Adri van Tiggelen

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Adri van Tiggelen
Personal information
Full name	Adrianus A. van Tiggelen
Date of birth	June 16, 1957 (1957-06-16) (age 50)
Place of birth	Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands
Playing position	Manager former defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978-1983 1983-1986 1986-1991 1991-1994 1994-1995	Sparta FC Groningen Anderlecht PSV Dordrecht	1610(13) 09700(5) 14400(7) 07200(0) 03100(1)
National team
1983-1992	Netherlands	05600(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Adrianus A. "Adri" van Tiggelen (born June 16, 1957 in Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland) is a former football defender from the Netherlands, who earned 56 caps for the Netherlands national football team in which he never scored. He was a famous left-back. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the 1988 European Football Championship in West Germany.

Nicknamed "De Spijker" ("The Nail"), he started his professional career with Sparta Rotterdam (1978-83), then moved to FC Groningen (1983-86), Anderlecht (1986-91), and PSV Eindhoven (1991-94). Van Tiggelen ended his career at Dordrecht'90 (1994-95). In July 2005 Van Tiggelen was the interim-coach and lead his former club Sparta back to the Dutch Eredivisie. Since then he's working as a coach for the juniors of Sparta.

After winning the 1988 European Championships, van Tiggelen teamed up with fellow full-back Berry van Aerle to release a duet that enjoyed chart success and which became a cult hit on the terraces within the Netherlands. That was, however, the duo's only foray into the music business.

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• (Dutch) Profile

v • d • e Netherlands squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 van Breukelen • 2 van Aerle • 3 Rijkaard • 4 R. Koeman • 5 van Tiggelen • 6 Wouters • 7 E. Koeman • 8 Vanenburg • 9 van Basten • 10 Gullit • 11 Witschge • 12 Kieft • 13 Rutjes • 14 van 't Schip • 15 Roy • 16 Hiele • 17 Gillhaus • 18 Fräser • 19 van Loen • 20 Winter • 21 Blind • 22 Menzo • Coach: Beenhakker

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