Guus Hiddink
Hiddink in 2012
Full name
Guus Hiddink[1] Date of birth
(1946-11-08 ) 8 November 1946 (age 77) [1] Place of birth
Varsseveld, Netherlands Position(s)
Midfielder
SC Varsseveld Years
Team
Apps
(Gls ) 1967–1970
De Graafschap
1970–1972
PSV Eindhoven
30
(1[2] ) 1972–1977
De Graafschap
130
(9[2] ) 1977–1981
NEC Nijmegen
104
(2[2] ) 1978
→ Washington Diplomats (loan)
13
(4[3] ) 1980
→ San Jose Earthquakes (loan)
15
(0[3] ) 1981–1982
De Graafschap
25
(0[2] ) Total
317
(16) 1983–1987
PSV (assistant) 1987–1990
PSV 1990–1991
Fenerbahçe 1991–1993
Valencia 1994
Valencia 1995–1998
Netherlands 1998–1999
Real Madrid 2000
Real Betis 2001–2002
South Korea 2002–2006
PSV 2005–2006
Australia 2006–2010
Russia 2009
Chelsea (interim) 2010–2011
Turkey 2012–2013
Anzhi Makhachkala 2014–2015
Netherlands 2015–2016
Chelsea (interim) 2018–2019
China U21 2020–2021
Curaçao 2021–2022
Curaçao (technical director) 2022
Australia (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch football player turned manager .
Hiddink is better known as a trainer. He is a very successful trainer. He trained the Russia national team , and Zenit St. Petersburg club. He also coached the Netherlands national team (Oranje, Orange) and won several tournaments. He is generally considered one of the greatest football trainers of all time.
After he made the Russian National team almost World Champion (even defeating the renowned Dutch team) he became a national Russian hero.
He got a statue in Moscow and several newborn boys in Russia were given "Guus" as a first name to honour him.
Hiddink has coached the Korea Republic national team in the early 2000s. He managed to get the team in the semi-finals for the first time in South Korean football history. For this, the South Koreans built a stadium in his honour. It was build in the cityn of Gwangju and was named "Guus Hiddink Stadium ".
Hiddink coached the British club Chelsea in 2009. He succeeded their former coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. He did a much better job and thanks to Hiddink Chelsea made many victories. Commentators said that Hiddink: "had rejuvenated Chelsea following Scolari's departure ". Hiddink won the FA Cup with Chelsea that year, beating Everton 2-1 in the final.
De Graafschap
San Jose Earthquakes
North American Soccer League Southern Division: runner-up 1977 PSV Eindhoven
Netherlands
Real Madrid
South Korea
FIFA World Cup Fourth place: 2002 Russia
Chelsea
Individual
Order of Sport Merit: Cheongnyong Medal
AFC Coach of the Year : 2002
World Soccer World Manager of the Year: 2002
Dutch Sports Coach of the Year (all sports): 2002, 2005
Rinus Michels Award: 2005, 2006
Coach of the Year in Russia: 2008[61]
In 2005 Hiddink received an honorary doctorate by the University of Seoul[62]
The De Graafschap mascot is named Guus in honor of Hiddink who was previously associated with the team as a player and as a manager.
The Gwangju World Cup Stadium was renamed the Guus Hiddink Stadium in honor of Hiddink's performance at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Hiddink was named an Honorary Citizen of South Korea after reaching the 2002 FIFA World Cup semi-finals.
Hiddink was named an honorary citizen of Seoul after reaching the 2002 FIFA World Cup semi-finals.[63]
Hiddink was named an honorary citizen of Eindhoven after winning his sixth Eredivisie title with PSV in 2006.[64]
Hiddink was put on a stamp by Australia Post following the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Hiddink was given a lifetime achievement award by the Royal Dutch Football Association in 2007. It was only the third such award ever given following those received by Rinus Michels and Johan Cruijff .[65]
Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade: 2009
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