Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 8 August 1951||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Ajax (advisor) | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
RKSV de Meer | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
RKSV de Meer | |||||||||||||||||
1972–1973 | Ajax | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1973–1977 | Royal Antwerp | 41 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Telstar | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1978–1986 | Sparta Rotterdam | 248 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
1986–1987 | AZ | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 331 | (34) | |||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||
1988–1990 | Ajax (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
1991–1997 | Ajax | ||||||||||||||||
1997–2000 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
2001 | Netherlands U20 | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2009 | AZ | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Manchester United | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Louis van Gaal (born 8 August 1951) is a former Dutch football player and international club manager. He was the manager of Manchester United.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ajax | 1971–72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1972–73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Royal Antwerp | 1973–74 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |
1974–75 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 9 | 2 | ||
1975–76 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 6 | |
1976–77 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | ||
Total | 41 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 11 | |
Telstar | 1977–78 | 25 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
Sparta Rotterdam | 1978–79 | 31 | 5 | — | — | 31 | 5 | ||
1979–80 | 33 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||
1980–81 | 33 | 5 | — | — | 33 | 5 | |||
1981–82 | 24 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||
1982–83 | 33 | 5 | — | — | 33 | 5 | |||
1983–84 | 34 | 2 | — | 6 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
1984–85 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 4 | ||
1985–86 | 31 | 3 | — | 4 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
Total | 248 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 261 | 26 | |
AZ | 1986–87 | 17 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
Career totals | 331 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 360 | 38 |
Team | From | To | Record | |||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
Ajax | 28 September 1991 | 30 June 1997 | 285 | 196 | 49 | 40 | 68.77 | |
Barcelona | 1 July 1997 | 20 May 2000[4] | 171 | 95 | 32 | 44 | 55.56 | |
Netherlands | 7 July 2000[5] | 30 November 2001[6] | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 60.00 | |
Barcelona | 1 July 2002[7] | 28 January 2003[8] | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53.33 | |
AZ | 1 July 2005 | 30 June 2009 | 182 | 105 | 39 | 38 | 57.69 | |
Bayern Munich | 1 July 2009[9] | 10 April 2011[10] | 96 | 59 | 18 | 19 | 61.46 | [11] |
Netherlands | 6 July 2012[12] | 12 July 2014[13] | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 62.07 | |
Manchester United | 16 July 2014[14] | 23 May 2016 | 103 | 54 | 25 | 24 | 52.43 | [15] |
Netherlands | 4 August 2021 | 9 December 2022 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 70.00 | |
Total | 931 | 566 | 187 | 178 | 60.79 |
Barcelona[17]
AZ[17]
Bayern Munich[17]
Manchester United[17]
Netherlands[17]