Marinus "Rinus" David Israël (born 19 March 1942) is a Dutch former professional football player and manager who is currently a scout. Nicknamed "Iron Rinus", he formed a solid defence line at Feyenoord with Theo Laseroms.

Club career

During his career he played for DWS (1962–66), Feyenoord Rotterdam (1966–74), Excelsior Rotterdam (1974–75) and PEC Zwolle (1975–82).[3] Israël achieved his greatest success at club level with Feyenoord, where he won three Eredivisie titles, a KNVB Cup, a European Cup and a UEFA Cup. He scored one of Feyenoord's two goals in the 1970 European Cup Final against Celtic.[4]

International career

Israël played 47 matches and scored 3 goals for the Netherlands national team from 1964 to 1974, and he played three matches for Holland in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, including the second-round victories against Brazil and Argentina.[1]

Honours

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Player

DWS
Feijenoord
Individual

Manager

Al-Wahda FC
ADO Den Haag

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA profile". Archived from the original on 6 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Rinus Israel – International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  3. ^ Rinus Israël at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ "Feyenoord vs. Celtic 2-1". 11v11. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. ^ Rinus Israël at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ "Limburgsch dagblad". Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Limburgsch dagblad". Retrieved 6 April 2015.