Ruud Gullit is a Dutch footballer and subsequent manager who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s as a defender, midfielder or forward. In 2004, he was named one of the Top 125 greatest living footballers as part of FIFA's 100th anniversary celebration.
HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982–83 UEFA Cup, losing to Spartak Moscow of the Soviet Union.
Sport Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese professional football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the SVB Eerste Divisie, the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, having won a record 25 league titles, and a record of five Beker van Surinames and President's Cups apiece. The club was the first Surinamese club to make the final of a North American tournament, reaching the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup final. Though making five CONCACAF club championship finals in their history, Robinhood has never won a continental title.
Gert Aandewiel is a Dutch football manager and former football player.
Pieter "Piet" Keur is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who was a prolific goalscorer in the 1980s and early 1990s. He's currently striker-coach at AZ.
Johannes "Hans" van de Haar is a Dutch football manager and former player. He currently manages Tweede Divisie club TEC
Johannes Anthonius Bernardus Metgod is a Dutch former professional footballer who works as assistant manager of United Arab Emirates.
André Stafleu is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a defender. Stafleu made his professional debut at Feyenoord and also played for Excelsior, Vitesse Arnhem, Willem II and HFC Haarlem. After his career he took control as a manager over FC Volendam and Sportclub Feyenoord, while he was a youth coach at Feyenoord for many years. He was assistant coach in Chinese Foolball Club Tianjin Teda in 2007.
Erik Willem Heijblok is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1971–72 season was contested by 21 teams, five more than in the previous year. Due to the disbandment of the Tweede Divisie, six teams were promoted to the Eerste Divisie; the rest of the teams returned to amateur football. As a result of the disbandment, teams no longer could relegate to lower leagues. HFC Haarlem won the championship.
Edward Metgod is a former Dutch football (soccer) goalkeeper, and current coach of Team VVCS. He made his debut in Dutch professional football on 13 April 1980 for HFC Haarlem in a competition game against Roda JC losing 1–2. He spent 11 years at Haarlem before finishing his playing career with 7 seasons at Sparta Rotterdam. Metgod was a member of the famous Haarlem team, that competed in the UEFA Cup in the 1982–1983 season, for the first time in the club's history. However, this campaign was to be overshadowed by the Luzhniki disaster.
Barry Hughes was a Welsh professional football player and manager, active primarily in the Netherlands. He played as a defender.
Joop Brand is a Dutch former football player and manager.
Delano Lloyd Rigters is a former Surinamese International football player who played his entire career in Suriname, playing for Voorwaarts, MVV, Robinhood as well as for the Suriname national team. He spent 16 years with Robinhood, finishing as the league top goal scorer four times. He also helped his club win ten national titles, having made it to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup final on three occasions.
Uruguayans in the Netherlands are people born in Uruguay who live in the Netherlands, or Dutch-born people of Uruguayan descent..
Edwin Paulus Engelkes is a Dutch football manager. He was the head coach of I-League club RoundGlass Punjab. He has also coached Ajax Women and VVOG.
Jelle Duin is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as forward for AZ.
Lee-Roy Echteld is a Dutch football manager and former professional player, who most notably played for Heerenveen as a midfielder. He is currently part of the first-team staff of PEC Zwolle
Robert Vosmaer is a former Dutch footballer who played as a forward and represented the Netherlands national football team.
Jan Fransz was a Dutch professional football player and coach.
