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Wilhelmus "Wim" Gerardus Rijsbergen (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɪlˈɦɛlmʏs (ˈʋɪm) ɣeːˈrɑrdʏs ˈrɛizbɛrɣə(n)]; born 18 January 1952) is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was last the manager of Solomon Islands' national team.

Playing career

Rijsbergen was born in Leiden, South Holland. Playing for Feyenoord Rotterdam, he was part of the Netherlands national football team which finished second in both the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. He later played in the North American Soccer League, for the New York Cosmos. Rijsbergen began his professional career at PEC Zwolle, and ended it in 1986 at FC Utrecht.

Managerial career

In 1999, he was appointed manager of Universidad Católica.[2]

Rijsbergen, an assistant to Leo Beenhakker at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, assumed control of the Trinidad and Tobago national team in his own right following the World Cup.[3] As of December 2007, he was suspended by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation for six (6) months, through 4 June 2007 and replaced.[4]

He was manager of Indonesia from 2011 to 2012, after which he stayed in Indonesia to become technical director. Rijsbergen joined the Solomon Islands and guided the island nation to a fourth place in group B in the 2019 Pacific Games.

Managerial statistics

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Indonesia Indonesia July 2011 January 2012 11 2 3 6 018.18

Honors

As a player

PEC Zwolle

Feyenoord

New York Cosmos

Utrecht

Netherlands

As a manager

FC Volendam

References

  1. ^ "Wim Rijsbergen - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. ^ "Geen vlucht maar mooi avontuur". trouw.nl (Archived). Archived from the original on 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Rijsbergen: bondscoach tussen de kogels". misdaadjournalist.nl.
  4. ^ Lasana Liburd (22 December 2007) "TTFF put coach Rijsbergen on six-month suspension". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). trinidadexpress.com
  5. ^ "1978 Tournoi de Paris". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

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