Kees Rijvers

Kees Rijvers

Keeds Rijvers (1982)
Personal information
Full name	Cornelius Kees Rijvers
Date of birth	(1926-05-27) 27 May 1926
Place of birth	Breda, Netherlands
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth career
	Groen Wit
	NAC Breda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1944–1950	NAC Breda	?	(?)
1950–1953	Saint-Étienne	76	(20)
1953–1955	Stade Français	?	(?)
1955–1957	Saint-Étienne	66	(16)
1957–1960	Feijenoord	92	(36)
1960–1962	Saint-Étienne	57	(15)
1962–1963	NAC Breda	14	(1)
National team‡
1946–1960	Netherlands	33	(10)
Teams managed
1964–1966	Willem II (assistant)
1966–1972	FC Twente
1972–1980	PSV Eindhoven
1980–1981	Beringen
1981–1984	Netherlands
1986–1989	FC Twente (technical director)
1994–1995	PSV Eindhoven
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 June 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2007

Kees Rijvers (born 27 May 1926 in Breda) is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a midfielder. Rijvers made his debut at NAC Breda and also played for AS Saint-Étienne, Stade Français and Feijenoord.

As a manager, he took FC Twente and he coached the team six years, with good classifications. After those successful seasons, he moved to PSV Eindhoven. He led the team to win the 1977-78 UEFA Cup. He also won with PSV three Eredivisie titles, at 1975, 1976 and 1978, and the double at 1976. After leaving PSV, he took over the national team and introduced young players like Ronald Koeman, Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten. Netherlands failed to qualify for Euro 1984 having better goal difference against Spain until the last day of the qualification, but after Spain's 12-1 win over Malta, Netherlands ended second in the group. After that Rijvers was sacked by the KNVB and replaced by Rinus Michels.

Honours

• 1956-57 : Ligue 1 winner with Saint-Étienne
• 1961-62 : Coupe de France winner with Saint-Étienne
• 2005: Rinus Michels Award

See also

• List of UEFA Cup winning managers

References

• Profile

Preceded by Giovanni Trapattoni	UEFA Cup Winning Coach 1977-1978	Succeeded by Udo Lattek
Awards
Preceded by N/A	Rinus Michels oeuvre award 2004	Succeeded by Piet de Visser