Louis van Gaal
 Van Gaal in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1951[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Ajax (advisor) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| RKSV de Meer | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| RKSV de Meer | |||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Ajax | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1977 | Royal Antwerp | 41 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Telstar | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1978–1986 | Sparta Rotterdam | 248 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | AZ | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 331 | (34) | |||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Ajax (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1997 | Ajax | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Netherlands U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | AZ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Manchester United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||
Louis van Gaal (born 8 August 1951) is a former Dutch football player and international club manager. He was the manager of Manchester United.
Career statistics
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ajax | 1971–72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972–73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Royal Antwerp | 1973–74 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |
| 1974–75 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 9 | 2 | ||
| 1975–76 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 6 | |
| 1976–77 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| Total | 41 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 11 | |
| Telstar | 1977–78 | 25 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 1978–79 | 31 | 5 | — | — | 31 | 5 | ||
| 1979–80 | 33 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| 1980–81 | 33 | 5 | — | — | 33 | 5 | |||
| 1981–82 | 24 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| 1982–83 | 33 | 5 | — | — | 33 | 5 | |||
| 1983–84 | 34 | 2 | — | 6 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| 1984–85 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 4 | ||
| 1985–86 | 31 | 3 | — | 4 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| Total | 248 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 261 | 26 | |
| AZ | 1986–87 | 17 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Career totals | 331 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 360 | 38 | |
Managerial statistics
[change | change source]- As of match played 9 December 2022
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Ajax | 28 September 1991 | 30 June 1997 | 285 | 196 | 49 | 40 | 68.77 | |
| Barcelona | 1 July 1997 | 20 May 2000[4] | 171 | 95 | 32 | 44 | 55.56 | |
| Netherlands | 7 July 2000[5] | 30 November 2001[6] | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 60.00 | |
| Barcelona | 1 July 2002[7] | 28 January 2003[8] | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53.33 | |
| AZ | 1 July 2005 | 30 June 2009 | 182 | 105 | 39 | 38 | 57.69 | |
| Bayern Munich | 1 July 2009[9] | 10 April 2011[10] | 96 | 59 | 18 | 19 | 61.46 | [11] |
| Netherlands | 6 July 2012[12] | 12 July 2014[13] | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 62.07 | |
| Manchester United | 16 July 2014[14] | 23 May 2016 | 103 | 54 | 25 | 24 | 52.43 | [15] |
| Netherlands | 4 August 2021 | 9 December 2022 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| Total | 931 | 566 | 187 | 178 | 60.79 | |||
Honours
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Manager
[change | change source]- Eredivisie: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
- KNVB Cup: 1992–93
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 1993, 1994, 1995
- UEFA Champions League: 1994–95; runner-up: 1995–96
- UEFA Cup: 1991–92
- UEFA Super Cup: 1995
- Intercontinental Cup: 1995
Barcelona[17]
AZ[17]
Bayern Munich[17]
- Bundesliga: 2009–10
- DFB-Pokal: 2009–10
- DFL-Supercup: 2010
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2009–10[18]
Manchester United[17]
Netherlands[17]
- FIFA World Cup third place: 2014
Awards and achievements
[change | change source]- World Soccer Manager of the Year: 1995[19]
- Onze d'Or Coach of the Year: 1995[20]
- El País Manager of the Year: 1995
- Rinus Michels Award: 2007, 2009[21]
- Dutch Sports Coach of the Year: 2009, 2014[22][23]
- Die Sprachwahrer des Jahres (3rd place): 2009[24]
- Football Manager of the Year (Germany): 2010[25]
- Anton Geesink Award: 2015[26]
- Dutch Lifetime Achievement Award: 2017[27]
- France Football 18th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019[28]
- Eredivisie Oeuvre Award: 2023[29]
Orders
[change | change source]- Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau: 1997[30]
Publications
[change | change source]- De trainer en de totale mens, Leipzig, Leibniz-Blätter-Verlag, 2021.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 20. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ↑ "Van Gaal: Louis van Gaal: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ↑ Ronay, Barney (19 May 2014). "Louis van Gaal: an aristocrat of the game". Irish Times. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ↑ "Barcas Trainer van Gaal gibt auf". kicker (in German). 20 May 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Louis van Gaal soll auf Rijkaard folgen". kicker (in German). 3 July 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Bondscoach Van Gaal tritt zurück". kicker (in German). 30 November 2001. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Van Gaal kehrt nach Barcelona zurück". kicker (in German). 13 May 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "FC Barcelona entlässt van Gaal". kicker (in German). 28 January 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Bayern appoint Van Gaal as coach". BBC Sport. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- ↑ "FC Bayern and Louis van Gaal part company". Bayern Munich. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ↑ "Bayern München" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ "Van Gaal returns to Dutch hot-seat". FIFA. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ↑ Lipton, Martin (12 July 2014). "World Cup 2014: Third place playoff will see Van Gaal and Scolari depart on very different notes". Daily Mirror. London. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ "Manchester United: Louis van Gaal confirmed as new manager". BBC. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ↑ "Louis van Gaal Profile & MUFC Managerial Record". www.mufcinfo.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ↑ Fenn, Alec (1 March 2018). "When Ajax ruled the world". Four Four Two.com. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 "Louis Van Gaal". League Managers.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ Lyon, Sam (22 May 2010). "Bayern Munich 0–2 Inter Milan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ↑ "World Soccer Awards – previous winners". World Soccer. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ↑ ""Onze Mondial" Awards". RSSSF. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ↑ "Van Gaal honoured with 'Rinus Michels Award'". AEFCA. 10 June 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ↑ "Louis van Gaal coach van het jaar" [Louis van Gaal coach of the year] (in Dutch). NU.nl. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ↑ "Van Gaal becomes Coach of the Year". NOS. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Van Gaal zählt zu den Sprachwahrern des Jahres" [Van Gaal among the keepers of the language of the year] (in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ↑ "Trainer des Jahres: Das Wahlergebnis". kicker. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ↑ "Anton Geesink Award voor Louis van Gaal". JBN.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "Louis van Gaal krijgt oeuvre-award". AD.nl (in Dutch).
- ↑ "Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ "Orkun Kökcü, Fenna Kalma, Xavi Simons and Esmee Brugts are the big winners of the Eredivisie Awards". Eredivisie. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ↑ "Five things you should know about Louis van Gaal, Manchester United's new manager". Straitstimes. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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