Hans Eijkenbroek

Hans Eijkenbroek (born 5 January 1940 in Schiedam[1]) is a retired association football player and manager from the Netherlands.

Hans Eijkenbroek
Eijkenbroek in 1965
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-01-05) January 5, 1940
Place of birth Schiedam, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1963 Hermes DVS
1963–1973 Sparta 299 (13)
1973–1975 Willem II 40 (4)
Total 339 (17)
National team
1967–1970 Netherlands 18 (0)
Teams managed
1982–1983 AZ '67
1983–1984 Roda JC
1987–1989 AZ '67
1989–1990 Haarlem
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Born in Schiedam, he started his career at local side Hermes DVS and was scouted by Sparta Rotterdam legend Denis Neville in 1962. With Sparta he played in two KNVB Cup Finals, winning one.[2] He was Sparta captain when goalkeeper Eddy Treijtel shot down a gull from a goal-kick during a derby match against Feyenoord in 1970. Eijkenbroek subsequently threw the bird off the pitch only for a Sparta employee to have it stuffed and put in either Sparta's or Feyenoord's club museum.[3]

Nicknamed De Eijk, he also played for Willem II.[4]

International

Eijkenbroek made his debut for the Netherlands in an April 1967 friendly match against Belgium and earned a total of 18 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a January 1970 friendly against England.[5]

Managerial career

He played under manager Georg Keßler at Sparta and the national team, and later became his assistant at AZ '67, before taking the reins himself.[6] He also managed Haarlem and Roda JC, where we was dismissed in November 1984.[7] He has worked at FC Dordrecht since 1995.

References
  1. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/eijkenbroek-intl.html
  2. Over de meeuw en een voetballegende - FC Dordrecht (in Dutch)
  3. Heeft Feyenoord de echte, of Sparta? - NRC (in Dutch)
  4. "Hans Eijkenbroek". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  5. Intl career stats - EU Football
  6. Het was altijd een eer om voor Oranje te spelen - FC Dordrecht (in Dutch)
  7. Roda JC trainers aller tijden: Hans Eijkenbroek 1983-1984 - Roda JC (in Dutch)


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