Bert van Marwijk
Van Marwijk as Australia manager in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lambertus van Marwijk[1]
Date of birth (1952-05-19) 19 May 1952
Place of birth Deventer, Netherlands
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1975 Go Ahead Eagles 146 (16)
1975–1978 AZ 69 (20)
1978–1986 MVV 225 (35)
1986–1987 Fortuna Sittard 11 (1)
1987–1988 FC Assent 17 (0)
Total 468 (72)
International career
1975 Netherlands 1 (0[2])
Managerial career
SV Meerssen[3]
1998–2000 Fortuna Sittard
2000–2004 Feyenoord
2004–2006 Borussia Dortmund
2007–2008 Feyenoord
2008–2012 Netherlands
2013–2014 Hamburger SV
2015–2017 Saudi Arabia
2018 Australia
2019 United Arab Emirates
2020–2022 United Arab Emirates
2024– Singapore
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands (as manager)
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up2010 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lambertus van Marwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrt fɑˈmɑrʋɛik]; born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who was recently the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. As a player, he played for the Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV and Fortuna Sittard amongst other clubs and also represented the Netherlands once.

In 1982, van Marwijk began his transition into a manager, retiring as a player in 1988 and becoming a full-time manager. In 2002, he won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord. Van Marwijk managed the Netherlands from 2008 until June 2012 and guided the country to the 2010 FIFA World Cup final, which was lost 1–0 in extra-time to Spain. He left this position after losing all three matches at UEFA Euro 2012. He qualified Saudi Arabia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where he coached Australia.

Playing career

Van Marwijk (right) in 1976

Van Marwijk was born in Deventer, Overijssel. As a forward and a midfielder, he played 393 matches in the Dutch highest division, the Eredivisie. He began his career at Go Ahead Eagles, his hometown club. After six seasons, he left Deventer and started to play in Alkmaar, for AZ. In 1978, he moved to MVV Maastricht, playing there for eight seasons before playing one season for Fortuna Sittard. He ended his playing career in 1988 after playing one season for the Belgium Football Club Assent. Van Marwijk had opportunities to play for bigger clubs like Feyenoord or West Ham United, but because of injuries he never made a big transfer.

In 1975, van Marwijk was called up by Rinus Michels to play for the Dutch national team in a friendly match against Yugoslavia, which was his only cap.

Managerial career

Early years

Van Marwijk began his professional managerial career at his former club Fortuna Sittard. His side finished seventh in the Eredivisie in 1998, and reached the KNVB Cup final in 1999. Fortuna had players like Mark van Bommel, Kevin Hofland and Wilfred Bouma during that period.

Feyenoord

In 2000, van Marwijk became the manager of Rotterdam-based club Feyenoord. In his first season, he led Feyenoord to a second-place finish in the Eredivisie and in his second season, 2001–02, he had one of the biggest successes of his career. After beating SC Freiburg, Rangers, PSV and Internazionale in the knock-out stage, he won the UEFA Cup final after beating Borussia Dortmund in the final, 3–2.[4][5] In October 2002 he extended his contract until the summer of 2004, with the option of one more year.[6] Feyenoord ended in third place in the league with van Marwijk in the 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons.

Borussia Dortmund

Van Marwijk in 2005

In June 2004, van Marwijk became manager of German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund on a two-year deal after Matthias Sammer moved to VfB Stuttgart.[7]

In both of his first two seasons with Dortmund, 2004–05 and 2005–06, he ended seventh in the Bundesliga table. During his third season, his side was stagnating, situated mid-table in ninth, whereupon van Marwijk and the club announced that they would part ways at the end of the 2006–07 season.[8] On 18 December 2006, however, Dortmund and van Marwijk parted company earlier than announced.[9]

Feyenoord

In June 2007, van Marwijk returned to Feyenoord, also bringing back Feyenoord veteran Giovanni van Bronckhorst from Barcelona. He also brought in Tim de Cler, Kevin Hofland and Roy Makaay, and with this Feyenoord squad, he won the KNVB Cup in 2008 after beating Roda JC 2–0 in the final.[10]

Netherlands national team

Van Marwijk at Schiphol prior to the Netherlands' run to the final at the 2010 World Cup

Van Marwijk's return to Feyenoord would be short-lived; before the end of the 2007–08 season, it was announced van Marwijk would succeed Marco van Basten as head coach of the Dutch national team after UEFA Euro 2008. During his two spells as coach of Feyenoord, five seasons in total, they would finish second once, in 2000–01. Van Marwijk was succeeded at Feyenoord by Gertjan Verbeek.

