Jan Wouters

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Jan Wouters

Personal information
Full name	Jan Jacobus Wouters
Date of birth	(1960-07-17) 17 July 1960 (age 61)
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1986	Utrecht	168	(21)
1986–1992	Ajax	150	(21)
1992–1994	Bayern Munich	66	(6)
1994–1996	PSV	52	(5)
Total		434	(55)
National team
1982–1994[1]	Netherlands	70	(4)
Teams managed
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)
show Honours Representing  Netherlands UEFA European Championship Winner 1988 West Germany
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

Career[]

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

He was 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. 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 newspaper 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[]

Honours[]

Utrecht

• KNVB Cup: 1984–85

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1989–90
• KNVB Cup: 1986–87
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87
• UEFA Cup: 1991–92

Bayern Munich^[3]

• Bundesliga: 1993–94

PSV

• KNVB Cup: 1995–96

Netherlands

• UEFA European Championship: 1988

Individual

• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1989–90
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988
• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1992–93^[4]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jan Wouters.

• profile Jan Wouters (in Dutch)
• Jan Wouters at Wereld van Oranje (in Dutch)