Foeke Booy

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Foeke Booy
Personal information
Full name	Foeke Booy
Date of birth	April 25, 1964 (1964-04-25) (age 44)
Place of birth	Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1980-1984 1984-1985 1985-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1993 1993-1994 1994-1996	Cambuur Leeuwarden De Graafschap PEC Zwolle FC Groningen Tilburg KV Kortrijk Club Brugge AA Gent FC Utrecht	72 (8) 34 (20) 77 (37) 29 (10) 31 (8) 111 (49) 28 (11) 26 (4)
National team2
	Netherlands	0 (0)
Teams managed
2000-2002 2002-2007 2007 2007-2008	FC Utrecht (assistent coach) FC Utrecht Al-Nassr Sparta_Rotterdam
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 June 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Foeke Booy (born April 25, 1964) is a Dutch former football player and a football manager, who was born in the Frisian town of Leeuwarden. On Tuesday December 18, 2007 Booy was named as new Sparta Rotterdam coach after having guided Al Nasr in Saudi Arabia for only eight league matches since the summer of 2007.

Booy played for eight clubs in sixteen seasons. After Cambuur Leeuwarden, De Graafschap, PEC Zwolle and FC Groningen he opted for a Belgian adventure. He wore the shirt of KV Kortrijk, Club Brugge and AA Gent. In his time with Brugge he won the national championship twice and the national cup. In 1994 he played for FC Utrecht. However, a heavy knee injury made it almost impossible to play football at the highest level.

At the age of 34 he therefore decided to focus on a future as a coach. He coached the B-juniors of FC Utrecht, he had Young FC Utrecht under his wing and was assistant to the coach of the A-selection for two years. In 2002 he became technical manager and coach of FC Utrecht.

Foeke Booy is the most successful coach in the history of FC Utrecht. In his first year as a coach his team challenged for a European place for a long period but finally ended eighth with 47 points. The climax of the season 2002/2003 was the fact that FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup at Feyenoord's expense. The club from Rotterdam had been beaten in its own stadium 4-1.

In his second year as coach he saw some important names disappear from his selection, but FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup again and scored only one point less in the league than they did the year before. Last season Booy obtained the third main trophy with the club: Ajax were beaten at their own stadium, 4-2 in the match for the Johan Cruijff-schaal, the traditional game before the start of the season between the national champions and the Cup winners.

[edit] Career as player

Period	Club	Country	Competition
1980-1984	Cambuur Leeuwarden	Netherlands	Eredivisie
1984-1985	De Graafschap	Netherlands	Eredivisie
1985-1987	PEC Zwolle '82	Netherlands	Eredivisie
1987-1988	FC Groningen	Netherlands	Eredivisie
1988-1989	KV Kortrijk	Belgium	Jupiler League
1989-1993	Club Brugge	Belgium	Jupiler League
1993-1994	K.A.A. Gent	Belgium	Jupiler League
1994-1996	FC Utrecht	Netherlands	Eredivisie

[edit] Career as coach

Period	Club	Country	Competitie	Functie
2000-2002	FC Utrecht	Netherlands	Eredivisie	Assistant-Coach
2002-2007	FC Utrecht	Netherlands	Eredivisie	Coach
2007	Al-Nasr	Saudi Arabia	Eredivisie	Coach
2007-2008	Sparta Rotterdam	Netherlands	Eredivisie	Coach

[edit] References

• (Dutch) Booys signs for Sparta Rotterdam

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