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Rinus Michels

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Rinus Michels
Rinus Michels in 1984
Personal information
Full name Marinus Jacobus Hendricus Michels
Date of birth (1928-02-09)9 February 1928
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 3 March 2005(2005-03-03) (aged 77)
Position(s) Striker (retired)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1958 Ajax 264 (122)
National team
1950–1954 Netherlands 5 (0)
Teams managed
1953–1954 Asser Boys
1960–1964 JOS
1964–1965 A.F.C.
1965–1971 Ajax
1971–1974 Barcelona
1974 Netherlands
1975–1976 Ajax
1976–1978 Barcelona
1979–1980 Los Angeles Aztecs
1980–1983 1. FC Köln
1984–1985 Netherlands
1986–1988 Netherlands
1988–1989 Bayer Leverkusen
1990–1992 Netherlands
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands (as manager)
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1974
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1988
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rinus Michels (9 February 1928 – 3 March 2005) was a Dutch football player and football manager. He played for Ajax and Netherlands national team.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Ajax 1945–46 Football League Championship 12 13
1946–47 28 14
1947–48 5 3
1948–49 20 7
1949–50 26 16
1950–51 14 5
1951–52 19 15
1952–53 20 8
1953–54 26 12
1954–55 33 14
1955–56 30 8
1956–57 Eredivisie 29 7
1957–58 2 0
Career total 264 122

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Ajax 22 January 1965 30 June 1971 288 207 41 40 071.88
Barcelona 1 July 1971 30 June 1975 174 88 43 43 050.57
Netherlands 27 March 1974 7 July 1974 10 6 3 1 060.00
Ajax 1 July 1975 30 June 1976 43 27 8 8 062.79
Barcelona 1 July 1976 30 June 1978 94 47 25 22 050.00
Los Angeles Aztecs 1 July 1978 13 October 1980 ? ? ? ? ?
1. FC Köln 14 October 1980 23 August 1983 116 58 26 32 050.00
Netherlands 14 November 1984 23 December 1984 2 1 0 1 050.00
Netherlands 29 April 1986 25 June 1988 22 12 6 4 054.55
Bayer Leverkusen 1 July 1988 13 April 1989 31 10 11 10 032.26
Netherlands 26 September 1990 22 June 1992 19 11 4 4 057.89
Total 799 467 167 165 058.45

Netherlands

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Team Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Netherlands 53 30 13 10 98 32 +66 056.60

Ajax[1]

Ajax[1]

Barcelona[1]

1. FC Köln[1]

Netherlands[1]

Individual

Orders

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "The Netherlands' Grand Master". FIFA.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014
  2. "World Soccer Awards – previous winners". World Soccer. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. Scholten, Berend (3 March 2005). "Michels – a total footballing legend". UEFA. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
  4. "Top 50 des coaches de l'historie". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  5. "Michels and Houllier receive UEFA awards". UEFA. Retrieved 18 March 2015.