Kees Rijvers

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Kees Rijvers

Rijvers in 1982
Personal information
Full name	Cornelus Bernardus Rijvers
Date of birth	(1926-05-27) 27 May 1926 (age 95)
Place of birth	Breda, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	NAC Breda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1944–1950	NAC Breda	?	(?)
1950–1953	Saint-Étienne	76	(20)
1953–1955	Stade Français	?	(?)
1955–1957	Saint-Étienne	66	(16)
1957–1960	Feijenoord	92	(36)
1960–1962	Saint-Étienne	57	(15)
1962–1963	NAC Breda	14	(1)
National team‡
1946–1960	Netherlands	33	(10)
Teams managed
1964–1966	Willem II (assistant)
1966–1972	FC Twente
1972–1980	PSV Eindhoven
1980–1981	Beringen
1981–1984	Netherlands
1986–1989	FC Twente (technical director)
1994–1995	PSV Eindhoven
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 June 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2007

Cornelus Bernardus "Kees" Rijvers (born 27 May 1926) is a Dutch former footballer who was active as a midfielder and later as coach for o.a PSV Eindhoven and the Dutch national team. He was born in Breda.

Playing career[]

Rijvers made his debut at NAC Breda and also played for AS Saint-Étienne, Stade Français and Feijenoord. He was a member of the Dutch team at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games.^[1]

Coaching career[]

As a manager, he took over FC Twente and coached the team for six years, with good results. After those successful seasons, he moved to PSV Eindhoven. He led the team to win the 1977–78 UEFA Cup. He also won with PSV three Eredivisie titles, in 1975, 1976 and 1978, and the double in 1976. After leaving PSV, he took over the national team and introduced young players like Ronald Koeman, Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten. The Netherlands failed to qualify for Euro 1984 having better goal difference against Spain until the last day of the qualification, but after Spain's 12-1 win over Malta, the Netherlands ended second in the group. After that Rijvers was sacked by the KNVB and replaced by Rinus Michels.

Honours[]

Player[]

NAC Breda

• Eerste Klasse: 1945–46

Saint-Étienne

• Ligue 1: 1956–57
• Coupe de France: 1961–62

Manager[]

PSV

• Eredivisie: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78
• KNVB Beker: 1973–74, 1975–76
• UEFA Cup: 1977–78

Individual[]

• Rinus Michels Award: 2004

See also[]

• List of UEFA Cup winning managers

References[]

External links[]

• Playing and coaching profile (in Dutch)

Awards
Preceded by N/A	Rinus Michels oeuvre award 2004	Succeeded by Piet de Visser