Marinus ("Rinus") Jacobus Hendricus Michels (February 9, 1928 – March 3, 2005) was a Dutch football player and coach. He played his entire career for the club Ajax Amsterdam, whom he later coached, and was a member of the Netherlands national team both as a player and as manager. February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ... Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX) also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax (pronounced /ˈʌɪjaks/), is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... First international Belgium 1 - 4 Netherlands (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905) Biggest win Netherlands 9 - 0 Norway (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 1 November 1972) Biggest defeat Netherlands 2 - 12 England Amateur (The Hague, Netherlands; 1 April 1907) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1934) Best result Runners-up, 1974 and 1978 European...

Michels became most notable for his coaching achievements, having won the European Cup with Ajax and the Spanish league with FC Barcelona, and having had four tenures as coach of the Netherlands national team, whom he led to reach the final match of the 1974 World Cup and to win the 1988 European Championship.^[1] He is credited with the invention of a major football tactic known as "Total Football" in the 1970s,^[1] and was named "coach of the century" by FIFA in 1999.^[1] Champions League Logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between Europes most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga, is the professional football league in Spain. ... Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as Gay (IPA: baɾsa), is a Catalan sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. ... First international Belgium 1 - 4 Netherlands (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905) Biggest win Netherlands 9 - 0 Norway (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 1 November 1972) Biggest defeat Netherlands 2 - 12 England Amateur (The Hague, Netherlands; 1 April 1907) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1934) Best result Runners-up, 1974 and 1978 European... The 1974 Football World Cup was held in West Germany. ... Ruud Gullit lifts the trophy after winning the cup with the Netherlands The 1988 European Football Championship (Euro 88) final tournament was held in West Germany. ... In football (soccer), Total Football is a system where a player who moves out of his position is replaced by another from his team, thus retaining their intended organizational structure. ... The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Playing career

Michels, born in Amsterdam, grew up at the Olympiaweg, a street nearby the Olympic Stadium. He celebrated his ninth birthday on February 9, 1936, when he received a pair of football shoes and an Ajax jersey. Moments later he was playing with his father at a small field near their home.^[2] Via Joop Köhler, a friend of the family who was commissioner at Ajax, Michels was introduced to the club and became a junior member in 1940.^[2] When World War II started, and specially during the Dutch famine of 1944, Michels' career was set on hold.^[2] Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Agglomeration - 1. ... The Olympic Stadium The Olympisch Stadion was built as the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX) also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax (pronounced /ˈʌɪjaks/), is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... After the landing of the Allied Forces on D-Day, conditions grew worse in the Nazi occupied Netherlands. ...

Club Lille OSC had also wanted to contract him, but an international career did not go through as the Dutch Army did not let him go because he had to go on duty.^[2] Lille Olympique Sporting Club is a French football club. ... The Royal Netherlands Army (Koninklijke Landmacht) is the land forces element of the Military of the Netherlands. ...

Ajax first team

On June 9, 1946, Michels was invited into Ajax' first team squad to replace the injured Han Lambregt. In his debut, Ajax beat ADO 8-3 and Michels scored five times.^[2] That season Ajax won their fourteenth division championship and a year later they won the Dutch national championship.^[2]Although there were doubts about Michels' technical skills, team members like Cor van der Hart and captain Joop Stoffelen were enthousiastic about his strength and heading capabilities.^[2] Indeed Michels was characterized for his hard work rater than for his technical qualities.^[3] June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... ADO Den Haag (ADO stands for Alles Door Oefening, Everything Through Practice) is the main football club in the city of The Hague. ... The Eredivisie (English: Honorary Division) is the highest football league in the Netherlands. ... Cor van der Hart (25 January 1928 - 12 December 2006) was a Dutch footballer. ...

