Leo Beenhakker

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Leo Beenhakker

Full name	Leo Beenhakker
Date of birth	August 2, 1942 (1942-08-02) (age 65)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Playing position	Manager
Club information
Current club	Poland
Teams managed
1972-1975 1975-1976 1979-1981 1981-1984 1985 1985-1986 1986-1989 1989-1991 1990 1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-present 2007	SC Cambuur Go Ahead Eagles AFC Ajax Real Zaragoza FC Volendam Netherlands Real Madrid AFC Ajax Netherlands Real Madrid Grasshopper-Club Zürich Saudi Arabia Club América İstanbulspor A.Ş. Guadalajara Vitesse Feyenoord Rotterdam AFC Ajax Club América De Graafschap Trinidad and Tobago Poland Feyenoord Rotterdam
* Appearances (Goals)

Leo Beenhakker (born August 2, 1942 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is an international Dutch football coach, currently the coach of the Polish national team. He is considered one of the best and the most experienced coaches in the world.

He has been the coach of several prestigious clubs including Ajax, Feyenoord, Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza and Club América. He has also coached the Saudi Arabian and Dutch national teams. He coached the national team of Trinidad and Tobago in the year leading up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Under Beenhakker's guidance the team managed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, where the team secured a (goalless) draw against Sweden in its first match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and gave England cause for concern in the second match.

From 2000 to 2003 Beenhakker was Director of Technical Affairs with Ajax. In that period he fired coach Co Adriaanse and replaced him with Ronald Koeman.

Because he has been active in Spanish football he has the nickname "Don Leo". He is famous for his fondness of cigars and his dry humor.

On 11 July 2006 Leo Beenhakker was appointed as the manager of the Polish national football team. Originally he was appointed to manage Poland until the end of Euro 2008, however his contract was prolonged until November 2009 and the end of World Cup 2010 qualifiers.

Feyenoord hired him on 5 May 2007 to coach the team through the 2006/2007 play-offs.

On 17 November 2007, beating Belgium 2-0, he managed to qualify with Polish national team to 2008 European Football Championship - the first coach ever to do so; even in its golden years, the seventies and eighties, Poland never qualified to play in the European Football Championship.

On 20 February 2008 he was decorated with the Order of Polonia Restituta, by the Polish President. The Order can be conferred for outstanding achievements in the fields of education, science, sport, culture, art, economics, defense of the country, social work, civil service, or for furthering good relations between countries.

He reportedly speaks Dutch, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.^{[citation needed]}

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Henk van Brussel (a.i.)	Go Ahead Eagles Manager 1975 – 1976	Succeeded by Henk van Brussel (a.i.)
Preceded by Frans Thijssen	Vitesse Arnhem Manager July 1, 1996 – January 1, 1997	Succeeded by Henk ten Cate
Preceded by Paweł Janas	Poland National Team Coach August 16, 2006 –	Succeeded by still holding the post
Preceded by John Metgod	Feyenoord Rotterdam manager (a.i.) 2007	Succeeded by Bert van Marwijk

v • d • e Netherlands squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 van Breukelen • 2 van Aerle • 3 Rijkaard • 4 R. Koeman • 5 van Tiggelen • 6 Wouters • 7 E. Koeman • 8 Vanenburg • 9 van Basten • 10 Gullit • 11 Witschge • 12 Kieft • 13 Rutjes • 14 van 't Schip • 15 Roy • 16 Hiele • 17 Gillhaus • 18 Fräser • 19 van Loen • 20 Winter • 21 Blind • 22 Menzo • Coach: Beenhakker

v • d • e Trinidad and Tobago squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Hislop • 2 Cox • 3 A. John • 4 Andrews • 5 Sancho • 6 Lawrence • 7 Birchall • 8 Gray • 9 Whitley • 10 Latapy • 11 Edwards • 12 Samuel • 13 Glen • 14 S. John • 15 Jones • 16 Wise • 17 Charles • 18 Theobald • 19 Yorke • 20 Scotland • 21 Jack • 22 Ince • 23 Wolfe • Coach: Beenhakker

v • d • e Poland squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 Boruc • 2 Jop • 3 Wawrzyniak • 4 Golański • 5 Dudka • 6 Bąk • 7 Smolarek • 8 Krzynówek • 9 Żurawski • 10 Garguła • 11 Saganowski • 12 Kowalewski • 13 Wasilewski • 14 Żewłakow • 15 Pazdan • 16 Piszczek • 17 Łobodziński • 18 Lewandowski • 19 Murawski • 20 Guerreiro • 21 Zahorski • 22 Fabiański • 23 Kokoszka • Coach: Beenhakker

