Eric Viscaal

Eric Viscaal ( born March 20, 1968 in Eindhoven ) is a Dutch former football player. He has played in the Eredivisie for De Graafschap, in Belgium for KAA Gent and Switzerland for Grasshopper Club Zurich. In the Dutch national team, he met five times used. In the 2009/10 season he has youth and assistant coach at the Belgian first division club Germinal Beerschot.

Club career

Beginnings in Eindhoven

In youth played Viscaal the football club Tongelre in the same district Eindhoven before moving to PSV. Here he was in the 1986/87 season his debut in the Eredivisie; in the match at FC Den Bosch he replaced the Gijp few minutes before kick -off time for René van. In three other matches of the season Viscaal, who played as an attacking midfielder or as a second striker, was used. Under coach Guus Hiddink he remained for the following season 1987/88 substitute players in the PSV- Eleven, in Hans van Breukelen, Ronald Koeman, Eric Gerets, Søren Lerby and belonged to the permanent employees.

His first goals in the Eredivisie he made on October 17, 1987 compared PEC Zwolle: he was substituted after an hour and scored the final two goals for a 5-1 win. However, he did not long beyond the role of the substitute 's for Wim Kieft and Hans Gillhaus. It was only after he had made in the match against VVV -Venlo in March 1988 attracted attention with four goals - in the 5-0 victory, he scored the first four goals, two before and after the half-time break - he was also chosen to course and was allowed to play through a few times. Eight goals were his balance during the 20 deployments of the season. In both seasons the Eindhoven Dutch masters were.

Breakthrough in Belgium

For the following season Viscaal was loaned to Belgium to SK Beveren. Here he was able to capture a regular place, made 17 goals in 34 Premier League matches and was elected to the Belgian Young Professional of the Year. In the season 1989/90 he came again on loan for Lierse SK, where he was equally successful with 14 goals in 29 games. Meanwhile, the AA Gent had become aware of the young Dutchman and bought him from PSV. At the same time took a coach René Vandereycken Frank Erwin Vandenbergh and Dauwen. Long Gent played with for the championship, but ultimately had finished third and participation in the UEFA Cup to make do. Here came the team to victories over Lausanne Sports, Eintracht Frankfurt and Dynamo Moscow to the quarter-finals, where they eventual winners AFC Ajax was beaten. Five years remained Viscaal in Buffalo, made as a regular player 57 league goals in 153 games.

A curious case occurred in the 1992/93 season in the match for Cercle Brugge. With the score at 1-0 for the hosts of the Ghent goalkeeper was expelled shortly before completion of the field; Bruges was simultaneously awarded a penalty. Since the Buffalos had changed three times already, had a field player into the goal: Viscaal took responsibility - and parried the penalty of the former Croatian striker Josip Weber ( the 1992-1994 three consecutive top scorer of the Belgian League was and after naturalization in the Belgian national team played ). But not enough, as well as for Ghent only a minute later a penalty was whistled, Viscaal went back to the front, grabbed the ball there and saved his team in the final seconds with the equalizer a point.

After an interlude for Viscaal less successful 1995/96 as Players out on loan at Grasshoppers in Zurich - which were, however, in this season champions - Viscaal returned yet in the same season in the Eredivisie back. He also joined on loan VBV De Graafschap Doetinchem, where he was a regular player again. In the counties Tern he closed end of the season from a five -year contract, even though his contract with AA Gent was still running for another year, so that Viscaal briefly got game ban and had the dishes are busy to set a transfer fee. By 2001, he was active here, formed in coach Fritz Korbach temporarily with former Wattenscheider Ghanaians Ali Ibrahim, a strike partnership which " has put on the map de Graafschap " in the opinion of her then defense colleagues Eric Redeker, before he - now 33 years old - again went to Belgium. The KV Mechelen was his seventh professional station; However, his commitment could not prevent the KV descent into Tweede Klasse. Although able to rise again, but in 2003 the club had financial problems due to the third tier back, all players had to be sold. Viscaal ended his professional career and joined the fourth division Dilbeek sport.

Stations

As a professional football player:

• PSV (1986-1988, Eredivisie, 24 games / 8 goals)
• SK Beveren ( 1988/89, Eerste Klasse, 34 /17)
• Lierse SK ( 1989/90, Eerste Klasse, 29 /14)
• AA Gent (1990-1995, Eerste Klasse, 153 /57)
• GC Zurich (1995 /96 National League A, 13/ 7)
• De Graafschap (1996-2001, Eredivisie, 165 /56)
• KV Mechelen (2000/ 01 and 2002/ 03, Eerste Class 23 /4; 2001/ 02 Jupiler League 29/5 )

National

As Viscaal 1991/92 AA Gent played with in the UEFA Cup, also Rinus Michels Bondscoach became aware of him. Viscaal was invited to the national team and was against Portugal on 12 February 1992 for his debut in Oranje. As well as co- debutant Gaston Taument and Stanley Menzo and Peter Bosz who came each to their second use, Viscaal came on after the break. Yet another practice game was allowed to complete before the European Championships in Sweden Viscaal, in the 1-1 draw in France, he came off the bench again. Michels then appointed him to the squad for the European Championship 1992. Sweden Viscall came only a short use of ten minutes in the first round game against the selection of the Commonwealth of Independent States. After the European Championships, he received from the new Bond coach Dick Advocaat two more chances; his last game on 16 December 1992, a 3-1 win in the World Cup qualifiers in Turkey, was his only match on 90 minutes. In his five games in the Elftal he failed to score a goal.

Coach

In Dilbeek Sport Viscaal was three years Players Coaches and Youth Coordinator. 2007 Viscaal representative of a sports brand. On the side he played in the Amateur League for the VK Weerde from Zemst, with whom he was top scorer in 2009 as Master of the eighth league. He was also since the 2008/ 09 season Cotrainer at Germinal Beerschot. When the club in August 2009 Aimé Antheunis dismissed, took Viscaal and his colleague Joost Desender Cotrainer interim as coach of the first division until after a few days Jos Daerden was committed. Since then Viscaal is the assistant coach.

Achievements

• Dutch champion (1987, 1988, PSV)
• Swiss champion (1996, with GC Zurich )