Jan Wouters
Jan Wouters 2008
Jan Wouters ( born July 17, 1960 in Utrecht) is a Dutch football coach and former football player.
Playing career
In the club
With 20 years Wouters received a license contract with first division side FC Utrecht player, his hometown club. In the first year of the midfielder came to regular operations and third place at the end of the season he reached with his team the best to date placement. The following year, he sat down by final and was a regular player. In 1985, he was with the team his first national title, the KNVB Cup win. In the summer of 1986, he was poached by the top Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam. There Wouters immediately became a regular player and performer. 1990 - four years without a championship - this was won. In the same year he was Footballer of the Year in the Netherlands. In the fall of 1991, Wouters returned the Eredivisie the back and moved abroad. In Germany, he signed with FC Bayern Munich, for which he spent two years running. His league debut came on 23 November 1991 ( 19th Round ) in the 1-0 home win against Karlsruher SC. Three game days later he scored his first league goal in the jersey of Munich. In the 3-1 home victory on 14 December against Fortuna Dusseldorf Wouters scored the 2-1 opener. The following season Wouters played 33 games and hit four times. After the 1993/94 season Bayern German masters were. Wouters, however, was already the winter break, after 16 games ( 1 goal), changed to PSV Eindhoven. The PSV Wouters was again Dutch Cup winner and eventually ended his active career in 1996.
National
As early as 1982 was Wouters National Player of the Netherlands. In his first major tournament he had to wait until 1988. In Germany, the team secured a 2-0 victory in the final over the Soviet Union, the title of European Champion. Wouters graduated from each of the five games and made with Ruud Gullit, Mühren Arnold and Gerald Vanenburg the middle of the Dutch. In the 1990 World Cup Wouters was also in the squad and also came in the famous second-round match against the Federal Republic of Germany is used, which they lost 1:2. He was appointed by Rinus Michels coach the squad of Orange in 1992. In the semifinals, they failed to eventual winners Denmark. In 1994, Wouters his second World Cup and was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Brazil from.
Achievements
- European Champion 1988
- KNVB Cup winner in 1985 with FC Utrecht in 1996 with PSV Eindhoven
- Dutch champion in 1990 with Ajax Amsterdam
Coaching career
After his playing days Wouters moved into coaching. After working as an assistant or youth coach at FC Utrecht and Ajax Amsterdam, he moved to Scotland, where he became an assistant to Dick Advocaat at the Glasgow Rangers. In the same role, he also oversaw the Dutch national football team in the European Football Championship 2004. After the change of coach Ronald Koeman for Valencia Wouters was temporarily promoted from assistant coach to head coach of PSV Eindhoven. Beginning of 2008, Sef Vergoossen this feature and Jan Wouters was again assistant coach. In the summer of 2009, he returned to FC Utrecht, where he worked as an assistant sound you Chatinier. After its termination at the end of the season 2010/11 Wouters took over on 19 May 2011 in the meantime the training line. In summer 2011, he was succeeded by Erwin Koeman, Wouters, however, the replaced again in November 2011.