Willem van Hanegem

Willem van Hanegem
Van Hanegem in 2008
Personal information
Full name Willem van Hanegem
Date of birth (1944-02-20) 20 February 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Breskens, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Velox SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1966 Velox SC 109 (39)
1966–1968 Xerxes 68 (32)
1968–1976 Feyenoord 247 (88)
1976–1979 AZ'67 75 (10)
1979 Chicago Sting 27 (6)
1979–1981 FC Utrecht 54 (3)
1981–1983 Feyenoord 51 (2)
Total 631 (180)
International career
1968–1979[1] Netherlands 52 (6)
Managerial career
1990–1992 USV Holland
1990–1991 FC Wageningen (assistant)
1992–1995 Feyenoord
1995–1996 Al-Hilal
1997–1999 AZ
2001 Sparta Rotterdam
2007–2008 FC Utrecht
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1974 West Germany
European Championship
Third place 1976 Yugoslavia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Willem "Wim" van Hanegem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləɱ ˈʋɪɱ vɑn ˈɦaːnəɣɛm]; born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch former football player and coach who played as a midfielder. In a playing career spanning over 20 years, he won several domestic honours in the Netherlands, as well as both the European Cup and UEFA Cup with Feyenoord. He was also part of the Dutch national team that were runners-up in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. As a manager, he won the league and cup with Feyenoord and spent a period as the Dutch national team's assistant coach. His most recent job as manager was for FC Utrecht, from 2007 to 2008.

  1. ^ "Willem van Hanegem – International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.