Louis van Gaal
Louis van Gaal in 2011
Aloysius Paulus Maria " Louis " van Gaal [ Luwi vɑŋɣa ː l] ( born August 8, 1951 in Amsterdam), Knight in the Order of Orange- Nassau, is a Dutch football coach and former football player. He is coach of the Dutch national team bonding.
- 2.1 with Ajax Amsterdam
- 2.2 with FC Barcelona
- 2.3 with AZ Alkmaar
- 2.4 with Bayern Munich
Career
As Active van Gaal played as a midfielder in his youth for RKSV de sea. From 1971 to 1973 he was at Ajax Amsterdam in the senior squad - but without an insert. He moved in 1973 to Royal Antwerp FC in the Belgian first league, but even there he did not come on the status of a replacement player also. Followed in 1977 again to return to the first Dutch league, first to Velsen, to the club Telstar. After a season van Gaal moved to league rivals Sparta Rotterdam, where he was a regular until 1986. His career as a professional footballer, he finished at AZ Alkmaar, for which he contested the 1986/87 season.
After laborious beginning of his professional career van Gaal was able to record 291 appearances in the Dutch Eredivisie in the last 10 years. Then van Gaal was an assistant coach in Alkmaar. Then it took Leo Beenhakker at Ajax Amsterdam, where he assisted him.
Coach at Ajax Amsterdam
After leaving Beenhakker 1991 van Gaal took over the office of the head coach. In this position, he spent a very successful time: Ajax was with him three times Dutch champion (1994, 1995 and 1996). Van Gaal also won the 1993 KNVB Cup and the Dutch Supercup 1993-1995 at European level. Ajax won the 1992 UEFA Cup and 1995 defeated AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League. In 1995, Ajax also against Gremio on penalties in the World Cup. In 1996, Ajax once again in the final of the Champions League, but lost this time Juventus on penalties.
The dotted with him Ajax era in the 1990s also had an impact on the Dutch national football team in the Ajax players such as Patrick Kluivert, Clarence Seedorf, Marc Overmars, Frank and Ronald de Boer, Edgar Davids, Winston Bogarde, Michael Reiziger and Edwin van der Sar, the framework presented.
FC Barcelona and Bondscoach
In 1997 he moved to FC Barcelona; his assistant was during this time, the Group initially as a translator for the team fetched Portuguese José Mourinho, later coach at Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid. Van Gaal helped the team to two championships and winning the Spanish Cup in 1997 and to victory against Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Super Cup. Despite these successes at the Catalans van Gaal has been heavily criticized by fans because he temporarily took up to eight Dutch to Barça.
In 2000, van Gaal returned to the Netherlands, where he took over the national team for the qualification for the World Cup 2002. The Dutch failed to qualify and van Gaal was replaced by Dick Advocaat.
He returned to Barcelona, this time with assistant coach Andries Jonker, but was replaced after half a year of Radomir Antic.
Technical Director at Ajax
On 1 November 2003, Louis van Gaal technical director at Ajax. During his tenure, the sale of the Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović to coach Ronald Koeman ultimately fought in vain against the fell. In October 2004, he left Amsterdam again.
AZ Alkmaar
In summer 2005 he replaced at AZ Alkmaar coach Co Adriaanse, who moved to FC Porto. 2009 won van Gaal with AZ Alkmaar the championship. He was voted coach of the year in the Netherlands in late 2009.
FC Bayern Munich
On 1 July 2009 he moved to FC Bayern Munich. He succeeded Jupp Heynckes, who finished the season end his job as interim coach in succession by Jürgen Klinsmann and the new season of Bayer 04 Leverkusen was engaged as head coach. Assistant coach Andries Jonker has been, who has also assisted in Barcelona under van Gaal, and Hermann Gerland.
After difficulties early in the season - the public has been speculating about his dismissal - succeeded van Gaal to switch the game system of Bavaria on an attractive, attacking football based on possession. Significantly, this was the game about the winger Franck Ribéry and piloted by him after a few game days from Real Madrid to Bayern Dutch international Arjen Robben. He also distinguished himself again as a promoter of young players and integrated the young, coming from the youth of the club player Thomas Müller and Holger Badstuber, both advanced to national team soon, and Diego Contento.
At the end of his first season with the club he won with Bayern the double of championship and the DFB - Pokal. In the Cup final against Werder Bremen, Bayern won 4-0, which meant the highest final victory of a team since 1972. He became the first Dutch coach, who won the German championship title.
He also led the club into the Champions League final against Inter Milan. It was in this season it together with the trainer of the final opponent José Mourinho is one of only six coaches who reached the European Champion Clubs' Cup finals with two or more clubs. But he secured the record for the largest amount of time that is between the first and the next to reach the final as manager: 15 years. The final at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu ended 2-0 for Inter Milan. He missed with Bayern, the first German team 's historic "triple" of the German Cup, the DFB Cup and the UEFA Champions League win.
The contract with Bayern was extended early on September 27, 2010 for a further year until 30 June 2012.
In the 2010/11 season van Gaal missed with Bayern Munich, the title defense in the DFB Cup by a defeat in the semi-final against FC Schalke 04 after the title defense of the German championship was previously only mathematically possible and therefore quasi failed.
On March 7, 2011, announced by the FC Bayern, van Gaal's contract that should be dissolved as a coach at end of season prematurely and consensual. The reason for this is the different views on the strategic direction of the club. On April 10, 2011 - after 29 day - he was then on leave early when his team had played in Nürnberg 1:1 and was slipped to fourth place. This placed to qualify for the Champions League for the 2011/12 season in jeopardy. Successor to the end of the season van Gaal's previous assistant and assistant coach Andries Jonker.
Philipp Lahm called the van Gaalsche game idea as a foundation for the triple victory of FC Bayern in 2013.
Sports director at Ajax
16 November 2011 Ajax Amsterdam announced that van Gaal will take over the post of sporting director no later than 1 July 2012. Against the setting van Gaal accused Johan Cruyff and ten coach of the football school of Ajax, as this is contrary to their opinion, the agreed " soccer technical structure plan". The Court of Appeal in Amsterdam upheld the action, as the fifth board member, Johan Cruyff, had been marginalized in decision making.
For the second time Bondscoach
To August 1, 2012 van Gaal took over the national team of the Netherlands. Previously Bert van Marwijk had resigned from office after the team was eliminated no points in the preliminary round at the European championship 2012 in Poland and Ukraine. Van Gaal has signed a contract for two years until after the football World Cup in 2014, after which it issues the Office of Guus Hiddink.
Success as a coach
With Ajax Amsterdam
- Dutch master: 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96
- Dutch Supercup: 1993, 1994, 1995
- Dutch Cup: 1992/93
- UEFA Cup: 1991/92
- Champions League: 1994/95, Finalist 1995/96
- UEFA Super Cup: 1995
- World Cup: 1995
With FC Barcelona
- Spanish Champion: 1997/ 98, 1998/99
- Spanish Cup: 1997/98
- UEFA Super Cup: 1997
With AZ Alkmaar
- Dutch master: 2008/ 09
Bayern Munich
- German champions: 2009/10
- DFB Cup: 2009/10
- Champions League Runners-up: 2009/10
- DFL - Supercup: 2010
Honors
- Dutch Coach of the Year: 2007, 2009
- True Voice of the Year: 2009 (3rd place)
- Coach of the Season: 2009/10 ( selected by the Association of Contract football player)
- Coach of the Year in Germany: 2010
Works
- Biography & Vision ( Original title: Biography & visie, Publish unlimited, 2009, ISBN 978-94-90285-01-2, German -language publication: Visie sport, 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032183-2 )