Ronald Koeman

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

<templatestyles src="Module:Infobox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman (2014).jpg
Koeman in 2014
Personal information
Full name Ronald Koeman
Date of birth (1963-03-21) 21 March 1963 (age 61)[1]
Place of birth Zaandam, Netherlands
Height Script error: No such module "person height".
Position(s) Defender
Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Southampton (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1983 Groningen 90 (33)
1983–1986 Ajax 94 (23)
1986–1989 PSV 98 (51)
1989–1995 Barcelona 192 (67)
1995–1997 Feyenoord 61 (19)
Total 535 (193)
International career
1982–1994 Netherlands 78 (14)
Managerial career
1997–1998 Netherlands (assistant)
1998–2000 Barcelona (assistant)
2000–2001 Vitesse
2001–2005 Ajax
2005–2006 Benfica
2006–2007 PSV Eindhoven
2007–2008 Valencia
2009 AZ
2011–2014 Feyenoord
2014– Southampton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronald Koeman (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroːnɑlt ˈkumɑn] ( listen); born 21 March 1963) is a former Dutch footballer and the current manager of Southampton. He is the younger brother of former Feyenoord coach Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman. A composed player, Koeman was capable of being deployed both as a defender and as a midfielder, and he frequently played as a sweeper, due to his vision and his ability on the ball.[2] One of the best attacking central defenders of all time, Koeman was renowned for his long-range passing, as well as his shooting accuracy and power from distance, especially on free kicks, and is the top scoring defender in world football;[3] he was also an accurate penalty kick taker.[4]

At international level, Koeman was one of the stars of the Dutch national team, alongside Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Dennis Bergkamp. He won the Euro 88 and played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups.

After winning the European Cup with PSV in 1988, Koeman moved to Barcelona and became part of Johan Cruyff's "Dream Team", helping the club win La Liga four years in a row between 1991 and 1994, and the European Cup where he scored the winner against Sampdoria in 1992.

Club career

In 1980 Koeman started his professional career at Groningen. After playing for Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona, he finished his career in Feyenoord. During his career he won two European Cup titles, five Dutch championships, three Dutch Cups, four Spanish championships, one Spanish Cup and he was also in the winning Dutch national team at the UEFA Euro 1988.

Koeman celebrating the equalizer with Eric Gerets and Edward Linskens in the 1987–88 European Cup semi-final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid

After winning the European Treble[lower-alpha 1] with PSV in the 1987–88 season, Koeman joined FC Barcelona and became part of Johan Cruyff's "Dream Team", in which, along with players like Hristo Stoichkov, Romário, Josep Guardiola and Michael Laudrup, he helped the club win the La Liga four years in a row from 1991 to 1994. After scoring the winning free kick goal in the 1992 European Cup Final, he became the first player to score in two consecutive finals of different European competitions, having scored Barcelona's consolation goal against Manchester United in the 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.

Besides being a defender at the centreback position, Koeman was also known for his powerful right-footed freekicks and deadball ability where he scored many vital goals for the team.[5] One of his best strikes in La Liga came in the memorable 5–0 win over Real Madrid in the El Clásico at the Camp Nou, with his bending free kick making the scoreline 2–0.[6]

His nicknames while playing for Barcelona were Tintin, due to his physical similarity with Hergé's fictional character, and Floquet de Neu, after the famous albino gorilla in the Barcelona Zoo.[7] Ronald Koeman currently holds the record for 25 consecutive successful penalty conversions in La Liga.[8]

Koeman scored 193 league goals in 533 matches (ahead of Daniel Passarella, who netted 182 goals in 556 matches) during his career, more than any other defender in the history of football.[3]

International career

Ronald together with Frank Rijkaard (left), Erwin (second from right) and Ruud Gullit (right) in the Dutch national team in 1983

He represented his nation in the 1990 World Cup and World Cup 1994, as well as Euro 1992 and picked up a total of 78 caps for The Netherlands, scoring 14 goals. During the 1988 European Championship, 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 did not regret.[9]

