Wim Rijsbergen Sports manager

Wilhelmus "Wim" Gerardus Rijsbergen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪl.ˌɦɛl.mʏs (ˈʋɪm) ˈɣeː.ˌrɑr.dʏs ˈrɛi̯s.ˌbɛrɣə(n)]; born 18 January 1952 in Leiden, South Holland) is a football manager and former defender from the Netherlands. Rijsbergen, an assistant to Leo Beenhakker at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, assumed control of the Trinidad and Tobago national team in his own right following the World Cup. As of December 2007, he was suspended by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation for six (6) months, through 4 June 2007 and replaced.He was manager of Indonesia national football team from 2011 to 2012. As of January 2012, he is technical director in Indonesian national football team.Playing for Feyenoord Rotterdam, Rijsbergen was part of the Netherlands national football team which finished second in both the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. He later played in the North American Soccer League, for the New York Cosmos. Rijsbergen began his professional career at PEC Zwolle, and ended it in 1986 at FC Utrecht.

Personal facts

Wim Rijsbergen
Birth dateJanuary 18, 1952
Birth place
Netherlands , Leiden
Height (meters)1.81

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Football manager

club
AFC Ajax
NAC Breda
AFC DWS
FC Dordrecht
FC Volendam
FC Groningen
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
position
Defender (association football)
teams
New York Cosmos
FC Utrecht
Feyenoord
Helmond Sport
PEC Zwolle
Indonesia national football team
Netherlands national football team
SC Bastia

Wim Rijsbergen on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://nasljerseys.com/Players/R/Rijsbergen.Wim.htm