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SC Cambuur – Managers

Dubbelman (1954–62) • Blokland (1962–64) • Bens (1964–66) • de Wolf (1966–68) • Woudstra (a.i.) (1968) • Bens (1968–70) • Otten (1970–72) • Sannes (a.i.) (1972) • Beenhakker (1972–75) • Bouma (a.i.) (1975) • Bouma (1975–76) • de Ruiter (1976–80) • de Jonge (1980–83) • Verlangen (1983–85) • Spindelaar (a.i.) (1985) • Kistemaker (1985–86) • Korbach (1986–88) • Popovic (1988–90) • Baan (1990–1992) • de Jong (1992–94) • Korbach (1994–95) • Overweg (a.i.) (1995) • Berger (1995–98) • Kruys (1998–02) • McDonald (2002–03) • de Boer (2003–05) • Schulting (a.i.) (2005) • Wesseling (2005–07) • Schouwenaar (a.i.) (2007) • Koolhof (2007–)

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Go Ahead Eagles – Managers

Köhler (1954–56) • de Bois (1956–57) • Richmond (1957–62) • Fadrhonc (1962–70) • Hughes (1970–73) • Notermans (1973–75) • van Brussel (1975) • Beenhakker (1975–76) • van Brussel (a.i.) (1976) • Coerver (1976–78) • van Brussel (a.i.) (1978) • Brand (1978–80) • B. Maaskant (a.i.) (1980) • Kohn (1980–81) • B. Maaskant (a.i.) (1981) • B. Maaskant (1981–83) • Wullems (a.i.) (1983) • Wullems (1983–85) • van Zoghel (1985–88) • Petescu (a.i.) (1988) • Korbach (1988–90) • ten Cate (a.i.) (1990) • Versleijen (1990–93) • ten Cate (1993–95) • Fafié (1995–96) • B. Maaskant (a.i.) (1996) • van Veen (1996–97) • van Staa (a.i.) (1997) • van Staa (1997–2002) • de Jong (2002) • R. Maaskant (2002–03) • Libregts (2003–05) • Snoei (2005–)

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AFC Ajax – Managers

Kirwan (1910–15) • Reynolds (1915–25) • Rose (1925–26) • Castle (1926–28) • Reynolds (1928–40) • Halpern (1940–41) • Volkers (1941–42) • van Kol (1942–42) • Reynolds (1942–47) • Smith (1947–48) • Crook (1948–50) • Thomson (1950–53) • Crook (1953–54) • Humenberger (1954–59) • Buckingham (1959–61) • Spurgeon (1961–62) • Gruber (1962–63) • Rowley (1963–64) • Buckingham (1964–65) • Michels (1965–71) • Kovács (1971–73) • Knoebel (1973–74) • Kraay (1974–75) • Michels (1975–76) • Ivić (1976–78) • Brom (1978–79) • Beenhakker (1979–81) • Linder (1981–82) • de Mos (1982–85) • Cruijff (1985–88) • Linder (1988) • Beenhakker (1989–91) • van Gaal (1991–97) • Olsen (1997–99) • Wouters (1999–00) • Adriaanse (2000–01) • Koeman (2001–05) • Blind (2005–06) • ten Cate (2006–07) • Koster (2007–08) • van Basten (July 2008–)

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Netherlands national football team – Managers

van Hasselt (1905–08) • Chadwick (1908–13) • Hogan (1910) • Bradshaw (1913) • Hunter (1914) • Reynolds (1919) • Warburton (1919–23) • Waites (1921) • Glendenning (1923) • Townley (1924) • Bollington (1924) • Glendenning (1925–40) • Kaufman (1946) • Carver (1947–48) • Sneddon (1948) • Kaufman (1949) • van der Leck (1949–54) • Kaufman (1954–55) • Donenfeld (1955) • Merkel (1955–56) • Müller (1956) • Donenfeld (1956–57) • Hardwick (1957) • Schwartz (1957–64) • Neville (1964–66) • Kessler (1966–70) • Fadrhonc (1970–74) • Michels (1974) • Knobel (1974–76) • Zwartkruis (1976–77) • Happel (1977–78) • Zwartkruis (1978–81) • Baan (1981) • Rijvers (1981) • Baan (1981) • Rijvers (1981–84) • Michels (1984–85) • Beenhakker (1985–86) • Michels (1986–88) • Libregts (1988–90) • de Ruiter (1990) • Beenhakker (1990) • Michels (1990–92) • Advocaat (1992–95) • Hiddink (1995–98) • Rab (1997) • Rijkaard (1998–2000) • van Gaal (2000–02) • Advocaat (2002–04) • van Basten (2004–08) • van Marwijk (2008–)

