Mark van Bommel
Dutch football player and manager (born 1977) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel (born 22 April 1977) is a Dutch football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Belgian side Royal Antwerp. His FIFA World Cup profile describes him as "a tackling machine and expert ball-winner, but he also boasts a fine array of passes and a powerful shot, having been a free-kick specialist during his PSV days".[2]
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Full name | Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel[1] | ||||||||||
Date of birth | (1977-04-22) 22 April 1977 (age 47)[1] | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Maasbracht, Netherlands | ||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Royal Antwerp (manager) | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
1985–1992 | RKVV Maasbracht | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
1992–1999 | Fortuna Sittard | 153 | (13) | ||||||||
1999–2005 | PSV | 169 | (46) | ||||||||
2005–2006 | Barcelona | 24 | (2) | ||||||||
2006–2011 | Bayern Munich | 123 | (11) | ||||||||
2011–2012 | Milan | 39 | (0) | ||||||||
2012–2013 | PSV | 28 | (6) | ||||||||
Total | 536 | (78) | |||||||||
International career | |||||||||||
1996–2000 | Netherlands U21 | 27 | (3) | ||||||||
2000–2012 | Netherlands | 79 | (10) | ||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||
2015–2017 | Saudi Arabia (assistant) | ||||||||||
2018 | Australia (assistant) | ||||||||||
2018–2019 | PSV | ||||||||||
2021 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||||||
2022– | Royal Antwerp | ||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He played in and won the Dutch Eredivisie with PSV, Spanish La Liga with Barcelona, German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich, and Italian Serie A with Milan. Between 2000 and 2011, he won eight national championship titles in four competitions: four with PSV, two with Bayern, one with Barcelona and one with Milan. Van Bommel won the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League with Barcelona and was Bayern's first foreign captain. At Bayern, he led the team to two Bundesliga titles, and finished runner-up in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final.
From 2000 to 2012, Van Bommel was part of the Netherlands team and earned 79 caps. He was part of the teams that went to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, finished runner-up at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and went to UEFA Euro 2012.
He began managing as a youth coach and assistant to his father-in-law and former international manager Bert van Marwijk. He then managed in his own right at PSV, VfL Wolfsburg and Royal Antwerp, winning the Belgian Pro League and Belgian Cup double with the latter in 2022–23.