980–1982 Sparta Rotterdam 61 (6)
1982–1983 K. Berchem Sport 10 (0)
1983–1984 Utrecht 39 (0)
Total 525 (27)
Teams managed
1980–1984 DSVP
1987 Netherlands (women)
1987–1989 HFC Haarlem
1989–1991 SVV
1991–1992 Dordrecht
1992–1994 Netherlands
1994–1998 PSV
1998–2001 Rangers
2002–2004 Netherlands
2004–2005 Borussia Mönchengladbach
2005 United Arab Emirates
2005–2006 South Korea
2006–2009 Zenit Saint Petersburg
2009–2010 Belgium
2009–2010 AZ
2010–2012 Russia
2012–2013 PSV
2013–2014 AZ
2014 Serbia
2015 Sunderland
2016–2017 Fenerbahçe
2017 Netherlands
2017–2018 Sparta Rotterdam
2018–2019 Utrecht
2019–2021 Feyenoord
2021 Iraq
2022–2023 ADO Den Haag
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dick Advocaat (born 27 September 1947) is a Dutch football coach and former player. He coaches the Belgian football team. In his career as a football player he played at Den Haag, Roda, VVV Venlo, Chicago Sting, Sparta Rotterdam, Berchem Sport, Utrecht.[3][4] Advocaat started coaching at a small club called DSVP.[5] Later, he coached the Dutch football team and others.[5][6]

References[change | change source]

  1. "FIFA World Cup: UEFA / Qualifying round: Group 2: ENG-HOL-NOR-POL-SMR-TUR" (PDF). UEFA. 13 October 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Dick Advocaat: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. "Connections: Part 2, Dick Advocaat". KSTVV supporters club. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  4. "Sting 78 Road Team". Chicago Sting. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kuper, Simon (25 July 1999). "As Dick Advocaat embarks on his second season at Ibrox, the award-winning author of Football Against the Enemy examines the man sitting in the Premier champions' dug-out". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  6. "Advocaat answers his critics with play-off success". ABC Online. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2009.