He went on to become a regular for the club, and between 1946 and 1958, he appeared in 264 league matches for Ajax, in which he scored 122 goals.^[2] In 1958, four years after the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands and one year after winning his second league title he was forced to end his career due to a back injury.^[2]

National team

Michels' international playing career with the Dutch national team lasted five matches, making his debut on June 8, 1950 away to Sweden, losing 4-1.^[4] He also lost all of his remaining matches as an Oranje player, 4-1 to Finland, 4-0 to Belgium, 6-1 to Sweden and 3-1 to Switzerland. ^[4] First international Belgium 1 - 4 Netherlands (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905) Biggest win Netherlands 9 - 0 Norway (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 1 November 1972) Biggest defeat Netherlands 2 - 12 England Amateur (The Hague, Netherlands; 1 April 1907) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1934) Best result Runners-up, 1974 and 1978 European... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Coaching career

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Michels returned to Ajax as head coach in 1965, winning the national championship four times and the KNVB Cup three times in the following six years. In 1971, he managed Ajax's to the first of three consecutive European Cups. While at Ajax, Michels modernised the game by introducing Total Football and using the offside trap (See also: Total football). He then moved to Barcelona in the second part of 1971, leading the team to win the Primera División title in 1974, before joining the Dutch national team.^[1] Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The KNVB Cup is a competition organized by the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) since 1899. ... The UEFA Champions League (formerly named but still often called the European Cup) is an annual club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... Offside is a rule in association football (soccer) which effectively limits how far forward attacking players may be when involved in play. ... In football (soccer), Total Football is a system where a player who moves out of his position is replaced by another from his team, thus retaining their intended organizational structure. ... Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as Gay (IPA: baɾsa), is a Catalan sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga, is the professional football league in Spain. ...

1974 World Cup

Michels was appointed national coach by the KNVB after the Netherlands had qualified for the 1974 World Cup. He debuted as Dutch coach on March 27, 1974, in a 1-1 draw against Austria. At the finals tournament in Germany, their second ever World Cup participation, the Dutch impressed many observers with their style of play which was backed up by their results; they won their first round group, then in the second round group they defeated Argentina and the defending world champions Brazil, and reached the final after five wins and one draw, with 14 goals for and one against in six matches. At that point, Michels was undefeated in 9 matches as the Netherlands coach. His team then opened the score against Germany in the final, but the host team came back to defeat them 2-1, ending their run. That match was the last of Michels' first tenure in charge of the Dutch team, whom he would return to coach ten years later. Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Dutch football | Football (soccer) governing bodies ... Qualifying countries The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Later years

Michels later moved on to the United States where he coached in the ill-fated North American Soccer League. He ended his club coaching career with Bayer Leverkusen in 1989. North American Soccer League or (NASL) was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. ... Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

He died in the City of Aalst hospital in Belgium after a heart surgery (his second after 1986). Aalst is a municipality on the Dender River, 19 miles northwest from Brussels. ...

Personality and legacy

Michels became known as a person who was keen on his money and did not want to spent much of it. A common joke in the Ajax changing rooms in these days was: "Does anybody actually know the color of Michels' wallet?".^[2] His intelligence quotient was high and during foreign trips he always brought a book with him, which he wanted to have read completely before coming home.^[2] He was known as someone who did not need anybody and who felt happy on his own, but sometimes he joined his team mates and share their enthousiastic friendships.^[2] At the celebrations of Ajax' 50th birthday in 1950 he was the organiser of the humoristic show that was held and during traditional parties he and his friend Hans Boskamp climbed up the stages to sing some duets.^[2] After matches he was always singing in the showers of the changing rooms as well, even when the match was lost.^[2] IQ tests are designed to give approximately this Gaussian distribution. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Michels was also known as a practical joker. At a hotel he once borrowed a fur coat of a lady and pretended to be a lady to his team mates.^[2] During a training session in Lille the players went fishing and Michels who did not enjoy himself jumped into the water.^[2] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... a fur mozetta, canon, flanders Fur clothing is clothing made entirely of, or partially of, the fur of animals. ... For other uses, see Lille (disambiguation). ...