Van Marwijk's management staff as Dutch coach included former internationals Frank de Boer and Phillip Cocu, as well as Dick Voorn.[11] In the 2010 World Cup, van Marwijk led the Dutch to the final against Spain after defeating Slovakia in the round of 16, Brazil in the quarter-finals and Uruguay in the semi-finals. They lost, however, 1–0 in extra time. He opted for a very hard style of play, especially during the final, in strong contrast with the Dutch football tradition.

On 8 December 2011, van Marwijk extended his contract with the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) for four more years through to the summer of 2016, including participation in the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016 tournaments.[12] At the Euro 2012 tournament, however, the Dutch ended up without a single point and being widely criticized, prompting van Marwijk to resign on 27 June.[13]

Hamburg

On 26 September 2013, van Marwijk became the head coach of German side Hamburger SV after refusing offers from Southampton and Sporting CP.[14] On 8 February, Hamburg lost for their sixth consecutive league match and gave up three goals in their fifth-straight league match.[15] The supervisory board at Hamburg met on 9 February 2014 to discuss the future of van Marwijk, opting to let him continue in his role.[16] He was then, however, sacked on 15 February[17] after Hamburg lost 4–2 to Eintracht Braunschweig.[18] Hamburg had lost seven-straight league matches and a DFB-Pokal loss to Bayern Munich.[19] His assistant coach, Roel Coumans, was sacked as well.[19] Van Marwijk lasted 143 days at the helm of Hamburg.[18][19]

Saudi Arabia national team

On 26 August 2015, van Marwijk became the new manager of the Saudi Arabia national team on a one-year contract.[20] On 3 September 2015, he managed his first game, winning 7–0 against East Timor in the 2018 Asian World Cup qualifiers. On 24 March 2016, he clinched qualification to the third (final) round by winning 2–0 against Malaysia. After criticism from local media for not staying in the country and watching league games, van Marwijk helped Saudi Arabia to directly qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in their last game against Japan – their fifth FIFA World Cup and first since 2006. Days after their last qualifying match, he left his job having been unable to agree on a new contract with the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.[21]

Australia national team

Van Marwijk as manager of Australia in 2018

On 24 January 2018, van Marwijk was appointed as the new head coach of the Australian national team on a short-term deal until the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[22] On his debut on 23 March, the team lost 4–1 to Norway in a friendly in Oslo,[23] followed four days later by a goalless draw with Colombia in England.[24] In warmups ahead of the finals, the Socceroos beat the Czech Republic and Hungary;[25] the 4–0 win over the former was that country's record defeat.[26] Australia were eliminated from the group stage in Russia, with one draw and two losses.[27]

UAE national team

On 20 March 2019, van Marwijk became the new manager of the United Arab Emirates national team.[28][29] On 4 December that year, the nation's football association announced his sacking following their 4–2 defeat to rivals Qatar in the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup.[30]

Van Marwijk returned to the same post on 14 December 2020.[31] At the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup in Qatar, the team lost 5–0 in the quarter-finals to their rivals.[32] He was sacked again on 12 February 2022, with the team confirmed out of the automatic places in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification with two games left.[33]

Personal life

Van Marwijk's daughter, Andra, married the Dutch international footballer Mark van Bommel.[34] Their sons Thomas and Ruben van Bommel made their professional football debuts with MVV Maastricht in the early 2020s.[35][36]

In June 2022, Van Marwijk received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rinus Michels Awards for Dutch football managers.[37]

Career statistics

Player

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Go Ahead Eagles 1969–70 Eredivisie 00–00
1970–71 15210–162
1971–72 39420–414
1972–73 35310–363
1973–74 272–272
1974–75 305–305
Total 1461640–15016
AZ 1975–76 Eredivisie 22620–246
1976–77 27940–319
1977–78 205611[lower-alpha 1]0276
Total 6920121108221
MVV 1978–79 Eredivisie 32110–331
1979–80 32710–337
1980–81 12000–120
1981–82 30124–325
1982–83 Eerste Divisie 278–278
1983–84 3115–3115
1984–85 Eredivisie 31120–331
1985–86 30210–312
Total 2253574–23239
Fortuna Sittard 1986–87 Eredivisie 111–111
FC Assent 1987–88 Belgian Second Division 170–170
Career total 468722351049277
  1. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Cup

