Bert van Marwijk

Bert van Marwijk
Van Marwijk as Australia manager in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lambertus van Marwijk[1]
Date of birth (1952-05-19) 19 May 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Deventer, Netherlands
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
MVV Maastricht (advisor)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1975 Go Ahead Eagles 146 (16)
1975–1978 AZ 69 (20)
1978–1986 MVV 225 (35)
1986–1987 Fortuna Sittard 11 (1)
1987–1988 FC Assent 17 (0)
Total 468 (72)
International career
1975 Netherlands 1 (0[2])
Managerial career
SV Meerssen[3]
1998–2000 Fortuna Sittard
2000–2004 Feyenoord
2004–2006 Borussia Dortmund
2007–2008 Feyenoord
2008–2012 Netherlands
2013–2014 Hamburger SV
2015–2017 Saudi Arabia
2018 Australia
2019 United Arab Emirates
2020–2022 United Arab Emirates
2022– MVV Maastricht
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands (as manager)
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2010 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lambertus van Marwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrt fɑˈmɑrʋɛik]; born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who serves as an advisor for MVV Maastricht. As a player, he played for the Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV and Fortuna Sittard amongst other clubs and also represented the Netherlands once.

In 1982, van Marwijk began his transition into a manager, retiring as a player in 1988 and becoming a full-time manager. In 2002, he won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord. Van Marwijk managed the Netherlands from 2008 until June 2012 and guided the country to the 2010 FIFA World Cup final, which was lost 1–0 in extra-time to Spain. He left this position after losing all three matches at UEFA Euro 2012. He qualified Saudi Arabia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where he coached Australia.

  1. ^ "The Best – Men's Coach 2016" (PDF). FIFA. p. 9. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ^ Bert van Marwijk at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Robbie Servais begint aan zijn eerste WK" (in Dutch). De Limburger. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2019.