Wim Rijsbergen
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![]() Rijsbergen in 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Wilhelmus Gerardus Rijsbergen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 18 January 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Leiden, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VV Roodenburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1971 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1978 | Feyenoord | 173 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1978–1979 | Bastia | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1979–1983 | New York Cosmos | 86 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1984 | Helmond Sport | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1986 | Utrecht | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 348 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1978[1] | Netherlands | 28 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1988 | Ajax Amsterdam (youth coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | DS'79 (youth coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | VV Roodenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | DWS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | FC Volendam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | NAC Breda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Groningen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Universidad Católica (youth coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Universidad Católica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002 | Al-Ittifaq | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Club América (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Trinidad and Tobago (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | PSM Makassar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Indonesia (technical director) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Solomon Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Wilhelmus "Wim" Gerardus Rijsbergen (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɪlˈɦɛlmʏs (ˈʋɪm) ɣeːˈrɑrdʏs ˈrɛizbɛrɣə(n)]; born 18 January 1952) is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was last the manager of Solomon Islands' national team.
Playing career
[edit]Rijsbergen was born in Leiden, South Holland. Playing for Feyenoord Rotterdam, he was part of the Netherlands national football team which finished second in both the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. He later played in the North American Soccer League, for the New York Cosmos. Rijsbergen began his professional career at PEC Zwolle, and ended it in 1986 at FC Utrecht.
Managerial career
[edit]In 1999, he was appointed manager of Universidad Católica.[2]
Rijsbergen, an assistant to Leo Beenhakker at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, assumed control of the Trinidad and Tobago national team in his own right following the World Cup.[3] As of December 2007, he was suspended by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation for six (6) months, through 4 June 2007 and replaced.[4]
He was manager of Indonesia from 2011 to 2012, after which he stayed in Indonesia to become technical director. Rijsbergen joined the Solomon Islands and guided the island nation to a fourth place in group B in the 2019 Pacific Games.
Managerial statistics
[edit]Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Indonesia | ![]() |
July 2011 | January 2012 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18.18 |
Honors
[edit]As a player
[edit]PEC Zwolle
- Tweede Divisie runner up: 1970–71
Feyenoord
New York Cosmos
- Soccer Bowl: 1980, 1982
- Soccer Bowl runner up: 1981
Utrecht
Netherlands
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1974, 1978
- UEFA European Championship third place: 1976
- Tournoi de Paris: 1978[5]
As a manager
[edit]FC Volendam
References
[edit]- ^ "Wim Rijsbergen - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Geen vlucht maar mooi avontuur". trouw.nl (Archived). Archived from the original on 11 July 2022.
- ^ "Rijsbergen: bondscoach tussen de kogels". misdaadjournalist.nl.
- ^ Lasana Liburd (22 December 2007) "TTFF put coach Rijsbergen on six-month suspension". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). trinidadexpress.com - ^ "1978 Tournoi de Paris". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
External links
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- Dutch football managers
- Dutch men's footballers
- Eredivisie players
- Ligue 1 players
- Men's association football defenders
- Netherlands men's international footballers
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- New York Cosmos (1970–1985) players
- Footballers from Leiden
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1976 players
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- Feyenoord players
- FC Utrecht players
- Helmond Sport players
- PEC Zwolle players
- SC Bastia players
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica managers
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- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Chile
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- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
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- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate football managers in Chile
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- Solomon Islands national football team managers
- PSM Makassar managers
- FC Groningen managers
- NAC Breda managers
- Indonesia national football team managers
- UEFA Europa League winning players