Guus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch football player turned manager.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Guus Hiddink | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Varsseveld, Netherlands | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967-1970 1970-1972 1972-1976 1976 1977 1978-1981 1981-1982 | De Graafschap PSV Eindhoven De Graafschap Washington Diplomats San Jose Earthquakes NEC Nijmegen De Graafschap | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1982-1984 1987-1990 1990-1991 1991-1994 1995-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2001-2002 2002-2006 2005-2006 2006-2010 2009 2010-2011 2012-2013 2014-2015 2015-2016 | De Graafschap PSV Eindhoven Fenerbahçe Valencia Netherlands Real Madrid Real Betis Balompié Korea Republic PSV Eindhoven Australia Russia Chelsea Turkey Anzhi Makhachkala Netherlands Chelsea | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Russia
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.
South Korea
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".
Chelsea
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.
Guus Hiddink Media
Guuseum in Varsseveld. 히딩크 박물관 in Korean
Hiddink managing the Russia national team
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