Manager

As of match played 1 February 2022
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % Ref.
Hedera Millen 1990 1991 —
RKVCL Limmel 1991 1995
Meerssen 1995 1998
Fortuna Sittard 1998 2000
Feyenoord 1 July 2000[38] 30 June 2004[38] 182 110 32 40 060.44
Borussia Dortmund 1 July 2004[39] 18 December 2006[39] 95 35 32 28 036.84 [39]
Feyenoord 1 July 2007[38] 31 July 2008[38] 38 24 6 8 063.16
Netherlands 1 August 2008 27 June 2012 52 34 10 8 065.38
Hamburger SV 26 September 2013[14] 15 February 2014[17] 17 4 3 10 023.53 [40]
Saudi Arabia 1 September 2015 15 September 2017 20 13 4 3 065.00
Australia 24 January 2018 14 July 2018 7 2 2 3 028.57
UAE 20 March 2019 4 December 2019 11 6 1 4 054.55 [41]
14 December 2020 7 February 2022 19 10 4 5 052.63

Honours

Van Marwijk won the UEFA Cup (now called the Europa League) with Feyenoord in 2002.

Player

AZ
MVV Maastricht

Manager

Feyenoord
Netherlands

Individual

Other

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Best – Men's Coach 2016" (PDF). FIFA. p. 9. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Bert van Marwijk at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ↑ "Robbie Servais begint aan zijn eerste WK" (in Dutch). De Limburger. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Brodkin, Jon (8 May 2002). "Shadow falls over Uefa Cup final". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Feyenoord seal Uefa Cup win". BBC Sport. 8 May 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Van Marwijk commits to Feyenoord". UEFA. 27 October 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Van Marwijk joins Dortmund". Eurosport. 1 June 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Doll quits as Dortmund coach - World Soccer - Yahoo! Sports". Archived from the original on 22 May 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Dortmund dismiss coach van Marwijk". CNN. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Feyenoord klopt Roda in bekerfinale" (in Dutch). De Pers. 27 April 2008. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Bert van Marwijk succède à Marco van Basten". FIFA (in French). Archived from the original on 20 May 2008.
  12. ↑ Scholten, Berend. "Van Marwijk extends Netherlands commitment". UEFA.com.
  13. ↑ "Van Marwijk stapt per direct op als bondscoach van Oranje". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  14. 1 2 "Van Marwijk arbeitet an der Organisation". kicker (in German). 26 September 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  15. ↑ "Ramos besiegelt historische HSV-Pleite". kicker (in German). 8 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Van Marwijk bleibt vorerst HSV-Trainer". Die Welt (in German). 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  17. 1 2 Schiller, Kai; Lemm, Dennis (15 February 2014). "HSV beurlaubt Bert van Marwijk – kommt Slomka?". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  18. 1 2 "Bert van Marwijk reagiert "nüchtern" auf Entlassung". kicker (in German). 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  19. 1 2 3 "Hamburg sack Bert van Marwijk after seventh straight league loss". BBC. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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  27. ↑ Critchley, Mark (26 June 2018). "World Cup 2018: Australia crash out as Peru fans finally rejoice in Andre Carillo and Paolo Guerrero goals". The Independent. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
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  29. ↑ "Van Marwijk bondscoach Emiraten". De Telegraaf. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  30. ↑ "UAE sacks national team coach Bert Van Marwijk". Gulf News.
  31. ↑ "UAE coach Van Marwijk sets sights on another World Cup". Reuters. 15 December 2020.
  32. ↑ "UAE crash out of Fifa Arab Cup with 5-0 quarter-final defeat in Qatar". The National. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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  35. ↑ Visser, Emil (30 October 2020). "Zoon van Mark van Bommel beleeft glorieus moment met eerste treffer" [Mark van Bommel's son experiences glorious moment with first goal]. De Limburger (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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  37. ↑ "Van Marwijk ontvangt oeuvreprijs bij Rinus Michels Awards" [Van Marwijk receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rinus Michels Awards] (in Dutch). ESPN. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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  39. 1 2 3 "Borussia Dortmund" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
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