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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 May 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Beek, Netherlands | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1976 | Vitesse Arnhem | ||
| 1980 | Feyenoord | ||
| 1983–1984 | MVV | ||
| 1984–1985 | Vitesse Arnhem | ||
| 1989–1994 | Nigeria | ||
| 1998–2000 | Zimbabwe | ||
| 2000 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 2001 | Dynamos Harare | ||
| 2004 | Bush Bucks | ||
Clemens Westerhof (born 3 May 1940) is a Dutch football manager, who has worked in various football positions on the African continent since 1989.
He is most noted for his success with the Nigerian national team. Under Westerhof, the Super Eagles won the 1994 African Cup of Nations and also qualified for the second round of the FIFA World Cup that year.
Westerhof began his career as an assistant coach in Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie. He has also coached Vitesse Arnhem, the Zimbabwean national team, the Sporting Lions of Zimbabwe's Premier League, and the Bush Bucks[1] and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa's Premier Soccer League. In addition, he has served as technical director of the Harare-based Agatha Sheneti Youth Academy and also of the Harare United club, which was linked to the academy. In 2001, he was technical director of Dynamos Harare, Zimbabwe's biggest club, but lasted in the position just a few months.
- ^ Westerhof gets the sack BBC Sport, 15 October 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2006.