Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Giovanni Christiaan “Gio” van Bronckhorst (born 5 February 1975) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Turkish Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. Formerly a midfielder, he moved to left-back later in his career.[3][4]

Giovanni van Bronckhorst
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Van Bronckhorst celebrating the Turkish Super Cup as manager of Beşiktaş in 2024
Personal information
Full nameGiovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst[1]
Date of birth5 February 1975
     (aged 50)
[2]
Place of birthRotterdam, Netherlands
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing positionMidfielder, left-back
Club information
Current team
Beşiktaş (manager)
Youth career
1981–1982RVV LMO
1982–1993Feyenoord
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1998Feyenoord103(22)
1993–1994RKC Waalwijk (loan)12(2)
1998–2001Rangers73(13)
2001–2004Arsenal41(2)
2003–2004Barcelona (loan)34(1)
2004–2007Barcelona71(4)
2007–2010Feyenoord88(8)
Total422(52)
National team
1996–2010Netherlands106(6)
Teams managed
2012–2013Feyenoord U21
2015–2019Feyenoord
2020Guangzhou R&F
2021–2022Rangers
2024Beşiktaş
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Feyenoord 1994–95 Eredivisie 10 1 10 1
1995–96 Eredivisie 27 9 7[a] 0 1[b] 0 35 9
1996–97 Eredivisie 34 4 1 1 6[c] 0 41 5
1997–98 Eredivisie 32 8 8[d] 2 40 10
Total 103 22 1 1 21 2 1 0 126 25
RKC Waalwijk (loan) 1993–94 Eredivisie 12 2 12 2
Rangers 1998–99 Scottish Premier League 35 7 5 1 4 0 9[c] 2 53 10
1999–2000 Scottish Premier League 27 4 5 2 1 0 12 0 45 6
2000–01 Scottish Premier League 11 2 0 0 1 1 7 3 19 6
Total 73 13 10 3 6 1 28 5 117 22
Arsenal 2001–02 Premier League 21 1 2 0 3 0 7[d] 0 33 1
2002–03 Premier League 20 1 5 0 1 0 4[d] 0 30 1
2003–04 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[e] 0 1 0
Total 41 2 7 0 4 0 11 0 1 0 64 2
Barcelona (loan) 2003–04 La Liga 34 1 5 0 4[c] 0 43 1
Barcelona 2004–05 La Liga 29 4 1 0 8[d] 0 38 4
2005–06 La Liga 19 0 4 1 13[d] 0 36 1
2006–07 La Liga 23 0 6 1 6[d] 0 3[f] 0 38 1
Total 105 5 16 2 31 0 3 0 155 7
Feyenoord 2007–08 Eredivisie 32 7 6 0 38 7
2008–09 Eredivisie 27 1 5 0 5[c] 1 3[g] 0 40 2
2009–10 Eredivisie 29 0 4 2 33 2
Total 88 8 15 2 5 1 3 0 111 11
Career total 422 52 49 8 10 1 96 8 8 0 585 69
  1. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  2. Appearance in Dutch Supercup
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. Appearance in FA Community Shield
  6. One appearance in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield, two appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 1996 3 0
1997 4 1
1998 1 0
1999 6 0
2000 7 1
2001 4 0
2002 1 0
2003 6 1
2004 13 0
2005 9 0
2006 9 0
2007 10 1
2008 14 1
2009 9 0
2010 10 1
Total 106 6
Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van Bronckhorst goal.
List of international goals scored by Giovanni van Bronckhorst
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 June 1997 Johannesburg, South Africa  South Africa 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2 2 September 2000 Amsterdam, Netherlands  Ireland 2–2 2–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 12 February 2003 Amsterdam, Netherlands  Argentina 1–0 1–0 Friendly
4 28 March 2007 Celje, Slovenia  Slovenia 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
5 9 June 2008 Bern, Switzerland  Italy 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2008
6 6 July 2010 Cape Town, South Africa  Uruguay 1–0 3–2 2010 FIFA World Cup

Managerial statistics

As of match played 1 September 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Feyenoord Netherlands 18 May 2015 19 May 2019 176 107 26 43 367 190 +177 60.80 [6]
Guangzhou R&F People's Republic of China 4 January 2020 3 December 2020 23 7 6 10 32 41 −9 30.43
Rangers Scotland 18 November 2021 21 November 2022 68 42 12 14 131 72 +59 61.76 [7]
Beşiktaş Turkey 5 June 2024 present 6 5 1 0 21 6 +15 83.33
Career total 273 161 45 67 546 308 +238 58.97

Honours

Van Bronckhorst (front) with John Heitinga, Khalid Boulahrouz and Phillip Cocu in 2010.

Player

Feyenoord[3][8]

Rangers[3][8]

Arsenal[3][8]

Barcelona[3][8]

Netherlands[3][8]

Manager

Feyenoord[3][8][9]

Rangers

Beşiktaş

Individual

Orders

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst Media

References

  1. "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 12 June 2010. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Giovanni van Bronckhorst: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Giovanni Van Bronckhorst: Profile". Eurosport.com.
  4. "Gio Van Bronckhorst". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
  5. "Giovanni Van Bronckhorst: Century of International Appearances". RSSSF.com.
  6. "Feyenoord: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  7. "Giovanni van Bronckhorst profile". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 "Giovanni Van Bronckhorst". Soccerway.com.
  9. "NAGENIETEN VAN DE FINALE OM DE TOTO KNVB BEKER". KNVB.nl.
  10. Duncan, Thomas (21 May 2022). Rangers 2–0 Heart of Midlothian. BBC Sport. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61447048. Retrieved 21 May 2022. 
  11. "Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 18 May 2022. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61446268. Retrieved 18 May 2022. 
  12. Besiktas claims Turkcell Super Cup with 5-0 win over Galatasaray. 3 August 2024. https://www.turkiyetoday.com/sports/besiktas-claims-turkcell-super-cup-with-5-0-win-over-galatasaray-35863/. Retrieved 3 August 2024. 
  13. "Dutch World Cup coach and captain knighted". RNW.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2024-09-02.