Luuk Balkestein

Luuk Balkestein
	Balkestein (Sparta, left) tackles Jan Peters (Feyenoord) in 1979
Personal information
Date of birth	9 April 1954 (age 67)
Place of birth	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Borussia Mönchengladbach (scout)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1980	Sparta
1980–1982	Feyenoord
National team
1979–1980	Netherlands U-21
1980	Netherlands
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Luuk Balkestein (born 9 April 1954 in Apeldoorn) is a Dutch retired football player who played for Sparta Rotterdam and Feyenoord, as well as the Dutch national side.

International career[]

Balkestein played three games for Netherlands U-21^[1] and earned one senior cap for the Netherlands, a friendly match against France in March 1980.^[2]

Balkestein is chief scout at German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach^[3] and has been a scout at SC Heerenveen from 1995 to 2001.

His son, Pim, is also a footballer.

^ Intl career stats Archived 21 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine - OnsOranje (in Dutch)
^ Intl career stats - Voetbalstats
^ 'Scouten is vergelijken' (VT196) - De Voetbaltrainer (in Dutch)

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Personal information
Balkestein (Sparta, left) tackles Jan Peters (Feyenoord) in 1979
Date of birth	(1954-04-09) 9 April 1954 (age 67)
Place of birth	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Borussia Mönchengladbach (scout)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1980	Sparta	201	(7)
1980–1982	Feyenoord	18	(0)
National team
1979–1980	Netherlands U-21	3	(1)
1980	Netherlands	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only