Jan Wouters

Jan Wouters

Personal information
Full name	Jan Jacobus Wouters
Position(s)	Manager (former Midfielder)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1986	FC Utrecht	168	(21)
1986–1992	AFC Ajax	150	(21)
1992–1994	FC Bayern Munich	66	(6)
1994–1996	PSV Eindhoven	52	(5)
Total		434	(55)
International career
1982–1994	Netherlands	70	(4)
Managerial career
1996–1997	FC Utrecht (assistant)
1997	FC Utrecht (caretaker)
1997–1998	AFC Ajax (youth)
1998–2000	AFC Ajax
2001–2006	Rangers (assistant)
2006–2007	PSV Eindhoven (assistant)
2007	PSV Eindhoven (caretaker)
2008–2009	PSV Eindhoven (assistant)
2009–2011	FC Utrecht (assistant)
2011-	FC Utrecht
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Jacobus Wouters (born 17 July 1960 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a former professional football midfielder. He used to play defensive midfielder and was Dutch Footballer of the Year in 1990.

Career

Wouters played for several clubs including PSV, FC Utrecht, Bayern Munich and Ajax Amsterdam. He was also a Dutch international (70 caps, 4 goals) and was hugely influential in 1988 when the Netherlands won the European Football Championship.

He was coach of Scottish Premier League club Rangers under Dick Advocaat and then Alex McLeish. He left Rangers at the end of the 2005–06 season along with McLeish and Andy Watson.

Wouters is infamous to England supporters after elbowing Paul Gascoigne and fracturing his cheekbone during a World Cup qualifier in 1993 at Wembley. Paul Gascoigne was forced to wear a Phantom of the Opera style facemask to protect his fractured cheekbone until his injury healed. The following day, the 'Daily Mirror' newspaper labelled Wouters a "Dutch thug". The match was drawn 2–2 and damaged England's hopes of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup finals in the U.S.A., despite England leading the match 2–0.

Career statistics

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External links

• profile Jan Wouters Template:Nl
• Jan Wouters at Wereld van Oranje (archived) (in Dutch)