Due to his authoritarian style as coach and his statement that "football is war" Rinus Michels was called The General. Michels was named coach of the century by FIFA in 1999.^[1] Fans of Ajax try to rebrand the Amsterdam ArenA as Rinus Michelsstadion (Rinus Michels Stadium)^{[citation needed]} The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football. ... The Amsterdam ArenA is a football stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in Amsterdam Zuidoost, near the Bijlmermeer quarter. ...

Quotes

• "Football is war."^[1]
• "It is an art in itself to compose a starting team, finding the balance between creative players and those with destructive powers, and between defence, construction and attack – never forgetting the quality of the opposition and the specific pressures of each match."^[5]

About Michels

• "Both as a player and as a trainer there is nobody who taught me as much as him. I will miss Rinus Michels". "I always greatly admired his leadership.", Johan Cruijff^[6]

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Honours

Player

• Dutch league winner: 1947, 1958

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Manager

• UEFA European Football Championship winner: 1988
• FIFA World Cup finalist: 1974
• European Cup winner: 1971
• European Cup finalist: 1969
• Eredivisie winner: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970
• La Liga winner: 1974
• KNVB Cup winner: 1967, 1970, 1971
• Copa del Rey winner: 1978
• DFB Pokal winner: 1983

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Other

• Named knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau: 1974
• Named officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau: 1988
• Named Dutch manager of the century: 1999
• Named knight of the KNVB: 2002
• UEFA Lifetime Award: 2002
• Best Manager in 50 years of professional football in the Netherlands: 2004

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References

	Netherlands squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Geels | 2 Haan | 3 van Hanegem | 4 van Ierssel | 5 Israël | 6 Jansen | 7 de Jong | 8 Jongbloed | 9 Keizer | 10 R. van de Kerkhof | 11 W. van de Kerkhof | 12 Krol | 13 Neeskens | 14 Cruijff | 15 Rensenbrink | 16 Rep | 17 Rijsbergen | 18 Schrijvers | 19 Strik | 20 Suurbier | 21 Treijtel | 22 Vos | Coach: Michels 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Times is a national quality daily newspaper in the United Kingdom. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... First international Belgium 1 - 4 Netherlands (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905) Biggest win Netherlands 9 - 0 Norway (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 1 November 1972) Biggest defeat Netherlands 2 - 12 England Amateur (The Hague, Netherlands; 1 April 1907) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1934) Best result Runners-up, 1974 and 1978 European... Qualifying countries The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Geertruida (Ruud) Maria Geels (born July 28, 1948 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained 20 caps for the Dutch national team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s. ... Arie Haan (born November 16, 1948) is a Dutch football manager and a former player. ... Willem (Wim) van Hanegem (born February 20, 1944) is a Dutch football player and coach. ... Marinus David Rinus Israël (born 19 March 1942) is a former Dutch football player and current coach. ... Wilhelmus Wim Marinus Anthonius Jansen (born October 28, 1946, Rotterdam) is a former Dutch Football player and manager. ... Theo de Jong (born on 11 August 1947) is a former Dutch footballer. ... Jan Jongbloed (born 25 November 1940 in Amsterdam) was a football goalkeeper with the Netherlands national football team at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups, wearing the number 8 jersey. ... Peter Johannes (Piet) Keizer (born June 14, 1943 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch professional football player. ... René van de Kerkhof (born September 16, 1951 in Helmond) is a former Dutch football player. ... Willy van de Kerkhof (born September 16, 1951 in Helmond) is a former Dutch football player. ... Rudolf (Ruud or Rudi) Jozef Krol (born March 24, 1949 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch footballer who was capped 83 times for his native country. ... Johannes (Johan) Jacobus Neeskens (born September 15, 1951) is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. ... Hendrik Johannes Cruijff ( ) - often spelled Cruyff outside the Netherlands; see IJ (digraph)); born April 25, 1947 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football manager/coach and former player, regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all time. ... Pieter Robert (Rob) Rensenbrink (born July 3, 1947 in Amsterdam) is a former Dutch football player. ... Nicholaas (Johnny) Rep (born November 25, 1951 in Zaandam, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch football striker. ... Wim Rijsbergen is a football manager, and is currently in charge of the Trinidad and Tobago national team. ... Pieter (Piet) Schrijvers (born December 15, 1946) a retired football goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who obtained 46 caps for his national team in the years 1971–1984. ... Wilhemus L.J. Wim Suurbier (born 16 January 1945) is a former Dutch football player. ... Eduard (Eddy) Willem Treijtel (born May 23, 1946 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a retired football goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord Rotterdam in the 1973-1974 season. ...

