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Wim Rijsbergen


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Rijsbergen in 1978
Wilhelmus Gerardus Rijsbergen
(1952-01-18) 18 January 1952
Leiden, Netherlands
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Defender
VV Roodenburg
TeamApps(Gls)
PEC Zwolle26(0)
Feyenoord173(1)
Bastia24(0)
New York Cosmos86(2)
Helmond Sport21(0)
Utrecht18(0)
348(3)
Netherlands28(1)
Ajax Amsterdam (youth coach)
DS'79 (youth coach)
VV Roodenburg
DWS
FC Volendam
NAC Breda
Groningen
Universidad Católica (youth coach)
Universidad Católica
Al-Ittifaq
Club América (assistant)
Trinidad and Tobago (assistant)
Trinidad and Tobago
PSM Makassar
Indonesia
Indonesia (technical director)
Solomon Islands
Runner-up1974 West GermanyRunner-up1978 Argentina1976 Yugoslavia
Runner-up1974 West Germany
Runner-up1978 Argentina
1976 Yugoslavia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilhelmus "Wim" Gerardus Rijsbergen (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɪlˈɦɛlmʏs (ˈʋɪm) ɣeːˈrɑrdʏs ˈrɛizbɛrɣə(n)]; born 18 January 1952) is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was last the manager of Solomon Islands' national team.

Rijsbergen was born in Leiden, South Holland. Playing for Feyenoord Rotterdam, he was part of the Netherlands national football team which finished second in both the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. He later played in the North American Soccer League, for the New York Cosmos. Rijsbergen began his professional career at PEC Zwolle, and ended it in 1986 at FC Utrecht.

In 1999, he was appointed manager of Universidad Católica.

Rijsbergen, an assistant to Leo Beenhakker at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, assumed control of the Trinidad and Tobago national team in his own right following the World Cup. As of December 2007, he was suspended by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation for six months, through 4 June 2007 and replaced.

He was manager of Indonesia from 2011 to 2012, after which he stayed in Indonesia to become technical director. Rijsbergen joined the Solomon Islands and guided the island nation to a fourth place in group B in the 2019 Pacific Games.

National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands197490
197530
197651
197750
197860

Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rijsbergen goal.

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
125 April 1976De Kuip, Rotterdam, NetherlandsBelgium1–05–0UEFA Euro 1976 qualification
TeamNatFromToRecord
IndonesiaJuly 2011January 201211236018.18

PEC Zwolle

  • Tweede Divisie runner up: 1970–71

Feyenoord

  • Eredivisie: 1973–74
  • UEFA Cup: 1973–74

New York Cosmos

  • Soccer Bowl: 1980, 1982
  • Soccer Bowl runner up: 1981

Utrecht

  • KNVB Cup: 1984–85

Netherlands

  • FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1974, 1978
  • UEFA Euro third place: 1976
  • Tournoi de Paris: 1978

FC Volendam

  • KNVB Cup: runner up 1994–95

  • NASL stats

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