Managerial career

Early years

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

Ajax

Koeman was appointed the manager of Ajax in 2001. Ajax' fortunes suffered a steady decline after Koeman got off to a successful start at the Amsterdam Arena, winning a domestic double in 2001–02. Despite regaining the title in 2003–04, Ajax had fallen eight points behind rivals PSV in the Eredivisie. Coupled with Ajax being knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Auxerre, 3–2 on aggregate, led Koeman to resign the following day on 25 February 2005.[10]

Benfica

Koeman bounced back quickly from a disappointing end to his reign at Ajax in February 2005, taking up the vacant position at Portuguese champions 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, Koeman only won the Portuguese Super Cup; the team finished the Portuguese League in third place (behind rivals 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, 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 Barcelona, who ended up winning the trophy.

PSV

In the 2006–07 season, Koeman served as head coach of PSV, 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.[11] AZ and Ajax regained their momentum, making for a close finish, with all three teams tied at 72 points before the last competition day. 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 with one goal at front of Ajax.

Valencia

On 31 October 2007 Koeman agreed to be the new coach of Valencia after the sacking of Quique Flores, starting on 5 November 2007.[12] With Valencia he won the 2007–08 Spanish Cup, a tournament he previously won as a player of Barcelona. This was Valencia's first Copa del Rey since 1999.[13] The remainder of his tenure at Valencia would prove disappointing. The team would slump to 15th in the league, only two points above the relegation zone, along with finishing bottom of their Champions League group. A 5–1 defeat by Athletic Bilbao would prove the final nail in Koeman's time with Valencia. He was sacked the following day, on 21 April 2008.[13]

AZ

He was appointed manager of AZ on 18 May 2009,[14] after Louis van Gaal, who won the 2008–09 Eredivisie with AZ, joined Bayern Munich. On 5 December 2009, AZ announced that Koeman no longer was in charge of AZ, after losing 7 of the first 16 games in the Dutch competition.[15]

Feyenoord

On 21 July 2011, Koeman was appointed manager of Feyenoord, signing a one-year contract with the Dutch club as replacement for outgoing trainer Mario Been.[16] Through such appointment, Koeman has notably become the first man ever to serve as both player and head coach at all teams of the so-called "traditional big three" of Dutch football – Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord.[17] Moreover, he has completed this in the same order as player and as manager. At the beginning of 2012 it was announced that his contract was extended. In February 2014, Koeman announced that he would leave his position at Feyenoord at the end of the 2013-14 season to pursue other ambitions.[18]

Southampton

Koeman as a Southampton coach in September 2014.

In June 2014 Koeman was announced as the replacement for Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino, signing a three-year deal with the club.[19]

In his first six Premier League games in charge of the club, Koeman managed four wins, a draw and a defeat, propelling Southampton to second place in the league standings.[20][21] He also led them past Arsenal in the third round of the League Cup with a 2−1 victory at the Emirates.[22][23]

In October 2014, Koeman dismissed former teammate Ronald de Boer's suggestion that Koeman should become the manager of the Dutch national team due to poor form under Guus Hiddink.[24]

Southampton's form in September led to Koeman being named Premier League Manager of the Month for September.[25] In January, he was named as Manager of the Month for a second time after managing Southampton to three wins out of three, including victories against Manchester United and Arsenal.[26]

On 7 August 2015, it was announced that Koeman would miss the season opener away against Newcastle due to a ruptured Achilles tendon.[27]

Personal life

Koeman married Bartina Koeman in 1985. They have three children, two sons (named Tim and Ronald) and one daughter (named Debbie).[28]

Statistics

[29][30][31][32][33]

