Ronald Koeman

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Ronald Koeman
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Koeman
Date of birth	March 21, 1963 (1963-03-21) (age 45)
Place of birth	Zaandam, Netherlands
Playing position	Defender (libero) 1985-1997; Midfielder 1980-1985
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1980-1983 1983-1986 1986-1989 1989-1995 1995-1997	FC Groningen Ajax Amsterdam PSV Eindhoven FC Barcelona Feyenoord Rotterdam	089 (33) 064 (23) 098 (51) 191 (67) 061 (19)
National team
1983-1994	Netherlands	078 (14)
Teams managed
1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008	Netherlands (assistant) FC Barcelona (assistant) Vitesse Arnhem Ajax Amsterdam SL Benfica PSV Eindhoven Valencia CF
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ronald Koeman (born March 21, 1963 in Zaandam) is a former Dutch football defender and current manager. He is the brother of former Feyenoord coach Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Player 1.2 Manager 1.3 Personal 2 Player honours 3 Manager honours 3.1 Managerial stats 4 Footnotes 5 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Player

In 1980 Koeman started his professional career at FC Groningen. After playing for Ajax Amsterdam, PSV Eindhoven and FC Barcelona, he finished his career in Feyenoord Rotterdam. During his career he won 2 UEFA European Cup titles, 5 Dutch championships, 3 Dutch Cups, 4 Spanish championships, 1 Spanish Cup and he was also in the winning Dutch national team at the 1988 European Championship.

Besides being a steadfast defender at the centreback position, Koeman was also renowned for his powerful right-footed freekicks and deadball expertise where he scored many vital goals for the team, and it was from a free-kick that he scored FC Barcelona's winning goal in the 1992 European Cup final. He is arguably amongst the best dead-ball and freekick experts in football history. He represented his nation in the World Cup 1990 and 1994 and picked up a total of 78 caps for Holland, scoring 14 goals. In 1988, after the semi-final against Germany (2:1) in Hamburg, he, in front of German supporters, provocatively pretended to wipe his backside with the shirt of Olaf Thon, an action Koeman later regretted. ^[1]

After scoring the winning free kick goal in the 1992 European Cup final, he became the first player to score a goal in two consecutive Cup Finals of different European competitions.

Ronald Koeman scored 193 league goals in 503 matches (ahead of Daniel Passarella who netted 134 goals in 451 matches) during his career, more than any other defender in the history of football.

[edit] Manager

Having retired as a player after his stint with Feyenoord, Koeman became member of the coaching staff of Guus Hiddink during the World Cup 1998 along with Johan Neeskens and Frank Rijkaard. After the tournament Koeman was appointed the assistant coach of FC Barcelona. In 2000, he was handed his first managerial job as the head coach of Vitesse Arnhem where he led the team to a UEFA Cup spot on a relatively limited budget.

Koeman was appointed the manager of Ajax Amsterdam in 2001. Ajax' fortunes suffered a steady decline after Koeman got off to a successful start at the ArenA, winning a domestic double in 2001-02. Despite regaining the title in 2003-04, Ajax had fallen behind rivals PSV Eindhoven as the Netherlands' top team, and Koeman resigned after the Amsterdam side were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by AJ Auxerre.

Koeman bounced back quickly from a disappointing end to his reign at AFC Ajax in February 2005, taking up the vacant position at Portuguese champions SL Benfica following the departure of legendary Italian Giovanni Trapattoni. In Benfica, against whom he won the 1988 European Cup final as a player with PSV Eindhoven, Koeman only won the Portuguese Supercup: the team finished the Portuguese League in third place (behind rivals F.C. Porto and Sporting) and was knocked out of the Portuguese Cup in the quarter-finals (after losing to Vitória de Guimarães). This, along with an offer from PSV Eindhoven, sufficed for the manager to leave one year before the end of his contract, even though Benfica reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League before losing to FC Barcelona, who ended up winning the trophy.

In the 2006/2007 season, Koeman served as head coach of PSV Eindhoven, as successor of Guus Hiddink. PSV dominated the first season half, putting competitors as AZ and Ajax at a reasonable distance and PSV was almost destined to become champions again. However, PSV suffered in the second half of the season, also because of injuries of players Jefferson Farfán, Alex and Ibrahim Afellay, obtaining only 19 out 39 possible points.[1]. AZ and Ajax regained their momentum, making for a close finish, with all three teams tied at 72 points before the last competition day.[2] AZ played struggling Excelsior in their final match, but did not manage to win. Ajax played at Willem II, but did not score enough goals; it was PSV eventually who triumphed against all odds, winning at home 5-1 against Vitesse Arnhem, and thereby becoming Eredivisie champions on goal difference.