	Netherlands squad - 1988 European Football Championship (1st Title)
1 van Breukelen | 2 van Tiggelen | 3 Troost | 4 R. Koeman | 5 Winter | 6 van Aerle | 7 Vanenburg | 8 Mühren | 9 Bosman | 10 Gullit | 11 van 't Schip | 12 van Basten | 13 E. Koeman | 14 Kieft | 15 Koevermans | 16 Hiele | 17 Rijkaard | 18 Suvrijn | 19 Krüzen | 20 Wouters | Coach: Michels Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... First international Belgium 1 - 4 Netherlands (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905) Biggest win Netherlands 9 - 0 Norway (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 1 November 1972) Biggest defeat Netherlands 2 - 12 England Amateur (The Hague, Netherlands; 1 April 1907) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1934) Best result Runners-up, 1974 and 1978 European... Ruud Gullit lifts the trophy after winning the cup with the Netherlands The 1988 European Football Championship (Euro 88) final tournament was held in West Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Johannes Franciscus (Hans) van Breukelen (born October 4, 1956 in Utrecht) is a former footballer from the Netherlands. ... 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 although he never scored. ... Jacob (Sjaak) Troost (born August 28, 1959 in Pernis, Zuid-Holland) is a former football defender from The Netherlands, who earned four caps for the Netherlands national football team. ... Ronald Koeman (born March 21, 1963 in Zaandam) is a former Dutch football defender and current manager of PSV Eindhoven. ... Aron Winter (born March 1, 1967 in Paramaribo, Surinam) is a retired Dutch footballer. ... Hubertus Aegidius Hermanus Berry van Aerle (born December 8, 1962 in Helmond) is a former Dutch footballer. ... Gerald Mervin Vanenburg (born March 5, 1964 in Utrecht, Utrecht) is a former football left winger from The Netherlands, who earned 42 caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored one goal. ... Arnold Johannes Hyacinthus Mühren (born June 2, 1951 in Volendam) is a Dutch former footballer. ... Johannes (John) Jacobus Bosman (born February 1, 1965 in Bovenkerk) is a former football striker from The Netherlands, who played thirty matches for the Netherlands national football team in which he scored seventeen goals. ... Ruud Gullit (born September 1, 1962) is a Dutch footballer coach and former player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. ... Johannes Nicolaas John van t Schip (born December 30, 1963 in Fort Saint John, British Columbia, Canada) is a Dutch football coach and former player. ... Marcel (Marco) van Basten (October 31, 1964 in Oog in Al, Utrecht) is a Dutch football manager, currently in charge of the Dutch national team. ... Erwin Koeman (born September 20, 1961 in Zaandam) is a Dutch football manager and former player. ... Wim Kieft played for Ajax Amsterdam, PSV, Pisa and the National team of the Netherlands. ... Wilhelmus (Wim) Jacobus Koevermans (born June 28, 1960 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland) is a former football central defender from The Netherlands, who earned one cap for the Netherlands national football team. ... Johannes (Joop) Frederik Hiele (born December 25, 1958 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a former football goalkeeper from The Netherlands, who earned seven caps for the Netherlands national football team. ... Franklin Frank Edmundo Rijkaard (born September 30, 1962 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football manager and former player. ... Wilbert Suvrijn (born October 26, 1962 in Sittard, Limburg) is a former football midfielder from The Netherlands, who earned nine caps for the Netherlands national football team. ... Hendrik (Hendrie) Krüzen (born November 24, 1964 in Almelo, Overijssel) is a former football midfielder from The Netherlands, who earned five caps for the Netherlands national football team. ... Jan Wouters (born July 17, 1960 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a former professional football midfielder, currently first team coach at Rangers F.C.. The Dutchman played for several clubs including FC Utrecht, PSV Eindhoven, Bayern Munich and Ajax Amsterdam. ...

