Sjaak Troost

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Personal information
Sjaak Troost
Full name	Jacob Troost
Date of birth	August 29, 1959 (1959-08-29) (age 48)
Place of birth	Pernis, Netherlands
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
	DOTO Pernis Feyenoord Rotterdam
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978-1992	Feyenoord Rotterdam	329 (5)
National team²
1987-1988	Netherlands	4 (0)
Teams managed
	Feyenoord Rotterdam (commercial manager)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 June 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Jacob ("Sjaak") Troost (born August 28, 1959 in Pernis, Zuid-Holland) is a former football defender from The Netherlands, who earned four caps for the Netherlands national football team. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the 1988 European Football Championship in West Germany, although he didn't play under manager Rinus Michels. He made his debut for Holland on September 9, 1987, in a friendly match against Belgium (0-0).

Troost played his whole professional career for Feyenoord Rotterdam, for which he played a total number of 329 competition matches, in which he scored five goals. He retired in 1992, after having made his debut for the club on November 12, 1978 against FC Volendam. Later on Troost became the commercial director of Feyenoord.

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Feyenoord Online

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