Club performance League Cup Super Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Super Cup Europe Other[n 1] Total
1980–81 Groningen Eredivisie 24 4 3 2 – – – 27 6
1981–82 33 14 1 0 – – – 34 15
1982–83 33 14 4 0 – – – 37 14
1983–84 Ajax 32 7 4 2 – 2 0 – 38 9
1984–85 30 9 2 1 – 4 3 – 36 13
1985–86 32 7 6 1 – 2 0 – 40 8
1986–87 PSV 34 16 3 3 – 2 0 – 39 19
1987–88 32 21 6 4 – 8 1 – 46 26
1988–89 32 14 6 1 – 4 2 3 1 45 18
Spain League Copa del Rey Supercopa Europe Other[n 2] Total
1989–90 FC Barcelona La Liga 36 14 7 4 – 4 1 1 0 48 19
1990–91 21 6 4 2 0 0 7 4 – 32 12
1991–92 35 16 2 0 1 0 11 1 – 49 17
1992–93 33 11 3 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 43 11
1993–94 35 11 2 0 1 0 12 8 – 50 19
1994–95 32 9 1 0 1 0 8 1 – 42 10
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Super Cup Europe Other Total
1995–96 Feyenoord Eredivisie 31 10 3 1 1 0 7 3 – 42 14
1996–97 30 9 2 0 – 5 0 – 37 9
Total Netherlands 343 126 40 15 1 0 34 9 3 1 421 151
Spain 192 67 19 6 4 0 45 15 4 0 264 88
Career total 535 193 59 21 5 0 79 24 7 1 685 239

[34]

Netherlands national team
Year Apps Goals
1983 6 1
1984 1 0
1985 1 0
1986 6 0
1987 7 2
1988 10 1
1989 8 3
1990 9 3
1991 4 0
1992 12 0
1993 5 2
1994 9 2
Total 78 14

International goals

Managerial statistics

As of 13 January 2016[29][36]
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA +/- Win %
Vitesse Netherlands 1 January 2000 2 December 2001 79 40 23 16 132 77 +55 50.63
Ajax Netherlands 3 December 2001 25 February 2005 151 94 30 27 320 147 +173 62.25
Benfica Portugal 8 June 2005 8 May 2006 49 27 11 11 64 38 +26 55.10
PSV Netherlands 1 July 2006 31 October 2007 63 39 11 13 121 51 +70 61.90
Valencia Spain 5 November 2007 21 April 2008 34 11 9 14 38 47 −9 32.35
AZ Netherlands 18 May 2009 5 December 2009 24 11 4 9 44 30 +14 45.83
Feyenoord Netherlands 21 July 2011 31 May 2014 114 65 22 27 229 133 +96 57.02
Southampton England 16 June 2014 Present 74 33 14 27 109 76 +33 44.59
Total 588 320 124 144 1,057 599 +458 54.42

Honours

Player

Ajax
PSV Eindhoven
Barcelona
Netherlands

Manager

Ajax
Benfica
PSV
Valencia
AZ Alkmaar

Individual

Player
Manager

Notes

  1. ↑ 1987–88 PSV Eindhoven season
  1. ↑ Includes 1988 European Super Cup (2 matches) and 1988 Intercontinental Cup (1 match, 1 goal).
  2. ↑ Includes 1989 European Super Cup, 1992 European Super Cup and 1992 Intercontinental Cup (1 match).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorers of all time among defensive players" by the IFFHS.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ "Strikers' trademark goals: the Thierry Henry control-and-place, the Romario toe-poke and more". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 December 2013
  7. ↑ "Ronald Koeman: master of all he surveys". World Soccer. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ "Zo vierde Koeman de zege op Duitsland". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 8 May 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ "PSV roept rampspoed over zich af". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 23 April 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  28. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  30. ↑ Ronald Koeman Eredivisie stats. ELF Voetbal. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  31. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  33. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  34. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  35. ↑ Ronald Koeman. EU-Football.info. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  36. ↑ "Ronald Koeman – Coach in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4 37.5 37.6 37.7 37.8 37.9 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  38. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  39. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Script error: The function "top" does not exist.

Script error: The function "bottom" does not exist.

Script error: The function "top" does not exist.

Script error: The function "bottom" does not exist.

Script error: The function "top" does not exist.

Sporting positions
Preceded by FC Barcelona Assistant Manager
1999		 Succeeded by
Frans Hoek

Script error: The function "bottom" does not exist.

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Ronald_Koeman&oldid=1633258"