Pim Verbeek
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Pim Verbeek | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Pim Verbeek | |
Date of birth | March 12, 1956 | |
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
Playing position | Manager (former Footballer) | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
Roda JC NAC Breda Sparta Rotterdam |
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Teams managed | ||
1981-1984 1987-1989 1989-1991 1992-1993 1994-1997 1998-2000 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003 2004 2004-2005 2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-present |
Sparta Rotterdam De Graafschap Feyenoord Rotterdam FC Groningen Fortuna Sittard Omiya Ardija South Korea (Asst.) PSV Eindhoven (Reserves) Kyoto Purple Sanga Netherlands Antilles Borussia Mönchengladbach (Asst.) UAE (Asst.) South Korea (Asst.) South Korea Australia |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Pim Verbeek (born March 12, 1956 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch football manager who is the head coach of the Australia national football (soccer) team.[1] His brother Robert Verbeek is also a football coach.
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[edit] Club Career
As a player, he spent his entire playing career in the Netherlands mostly with Sparta Rotterdam and he also played with NAC Breda and Roda JC.
[edit] Managerial Career
Verbeek was the assistant coach of the South Korea national football team under Guus Hiddink during the 2002 FIFA World Cup and also under Dick Advocaat during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Korea
The Korea Football Association signed him to a coaching contract on June 26, 2006 until 2008.[2] Pim led Korea to a third-place finish at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, guaranteeing them an automatic berth in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup tournament. He resigned from coaching South Korea in July 2007 after the Asian Cup, saying he needed a break from coaching for approximately five months.
[edit] Australia
He was linked to coaching Australia after he said he would welcome another job in Asia.[3] On 6 December 2007 it was announced that Verbeek had secured the position as Australian coach.[4] In his first World Cup qualifier game as head coach, Verbeek led Australia to a clinical 3-0 win against Qatar at home.
During a post match interview which followed the 3-0 world cup qualifying win over Qatar, Verbeek promised to sing the Australian national anthem live on television, on the condition that the Socceroos qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This was in response to a query from Simon Hill about Verbeek's knowledge of the words to the anthem, in reference to former assistant Johan Neeskens, who sang the Australian national anthem before each match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] References
- ^ "Verbeek is new Socceroos coach", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-12-06. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
- ^ "South Korea name Verbeek as boss", BBC, 26 June 2006. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
- ^ Lewis, David. "Verbeek plays his hand", The World Game, 2007-12-06. Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
- ^ "Verbeek lands Socceroos job", The World Game, 2007-12-06. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
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