Mehdi Mahdavikia is an Iranian professional football coach and former player usually played as a right winger or right back.
Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard is a Dutch former footballer and former manager who played as a defensive midfielder. Rijkaard played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and AC Milan and represented the Netherlands national team side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. In his managerial career, he was at the helm of the Netherlands national team, Sparta Rotterdam, Barcelona, Galatasaray and the Saudi Arabia national team.
The team captain of an association football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband.
Franciscus de Boer is a Dutch football manager who was most recently the head coach of the Netherlands national team. A former defender, De Boer spent most of his professional playing career with Ajax, winning five Eredivisie titles, two KNVB Cups, three Super Cups, one UEFA Super Cup, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Champions League, and one Intercontinental Cup. He later spent five years at Barcelona, where he won the 1998–99 La Liga title, followed by short spells at Galatasaray, Rangers, Al-Rayyan and Al-Shamal before retiring.
Al-Nasr CSC is an Emirati professional football club based in Al Nasr, Dubai and competes in the UAE Pro League. Al-Nasr, literally translating to "victory" in Arabic, was founded in 1945 and is considered as the first and oldest club in the United Arab Emirates.
Hubertus Jozef Margaretha "Huub" Stevens is a Dutch former professional football manager and player.
Stig Tøfting, commonly known as Tøffe, is a former Danish professional footballer and assistant coach, who most recently was the assistant of Erik Rasmussen at AGF.
Heath Pearce is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender for teams in Europe and North America. He represented his national team on 35 occasions. Pearce is currently the host of "The Mixer", "KPR" and "WTF", all programs on the YouTube channel COPA90 US.
Jørn Andersen, sometimes written as Jörn, is a Norwegian-German football manager and former player. He is the head coach of the Hong Kong national team.
The Netherlands national football team has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The men's national team is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), the governing body for football in the Netherlands, which is a part of UEFA, under the jurisdiction of FIFA. They were sometimes regarded as the greatest national team of the respective generations. Most of the Netherlands home matches are played at the Johan Cruyff Arena, De Kuip, Philips Stadion and De Grolsch Veste.
Ewald Lienen is a German football manager and former player. He is the current technical director of FC St. Pauli.
Zafer Yelen is a Turkish footballer who plays for MSV Normannia 08.
The 2008–09 2. Bundesliga was the 35th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany's football league. The season began on 15 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009.
Frank 'Funny' Heinemann is a German football coach, he is the currently assistant manager Bundesliga of VfL Bochum and a retired player.
Laurent Banide is a French football manager who coaches Monaco's women's side.
Frank Engel is a German football manager who manages the Germany U15 national team. From 1 January 2006 until 2009 he managed Germany's Under-18 national team.
Thomas Gerstner is a German football manager and former player. He is the manager of the German club SV Straelen.
Wolfgang Frank was a German football manager and player.
Frank Kramer is a former German football player and coach who last managed Schalke 04.
The Vereinigung der Vertragsfußballspieler e. V. (VDV) is the professional footballer's union in Germany. It has approximately 1,300 members, playing in the German professional leagues. Nowadays, it is possible that junior footballers at the beginning of their professional careers, can also be members from the age of fifteen. Footballers who have been playing abroad or having finished their career can stay members.