On October 31, 2007 Koeman agreed to be the new coach of Valencia CF after the sacking of Quique Flores. With Valencia he won the 2007-2008 Spanish Cup, a tournament he previously won as a player of Barcelona. However, under his wing, Valenca dropped from the 4th place to hold the 15th place in the league, only two points above the relegation zone. On April 21, 2008 the club management of Valencia CF released him from his obligations.

[edit] Personal

Koeman is married to Bartina Koeman, they have three children.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Player honours

• Netherlands:
  • European Championship (1): 1988
• Ajax Amsterdam:
  • Dutch Eredivisie (1): 1984-1985
  • KNVB Cup (1): 1985-1986
• PSV Eindhoven:
  • Dutch Eredivisie (2): 1987-1988, 1988-1989
  • KNVB Cup (2): 1987-88, 1988-1989
  • UEFA European Cup (1): 1987-1988
• FC Barcelona:
  • La Liga (4): 1990-1991, 1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1993-1994
  • Copa del Rey (1): 1989-1990
  • Supercopa de España (3): 1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1994-1995
  • UEFA European Cup (1): 1991-1992
  • European Super Cup (1): 1992

[edit] Manager honours

• Ajax Amsterdam:
  • Dutch Eredivisie (2): 2001-02, 2003-04
  • KNVB Cup (1): 2001-2002
  • Johan Cruijff-schaal (1): 2002-2003
• PSV Eindhoven:
  • Dutch Eredivisie (1): 2006-07
• SL Benfica:
  • SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira (1): 2005-06
• Valencia CF:
  • Copa del Rey (1): 2007-2008

[edit] Managerial stats

Last updated April 23, 2008

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
	Vitesse Arnhem	2000	2001	34	16	11	7	47.06%	56	43	+13
	Ajax Amsterdam	2001	2005	136	97	22	17	71.32%	322	130	+192
	SL Benfica	2005	2006	34	20	7	7	58.82%	51	29	+22
	PSV Eindhoven	2006	2007	34	23	6	5	67.65%	75	25	+50
	Valencia CF	2007	2008	22	4	6	12	18.18%	19	35	-16
Total Career				260	160	52	48	61.54%	523	262	+261

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ "Cheeseheads vs Krauts": 30 Years of Enmity, Ajax-USA.com, June 14, 2004

Awards
Preceded by Ruud Gullit	Dutch Footballer of the Year 1987 – 1988	Succeeded by Romario
Sporting positions
Preceded by Edward Sturing and Jan Jongbloed	Vitesse Arnhem Manager January 1, 2000 – December 3, 2001	Succeeded by Edward Sturing
Preceded by Co Adriaanse	Ajax Amsterdam Manager 2001 – 2005	Succeeded by Danny Blind
Preceded by Quique Sánchez Flores	Valencia CF Manager 2007 – 2008	Succeeded by Voro

[edit] External links

• Ronald Koeman profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

v • d • e Netherlands squad - UEFA Euro 1988 Winners (1st Title) 1 Van Breukelen • 2 Van Tiggelen • 3 Troost • 4 R. Koeman • 5 Winter • 6 Van Aerle • 7 Vanenburg • 8 Mühren • 9 Bosman • 10 Gullit • 11 Van 't Schip • 12 Van Basten • 13 E. Koeman • 14 Kieft • 15 Koevermans • 16 Hiele • 17 Rijkaard • 18 Suvrijn • 19 Krüzen • 20 Wouters • Coach: Michels

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 Netherlands squad - UEFA Euro 1992 1 van Breukelen • 2 van Aerle • 3 van Tiggelen • 4 Koeman • 5 Blind • 6 Wouters • 7 Bergkamp • 8 Rijkaard • 9 van Basten • 10 Gullit • 11 van 't Schip • 12 Kieft • 13 Menzo • 14 Witschge • 15 Winter • 16 Bosz • 17 F. de Boer • 18 Jonk • 19 Viscaal • 20 Roy • Coach: Michels

v • d • e Netherlands squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 de Goey • 2 F. de Boer • 3 Rijkaard • 4 Koeman • 5 Witschge • 6 Wouters • 7 Overmars • 8 Jonk • 9 R. de Boer • 10 Bergkamp • 11 Roy • 12 Bosman • 13 van der Sar • 14 van Gobbel • 15 Blind • 16 Numan • 17 Taument • 18 Valckx • 19 van Vossen • 20 Winter • 21 de Wolf • 22 Snelders • Coach: Advocaat

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