John Metgod
John Metgod 2007
Johannes Antonius Bernardus "Johnny" Metgod ( born February 27, 1958 in Amsterdam ) is a former Dutch football player and coach.
Career
AZ Alkmaar (1976-1982)
Metgod began his career at Door Wilskracht Sterk, a small club from Amsterdam. In 1975 he came to his first professional club HFC Haarlem. After only one year in Haarlem, he moved to AZ Alkmaar. He was one of the most successful team in the club's history and was able to AZ in 1978 in the final against Ajax Amsterdam celebrate the first national Cup victory the club's history. By the title Alkmaar took the European Cup Winners 'Cup in part 1978/79, but failed in the first round of the English Cup Winners' Cup Ipswich Town. According to the vice championship in the 1979/80 season Metgod reached a disastrous appearance in the UEFA Cup 1980/81 the final against Ipswich Town. As already two years earlier in the Cup Winners' Cup velor the crew of the German coach Georg Kessler against the trained by Bobby Robson club from Ipswich. After a 0-3 first-leg defeat of the 4-2 win in the home match was not enough for the title. Successful acted for Alkmaar in the Eredivisie in 1980/81 by winning the first national championship in club history. Increased this success by winning the Double in the cup final by a 3-1 win against Ajax Amsterdam. The first launch in the European Cup of Champions 1981/82 ended for the team after a Erstrundenerfolg via Start Kristiansand in the second round against the English champions Liverpool FC ( 2:2 and 2:3 ). For Alkmaar defended his title in the final of the KNVB Cup 1981/82 against FC Utrecht.
Real Madrid (1982-1984)
After these successes, it pulled the 24 -year-old Metgod abroad in 1982 and he moved to Spain to Real Madrid. With the trained player of legend Alfredo Di Stéfano Royal Metgod reached the runner-up with a point behind champions Athletic Bilbao in La Liga 1982/83. In addition to the narrowly missing the championship club lost two cup finals this season. In the Spanish Cup final with Real lost 1-2 against FC Barcelona in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1982/83 there was a 1-2 defeat after extra time against, coached by Alex Ferguson Aberdeen FC. Even closer than last year much the decision in the 1983/84 season, as the team to Uli Stielike, José Antonio Camacho, Santillana, Juanito and Johnny Metgod points with Bilbao only because of the poorer a goal goal difference missed the championship. International Real failed in the first round of the UEFA Cup in 1983/84 to Sparta Prague.
Nottingham Forest (1984-1987)
After two years without winning the title in Madrid Metgod moved in 1984 to England to Nottingham Forest. The coached by Brian Clough team had achieved in the previous year in third place in the First Division in 1983/84 and therefore started in the UEFA Cup in 1984/85. There, however, the semi-finalists of the previous year had already failed in the first round with 0-0 and 0-1 at FC Bruges. Also in the championship Forest acted not as successful as before, finishing only ninth place in the table. After two eighth places in the First Division 1985/86 and 1986/87 Metgod In 1987, within England to Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham Hotspur and Feyenoord Rotterdam (1987-1994)
The club from London who finished third in last year, reaching the Football League First Division 1987/88 a more enttäuschenderen thirteenth place in the table. Metgod came only in twelve league games for use and returned Tottenham after just a year back. Thereafter, the midfielder returned to his homeland Netherlands back and signed a contract with Feyenoord, where he was able to gain title. Metgod won a Dutch championship with Feyenoord in the Eredivisie 1992/93 and 1991, 1992 and 1994, three Dutch Cup winners, in addition, he was able to win the 1991 Dutch Supercup. In Europe Cup Winners' Cup in 1991/92, he reached the semi-finals after a quarter -final win over his former club Tottenham Hotspur. After a 1-1 draw at AS Monaco French Cup winners Feyenoord missed by a 2-2 in the second leg the final against Werder Bremen. In the newly introduced last year UEFA Champions League 1993/94 Dutch champions failed in the second round at FC Porto and so missed the group stage. 1994 ended with Johnny Metgod 36 years his playing career.
Dutch National Team (1978-1983)
International Metgod played 21 times for the Netherlands, scoring four goals .. He participated in the European Football Championship 1980 in Italy and some difference with the Oranje Oranje in the first round as a group of third parties.
Coaching career
Metgod began after end of his career as a player in 1994 with the coaching job in the youth department of Feyenoord Rotterdam. In 1995 he was an assistant coach at Excelsior Rotterdam. From 1996-1997 he was even head coach at Excelsior and 1997 interim coach at Feyenoord. In the same year he took over at short notice again the assistant coach posts in Excelsior and was at the end of the year assistant coach at Feyenoord. This post had Metgod position until 2004. In his time the profit fall he Dutch Championship in 1999 and the Dutch Super Cup in the same year, also could Feyenoord win the 2002 UEFA Cup. In 2004, he took over for a year again the chief coach of Excelsior, before he sat again from 2005-2007 as an assistant coach at Feyenoord on the bench. He then worked with Coach Tony Adams as Cotrainer the first team of FC Portsmouth to the common dismissal in February 2009. In May 2009, manager Nigel Clough took him in the same capacity to Derby County.
Achievements
- Twice Dutch masters: ( 1980/81, 1992/93 )
- Six times Dutch Cup Winners: (1977 /78 1980/81 1981 /82 1990/91 1991/92 1993 /94)
- Once Dutch Supercup winner (1991 )
- UEFA Cup Runners-up: 1980/81
- European Cup Winners Runners-up: 1982/83
- Dutch champion once (1998 /99)
- Once Dutch Supercup winner (1999)
- UEFA Cup Winners: 2001/ 02