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Real Madrid C.F. – Managers

Johnson (1910–20) • de Cárcel (1920–26) • Berraondo (1927–29) • Quirante (1929–30) • Hertzka (1930–32) • Firsth (1932–1934) • Bru (1934–41) • Armet (1941–43) • Encinas (1943–45) • Quincoces (1945–46) • Albéniz (1946–47) • Quincoces (1947–48) • Keeping (1948–50) • Albéniz (1950–51) • Scarone (1951–52) • Ipiña (1952–53) • Fernández (1953–54) • Villalonga (1954–57) • Carniglia (1957–59) • Muñoz (1959) • Carniglia (1959) • Fleitas (1959–60) • Muñoz (1960–74) • Molowny (1974) • Miljanić (1974–77) • Molowny (1977–79) • Boškov (1979–82) • Molowny (1982) • Di Stéfano (1982–84) • Amaro (1984–85) • Molowny (1985–86) • Beenhakker (1986–89) • Toshack (1989–90) • Di Stéfano (1990–91) • Antić (1991–92) • Beenhakker (1992) • Floro (1992–94) • Del Bosque (1994) • Valdano (1994–96) • Iglesias (1996) • Capello (1996–97) • Heynckes (1997–98) • Hiddink (1998–99) • Toshack (1999) • Del Bosque (1999–2003) • Queiroz (2003–04) • Camacho (2004) • García Remón (2004) • Luxemburgo (2004–05) • López Caro (2005–06) • Capello (2006–07) • Schuster (2007–)

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Vitesse – Managers

Gruber (1954–57) • Pastoor (1957–60) • Vidovic (1960–62) • Zonnenberg (1962–64) • Joseph Gruber (1964–66) • de Munck (1966–69) • Brom (1969–72) • de Munck (1972–74) • Bulatovic (1974–75) • de Bouter (1975–76) • Westerhof (1976) • Wullems (1976–82) • Looyen (1982–83) • Hofstee (1983–84) • Westerhof (1984–85) • Kowalik (1985–86) • Dorjee (1986–87) • Overweg (1987) • Jacobs (1988–93) • Neumann (1993–95) • Spelbos (1995) • Thijssen (1995–96) • Beenhakker (1996–97) • ten Cate (1997–98) • Jorge (1998) • Neumann (1999–2000) • Sturing (2000–2002) • Snoei (2002–03) • Sturing (2003–06) • de Mos (2006–)

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Feyenoord – Managers

Julian (1921–22) • Waits (1924–25) • Geneugelijk (a.i.) (1925–26) • Hall (1926–29) • Lamb (1929–30) • Kruys (a.i.) (1930–31) • Donaghy (1931–35) • Dombi (1935–39) • Hall (1939–40) • Koelman (1940–41) • Kaufman (a.i.) (1940) • Huizenaar (1940–41) • van Dijke (1941–42) • Pijl (1942–46) • Koonings (1946–50) • Topping (1950–51) • Dombi (1951–55) • de Wolf (a.i.) (1955–56) • van der Leck (1956–58) • Piet de Wolf (a.i.) (1958–59) • Sobotka (1959–61) • Fuchs (19) • Höfling (1963–64) • Kment (1964–67) • Peeters (1967–69) • Happel (1969–73) • Zonderland (a.i.) (1973) • Coerver (1973–75) • Brzezanczyk (1975–76) • Zonderland (a.i.) (1976) • Boškov (1976–78) • Ježek (1978–82) • Westerhof (a.i.) (1982) • Kraay (1982–83) • Fafié (a.i.) (1983) • Libregts (1983–84) • Fafié (1984–86) • Israël (1986–88) • Jacobs (1988–89) • Verbeek and Bengtsson (1989–91) • Jansen (a.i.) (1991) • Dorjee (1991–92) • Jansen (a.i.) (1992) • van Hanegem (1992–95) • Meijer (a.i.) (1995) • Haan (1995–97) • Meijer and Metgod (dual a.i.) (1997) • Beenhakker (1997–2000) • van Stee (a.i.) (2000) • van Marwijk (2000–04) • Gullit (2004–05) • Koeman (2005–07) • Beenhakker (a.i.) (2007) • van Marwijk (2007–08) • Verbeek (2008–)

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