Jan Wouters

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Jan Wouters
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Personal information
Full name Jan Jacobus Wouters
Date of birth (1960-07-17) 17 July 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Utrecht, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1986 Utrecht 168 (21)
1986–1992 Ajax 150 (21)
1992–1994 Bayern Munich 66 (6)
1994–1996 PSV 52 (5)
Total434(55)
International career
1982–1994 [1] Netherlands 70 (4)
Managerial career
1996–1997 Utrecht (assistant)
1997 Utrecht (caretaker)
1997–1998 Ajax (youth)
1998–2000 Ajax
2001–2006 Rangers (assistant)
2006–2007 PSV (assistant)
2007 PSV (caretaker)
2008–2009 PSV (assistant)
2009–2011 Utrecht (assistant)
2011–2014 Utrecht
2015 Kasımpaşa (caretaker)
2015–2018 Feyenoord (assistant)
2021 Fortuna Sittard (assistant)
2022-present Ajax youth (assistant)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1988 West Germany
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Jacobus Wouters (born 17 July 1960) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. He played as a defensive midfielder and was Dutch Footballer of the Year in 1990.

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Career

Wouters played for several clubs including PSV, Utrecht, Bayern Munich and Ajax. He was also a Netherlands international team member (70 caps, four goals) and was hugely influential in 1988 when the Netherlands won the European Football Championship.

He was a coach of Scottish Premier League club Rangers under Dick Advocaat and then Alex McLeish. He left Rangers at the end of the 2005–06 season, along with McLeish and Andy Watson.

Wouters is infamous to England supporters after elbowing Paul Gascoigne and fracturing his cheekbone during a World Cup qualifier in 1993 at Wembley Stadium. Gascoigne was forced to wear a Phantom of the Opera style facemask to protect his fractured cheekbone until his injury healed. The following day, the Daily Mirror labelled Wouters a "Dutch thug". The match was drawn 2–2 and damaged England's hopes of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup finals in the United States, despite England leading the match 2–0.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [2]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Utrecht 1980–81 Eredivisie 191
1981–82 334
1982–83 276
1983–84 314
1984–85 251
1985–86 335
Total16821
Ajax 1986–87 Eredivisie324
1987–88 284
1988–89 220
1989–90 285
1990–91 305
1991–92 101
Total15019
Bayern Munich 1991–92 Bundesliga 17100–00171
1992–93 33420–00354
1993–94 16141–40242
Total686
PSV 1993–94 Eredivisie10110–00111
1994–95 22110–20251
1995–96 20340–30273
Total525600050635
Career total43851

Honours

Utrecht

Ajax

Bayern Munich [3]

PSV

Netherlands

Individual

Wouters was repeatedly referenced in a Saturday Night Live sketch on 4 February 2023 featuring James Austin Johnson as a British rapper named Milly Pounds. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel (16 January 2009). "Jan Wouters - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jan WOUTERS" . Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "Jan Wouters" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "UEFA 1988 Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bundesliga Historie 1992/93" (in German). kicker.
  6. ↑ Weekend Update ft. Michael Longfellow, James Austin Johnson and Devon Walker - SNL , retrieved 6 February 2023
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