Nico Jalink

Nico Jalink
Personal information
Full name Nicholaas Jalink[1]
Date of birth (1964-06-22) 22 June 1964 (age 60)[1]
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Xerxes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1986 Excelsior Rotterdam 91 (21)
1986–1988 AZ Alkmaar 38 (6)
1988–1989 Fortuna Sittard 44 (8)
1989–1991 RKC Waalwijk 52 (17)
1991–1992 Port Vale 28 (1)
1992–1993 RKC Waalwijk 26 (4)
1993–1996 Sparta Rotterdam 90 (12)
1996–1997 NAC Breda 25 (0)
1997–1999 Sparta Rotterdam 40 (5)
1999–2001 FC Dordrecht 46 (6)
Total 480 (70)
Managerial career
2009 DOTO
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicholaas Jalink (born 22 June 1964) is a Dutch former footballer and football manager.

In a career spanning some eighteen years, the midfielder played 480 professional league games, scoring seventy goals.[2] He spent almost a year in England with Port Vale, though the majority of his career was spent in the Eredivisie. He played most of his football with hometown clubs Excelsior Rotterdam and Sparta Rotterdam, but also spent time with AZ Alkmaar, Fortuna Sittard, RKC Waalwijk, NAC Breda, and FC Dordrecht. He later managed the amateur side DOTO.

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  2. ^ "profile". beijen.net. Retrieved 2 November 2012.