Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink

Hiddink in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Guus Hiddink
Date of birth	(1946-11-08) 8 November 1946
Place of birth	Varsseveld, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	SC Varsseveld
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1970	De Graafschap
1970–1972	PSV Eindhoven	30	(1)
1972–1977	De Graafschap	130	(9)
1977–1981	NEC Nijmegen	104	(2)
1978	→ Washington Diplomats (loan)	13	(4)
1980	→ San Jose Earthquakes (loan)	15	(0)
1981–1982	De Graafschap	25	(0)
Total		317	(16)
Teams managed
1983–1987	PSV (assistant)
1987–1990	PSV
1990–1991	Fenerbahçe
1991–1993	Valencia
1994	Valencia
1995–1998	Netherlands
1998–1999	Real Madrid
2000	Real Betis
2001–2002	South Korea
2002–2006	PSV
2005–2006	Australia
2006–2010	Russia
2009	Chelsea (interim)
2010–2011	Turkey
2012–2013	Anzhi Makhachkala
2014–2015	Netherlands
2015–2016	Chelsea (interim)
2018–2019	China U21
2020–2021	Curaçao
2021–2022	Curaçao (technical director)
2022	Australia (assistant)
Honours Men's football Representing Russia (as manager) UEFA European Championship 2008 Austria–Switzerland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch football player turned manager.

Russia

Hiddink is better known as a trainer. He is a very successful trainer. He trained the Russia national team, and Zenit St. Petersburg club. He also coached the Netherlands national team (Oranje, Orange) and won several tournaments. He is generally considered one of the greatest football trainers of all time. After he made the Russian National team almost World Champion (even defeating the renowned Dutch team) he became a national Russian hero.

He got a statue in Moscow and several newborn boys in Russia were given "Guus" as a first name to honour him.

South Korea

Hiddink has coached the Korea Republic national team in the early 2000s. He managed to get the team in the semi-finals for the first time in South Korean football history. For this, the South Koreans built a stadium in his honour. It was build in the cityn of Gwangju and was named "Guus Hiddink Stadium".

Chelsea

Hiddink coached the British club Chelsea in 2009. He succeeded their former coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. He did a much better job and thanks to Hiddink Chelsea made many victories. Commentators said that Hiddink: "had rejuvenated Chelsea following Scolari's departure". Hiddink won the FA Cup with Chelsea that year, beating Everton 2-1 in the final.

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
PSV Eindhoven	16 March 1987	30 June 1990	153	104	28	21	401	137	+264	067.97
Fenerbahçe	1 July 1990	13 March 1991	29	13	7	9	54	51	+3	044.83
Valencia	1 July 1991	30 November 1993	112	56	26	30	189	121	+68	050.00
Valencia	26 March 1994	30 June 1994	8	3	3	2	16	8	+8	037.50
Netherlands	1 January 1995	12 July 1998	39	22	8	9	82	31	+51	056.41
Real Madrid	10 July 1998	24 February 1999	34	20	4	10	74	47	+27	058.82
Real Betis	1 February 2000	31 May 2000	16	3	6	7	13	22	−9	018.75
South Korea	1 January 2001	8 July 2002	38	14	13	11	45	43	+2	036.84
PSV Eindhoven	1 August 2002	30 June 2006	192	128	35	29	423	153	+270	066.67
Australia	22 July 2005	9 July 2006	13	8	2	3	28	11	+17	061.54
Russia	10 July 2006	30 June 2010	39	22	7	10	66	34	+32	056.41
Chelsea	16 February 2009	31 May 2009	22	16	5	1	41	19	+22	072.73
Turkey	1 August 2010	16 November 2011	16	7	4	5	18	15	+3	043.75
Anzhi Makhachkala	17 February 2012	22 July 2013	62	33	15	14	89	52	+37	053.23
Netherlands	1 August 2014	30 June 2015	10	4	1	5	20	15	+5	040.00
Chelsea	19 December 2015	15 May 2016	27	10	11	6	53	34	+19	037.04
China U21/U23	10 September 2018	20 September 2019	6	3	3	0	18	4	+14	050.00
Curaçao	22 August 2020	9 September 2021	6	3	2	1	15	3	+12	050.00
Total			822	469	180	173	1,645	800	+845	057.06

Honours

Player

De Graafschap

• Tweede Divisie: 1969

San Jose Earthquakes

• North American Soccer League Southern Division: runner-up 1977

Manager

PSV Eindhoven

• Eredivisie: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
• KNVB Cup: 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 2004–05
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2003
• European Cup: 1987–88

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup Fourth place: 1998

Real Madrid

• Intercontinental Cup: 1998

South Korea

• FIFA World Cup Fourth place: 2002

Russia

• UEFA European Championship Semi-finalist: 2008

Chelsea

• FA Cup: 2008–09

Individual

• Order of Sport Merit: Cheongnyong Medal
• AFC Coach of the Year: 2002
• World Soccer World Manager of the Year: 2002
• Dutch Sports Coach of the Year (all sports): 2002, 2005
• Rinus Michels Award: 2005, 2006
• Coach of the Year in Russia: 2008
• In 2005 Hiddink received an honorary doctorate by the University of Seoul
• The De Graafschap mascot is named Guus in honor of Hiddink who was previously associated with the team as a player and as a manager.
• The Gwangju World Cup Stadium was renamed the Guus Hiddink Stadium in honor of Hiddink's performance at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
• Hiddink was named an Honorary Citizen of South Korea after reaching the 2002 FIFA World Cup semi-finals.
• Hiddink was named an honorary citizen of Seoul after reaching the 2002 FIFA World Cup semi-finals.
• Hiddink was named an honorary citizen of Eindhoven after winning his sixth Eredivisie title with PSV in 2006.
• Hiddink was put on a stamp by Australia Post following the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
• Hiddink was given a lifetime achievement award by the Royal Dutch Football Association in 2007. It was only the third such award ever given following those received by Rinus Michels and Johan Cruijff.
• Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade: 2009