Kees Rijvers
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![]() Rijvers in 1982 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cornelus Bernardus Rijvers | ||
Date of birth | 27 May 1926 | ||
Place of birth | Breda, Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | 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) |
International career‡ | |||
1946–1960 | Netherlands | 33 | (10) |
Managerial career | |||
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 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2007 |
Cornelus Bernardus "Kees" Rijvers (born 27 May 1926) is a former Dutch footballer who was active as a midfielder and later as coach for o.a PSV Eindhoven and the Dutch national team. He was born in Breda.
Playing career
Rijvers made his debut at NAC Breda and also played for AS Saint-Étienne, Stade Français and Feijenoord. He was a member of the Dutch team at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games.[1]
Coaching career
As a manager, he took over FC Twente and coached the team for six years, with good results. 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, in 1975, 1976 and 1978, and the double in 1976. After leaving PSV, he took over the national team and introduced young players like Ronald Koeman, Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten. The 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, the Netherlands ended second in the group. After that Rijvers was sacked by the KNVB and replaced by Rinus Michels.
Honours
Player
- NAC Breda
- Eerste Klasse: 1945–46
- Saint-Étienne
Manager
- PSV
Individual
- Rinus Michels Award: 2004
See also
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kees Rijvers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
- Playing and coaching profile (in Dutch)
- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1926 births
- Living people
- UEFA Cup winning managers
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands international footballers
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Eredivisie players
- Feyenoord players
- NAC Breda players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Stade Français (association football) players
- Olympic footballers of the Netherlands
- Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Association football midfielders
- Expatriate football managers in Belgium
- Dutch expatriate football managers
- Dutch football managers
- Sportspeople from Breda
- FC Twente managers
- K. Beringen F.C. managers
- Rinus Michels Award winners