	Netherlands squad - 1992 European Football Championship Semi-finalists
1 van Breukelen | 2 van Aerle | 3 van Tiggelen | 4 R Koeman | 5 Blind | 6 Wouters | 7 Bergkamp | 8 Rijkaard | 9 van Basten | 10 Gullit | 11 van 't Schip | 12 Kieft | 13 Menzo | 14 Witschge | 15 Winter | 16 Bosz | 17 F. de Boer | 18 Jonk | 19 Viscaal | 20 Roy | Coach: Michels Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... First international Belgium 1 - 4 Netherlands (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905) Biggest win Netherlands 9 - 0 Norway (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 1 November 1972) Biggest defeat Netherlands 2 - 12 England Amateur (The Hague, Netherlands; 1 April 1907) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1934) Best result Runners-up, 1974 and 1978 European... The 1992 European Football Championship (Euro 92) final tournament was hosted by Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Johannes Franciscus (Hans) van Breukelen (born October 4, 1956 in Utrecht) is a former footballer from the Netherlands. ... Hubertus Aegidius Hermanus Berry van Aerle (born December 8, 1962 in Helmond) is a former Dutch footballer. ... 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 although he never scored. ... Ronald Koeman (born March 21, 1963 in Zaandam) is a former Dutch football defender and current manager of PSV Eindhoven. ... Dirk Franciscus Danny Blind (born August 1, 1961, Oost-Souburg, Netherlands) is a former football player. ... Jan Wouters (born July 17, 1960 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a former professional football midfielder, currently first team coach at Rangers F.C.. The Dutchman played for several clubs including FC Utrecht, PSV Eindhoven, Bayern Munich and Ajax Amsterdam. ... Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (born May 10, 1969 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch professional footballer. ... Franklin Frank Edmundo Rijkaard (born September 30, 1962 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football manager and former player. ... Marcel (Marco) van Basten (October 31, 1964 in Oog in Al, Utrecht) is a Dutch football manager, currently in charge of the Dutch national team. ... Ruud Gullit (born September 1, 1962) is a Dutch footballer coach and former player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. ... Johannes Nicolaas John van t Schip (born December 30, 1963 in Fort Saint John, British Columbia, Canada) is a Dutch football coach and former player. ... Wim Kieft played for Ajax Amsterdam, PSV, Pisa and the National team of the Netherlands. ... Stanley Menzo (Paramaribo, October 15, 1963) is a Dutch football (soccer) manager and retired football player. ... Rob Witschge (born August 22, 1966 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a former football midfielder from The Netherlands, who earned 30 caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored three goals. ... Aron Winter (born March 1, 1967 in Paramaribo, Surinam) is a retired Dutch footballer. ... Peter Bosz (born November 21, 1963 in Apeldoorn, Gelderland) is a former football midfielder from the Netherlands, who obtained eight caps for the Netherlands national football team in the 1990s. ... Frank de Boer (born May 15, 1970 in Hoorn, Netherlands) is a Dutch football defender. ... Wim Jonk (born October 12, 1966 in Volendam) is a retired Dutch football player. ... Eric Viscaal (b March, 20, 1968) is a Dutch former football player who played much of his career in Belgium (Beveren, KV Mechelen). ... Bryan Roy (born February 12, 1970) is a retired Dutch footballer and current football coach in the Ajax Amsterdam youth team system. ...

External links

• Sven Goran Erikson's tribute to Rinus Michels(March 3 2005)
• Netherlands national team summary of matches coached
• Rinus Michels fan site