Bert van Marwijk
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| Bert van Marwijk | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Lambertus van Marwijk | |
| Date of birth | May 19, 1952 | |
| Place of birth | Deventer, Netherlands | |
| Playing position | Manager | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Feyenoord | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1969–1975 1975–1978 1978–1986 1986–1987 1987–1988 |
Go Ahead Eagles AZ MVV Maastricht Fortuna Sittard FC Assent |
146 (16) 69 (20) 167 (11) 8 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 1975 | Netherlands | 1 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1982–1986 1986–1990 1990–1991 1991–1995 1995–1998 1998–2000 2000–2004 2004–2006 2007–2008 2008- |
MVV Maastricht (youth) SV Meerssen (youth) FC Herderen RKVCL Limmel SV Meerssen Fortuna Sittard Feyenoord Borussia Dortmund Feyenoord Netherlands |
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Lambertus "Bert" van Marwijk (born 19 May 1952 in Deventer, Overijssel) is a Dutch football coach and former player. He is the father-in-law of Bayern Munich midfielder Mark van Bommel. He is currently coach of Feyenoord but will become coach of the Dutch national team in July 2008.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Playing
As a forward and a midfielder he played 390 matches in the Dutch highest division (Eredivisie). He has one cap for the Netherlands national football team.
[edit] Coaching
As a coach he managed to get the small-sized team of Fortuna Sittard into the KNVB Cup final in 1998. In 2002 he led Feyenoord to win the UEFA Cup. In July 2004 he became manager of Borussia Dortmund. In December 2006, after two and a half seasons of stagnation in the middle of the Bundesliga table, the club and Van Marwijk announced they would part ways at the end of the 2006-07 season.[1] However on 18 December, Dortmund and Van Marwijk parted company earlier than announced.
In June 2007 he returned to Feyenoord with the aim of re-establishing the club to the heights of Dutch football. Before the end of the 2007–08 season it was announced van Marwijk would succeed Marco van Basten as head coach of the Netherlands national football team. He will succeed van Basten after Euro 2008.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Bert van Marwijk profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)
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| Preceded by Gérard Houllier |
UEFA Cup Winning Coach 2001 – 2002 |
Succeeded by José Mourinho |

