Foeke Booy

Foeke Booy

Personal information
Full name	Foeke Booy
Date of birth	25 April 1962 (1962-04-25)
Place of birth	Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Utrecht (Director of football)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1980–1984	Cambuur Leeuwarden	72	(8)
1984–1985	De Graafschap	34	(20)
1985–1987	PEC Zwolle	77	(37)
1987–1988	FC Groningen	29	(10)
1988–1989	KV Kortrijk	31	(8)
1989–1993	Club Brugge	111	(49)
1993–1994	AA Gent	28	(11)
1994–1996	FC Utrecht	26	(4)
Total		408	(147)
Teams managed
2000–2002	FC Utrecht (assistant coach)
2002–2007	FC Utrecht
2007	Al-Nassr
2007–2009	Sparta Rotterdam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 June 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2007

Foeke Booy (born 25 April 1962) is a Dutch former football player and current football manager, who was born in the Frisian town of Leeuwarden. On Tuesday 18 December 2007 Booy was named as the Sparta Rotterdam coach after having guided Al Nasr in Saudi Arabia for only eight league matches during the summer of 2007. He left Sparta at the end of the 2008–2009 season to become director of football at FC Utrecht.

Playing career

Booy played for eight clubs in sixteen seasons. After Cambuur Leeuwarden, De Graafschap, PEC Zwolle and FC Groningen he opted for a Belgian adventure. He wore the shirt of KV Kortrijk, Club Brugge and AA Gent. In his time with Brugge he won the national championship twice and the national cup. In 1994 he played for FC Utrecht. However, a heavy knee injury made it almost impossible to play football at the highest level.

Management career

At the age of 34 he therefore decided to focus on a future as a coach. He coached the B-juniors of FC Utrecht, he had Young FC Utrecht under his wing and was assistant to the coach of the A-selection for two years. In 2002 he became technical manager and coach of FC Utrecht.

Foeke Booy is the most successful coach in the history of FC Utrecht. In his first year as a coach his team challenged for a European place for a long period but finally ended eighth with 47 points. The climax of the season 2002/2003 was the fact that FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup at Feyenoord's expense. The club from Rotterdam had been beaten in its own stadium 4–1.

In his second year as coach he saw some important names disappear from his selection, but FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup again and scored only one point less in the league than they did the year before. Last season Booy obtained the third main trophy with the club: Ajax were beaten at their own stadium, 4–2 in the match for the Johan Cruijff-schaal, the traditional game before the start of the season between the national champions and the Cup winners.

Career as coach

Period	Club	Country	Competition	Title
2000–2002	FC Utrecht	Netherlands	Eredivisie	Assistant Manager
2002–2007	FC Utrecht	Netherlands	Eredivisie	Manager
2007	Al-Nasr	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Premier League	Manager
2007–2008	Sparta Rotterdam	Netherlands	Eredivisie	Manager

References

• (Dutch) Booys signs for Sparta Rotterdam