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Giovanni van Bronckhorst

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Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Van Bronckhorst celebrating the Turkish Super Cup as manager of Beşiktaş in 2024
Personal information
Full name Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst[1]
Date of birth (1975-02-05) 5 February 1975 (age 50)[2]
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder, left-back
Team information
Current team
Beşiktaş (manager)
Youth career
1981–1982 RVV LMO
1982–1993 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1998 Feyenoord 103 (22)
1993–1994RKC Waalwijk (loan) 12 (2)
1998–2001 Rangers 73 (13)
2001–2004 Arsenal 41 (2)
2003–2004Barcelona (loan) 34 (1)
2004–2007 Barcelona 71 (4)
2007–2010 Feyenoord 88 (8)
Total 422 (52)
International career
1996–2010 Netherlands 106 (6)
Managerial career
2012–2013 Feyenoord U21
2015–2019 Feyenoord
2020 Guangzhou R&F
2021–2022 Rangers
2024 Beşiktaş
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up2010 South Africa
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2000 Belgium-Netherlands
Bronze medal – third place2004 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giovanni Christiaan “Gio” van Bronckhorst (born 5 February 1975) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Turkish Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. Formerly a midfielder, he moved to left-back later in his career.[3][4]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Feyenoord 1994–95 Eredivisie 101101
1995–96 Eredivisie 2797[a]01[b]0359
1996–97 Eredivisie 344116[c]0415
1997–98 Eredivisie 3288[d]24010
Total 10322112121012625
RKC Waalwijk (loan) 1993–94 Eredivisie 122122
Rangers 1998–99 Scottish Premier League 35751409[c]25310
1999–2000 Scottish Premier League 2745210120456
2000–01 Scottish Premier League 112001173196
Total 73131036128511722
Arsenal 2001–02 Premier League 21120307[d]0331
2002–03 Premier League 20150104[d]0301
2003–04 Premier League 000000001[e]010
Total 412704011010642
Barcelona (loan) 2003–04 La Liga 341504[c]0431
Barcelona 2004–05 La Liga 294108[d]0384
2005–06 La Liga 1904113[d]0361
2006–07 La Liga 230616[d]03[f]0381
Total 1055162310301557
Feyenoord 2007–08 Eredivisie 32760387
2008–09 Eredivisie 271505[c]13[g]0402
2009–10 Eredivisie 29042332
Total 888152513011111
Career total 422524981019688058569
  1. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  2. Appearance in Dutch Supercup
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. Appearance in FA Community Shield
  6. One appearance in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield, two appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 199630
199741
199810
199960
200071
200140
200210
200361
2004130
200590
200690
2007101
2008141
200990
2010101
Total1066
Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van Bronckhorst goal.
List of international goals scored by Giovanni van Bronckhorst
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
14 June 1997Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa1–02–0Friendly
22 September 2000Amsterdam, Netherlands Republic of Ireland2–22–22002 FIFA World Cup qualification
312 February 2003Amsterdam, Netherlands Argentina1–01–0Friendly
428 March 2007Celje, Slovenia Slovenia1–01–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
59 June 2008Bern, Switzerland Italy3–03–0UEFA Euro 2008
66 July 2010Cape Town, South Africa Uruguay1–03–22010 FIFA World Cup

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 1 September 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Feyenoord Netherlands 18 May 2015 19 May 2019 1761072643367190+177060.80 [6]
Guangzhou R&F China 4 January 2020 3 December 2020 2376103241−9030.43
Rangers Scotland 18 November 2021 21 November 2022 6842121413172+59061.76 [7]
Beşiktaş Turkey 5 June 2024 present 6510216+15083.33
Career total 2731614567546308+238058.97
Van Bronckhorst (front) with John Heitinga, Khalid Boulahrouz and Phillip Cocu in 2010.

Feyenoord[3][8]

Rangers[3][8]

Arsenal[3][8]

Barcelona[3][8]

Netherlands[3][8]

Feyenoord[3][8][9]

Rangers

Beşiktaş

Individual

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References

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  1. "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 12 June 2010. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Giovanni van Bronckhorst: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Giovanni Van Bronckhorst: Profile". Eurosport.com.
  4. "Gio Van Bronckhorst". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
  5. "Giovanni Van Bronckhorst: Century of International Appearances". RSSSF.com.
  6. "Feyenoord: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  7. "Giovanni van Bronckhorst profile". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Giovanni Van Bronckhorst". Soccerway.com.
  9. "NAGENIETEN VAN DE FINALE OM DE TOTO KNVB BEKER". KNVB.nl.
  10. Duncan, Thomas (21 May 2022). "Rangers 20 Heart of Midlothian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  11. "Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  12. "Besiktas claims Turkcell Super Cup with 5-0 win over Galatasaray". Türkiye Today. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  13. "Dutch World Cup coach and captain knighted". RNW.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2024-09-02.