Theo Laseroms

Theo Laseroms

Personal information
Full name	Matheus Wilhelmus Theodorus Laseroms
Date of birth	8 March 1940
Place of birth	Roosendaal, Netherlands
Date of death	25 April 1991(1991-04-25) (aged 51)
Place of death	Zwolle, Netherlands
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth career
	RBC Roosendaal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1957-1958	RBC Roosendaal	?	(?)
1958-1963	NAC Breda	129	(28)
1963-1967	Sparta Rotterdam	104	(11)
1968-1968	Pittsburgh Phantoms	13	(3)
1968-1972	Feijenoord	123	(4)
1972-1974	AA Gent	56	(2)
National team‡
1965-1970	Netherlands	6	(1)
Teams managed
1974-1975	KVK Ieper
1975-1979	FC Vlaardingen
1979-1981	Heracles Almelo
1982-1984	East Riffa Club
1985-1986	Bahrain
1986-1987	Al-Nahda Club
1987-1988	Helmond Sport
1988-1989	PEC Zwolle
1989-1990	Trabzonspor
1990-1991	Cengelköyspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2007

Matheus Wilhelmus Theodorus ("Theo") Laseroms (8 March 1940 – 25 April 1991) was a football defender from the Netherlands, who made a name for himself when he played for Feyenoord Rotterdam. Born in Roosendaal, he has six caps for the Netherlands.

Nicknamed Theo de Tank he was famous for his slidings. He played for Feyenoord in the 1960s and early 1970s, and was on the team that won the European Cup in 1970 by defeating Celtic in the final in Milan. Laseroms started his professional career at RBC Roosendaal in 1956, then moved on to NAC Breda in 1958. He came to Sparta Rotterdam in 1963, and played for a short period of time in the United States, at the Pittsburgh Phantoms.

Laseroms formed a solid defence at Feyenoord with Rinus Israel. He took off from Rotterdam in 1972, played for two more years in Belgium with AA Gent, before becoming a soccer coach. He coached Heracles Almelo, Helmond Sport, FC Vlaardingen, Trabzonspor and clubs from Bahrain and Saudi-Arabia. He died in 1991 in Zwolle due to a cardiac arrest.