Nico Jalink
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Nicholaas Jalink (born 22 June 1964) is a Dutch former footballer and football manager.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nicholaas Jalink[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1964-06-22) 22 June 1964 (age 60)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Xerxes | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1986 | Excelsior Rotterdam | 91 | (21) |
1986–1988 | AZ Alkmaar | 38 | (6) |
1988–1989 | Fortuna Sittard | 44 | (8) |
1989–1991 | RKC Waalwijk | 52 | (17) |
1991–1992 | Port Vale | 28 | (1) |
1992–1993 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | (4) |
1993–1996 | Sparta Rotterdam | 90 | (12) |
1996–1997 | NAC Breda | 25 | (0) |
1997–1999 | Sparta Rotterdam | 40 | (5) |
1999–2001 | FC Dordrecht | 46 | (6) |
Total | 480 | (70) | |
Managerial career | |||
2009 | DOTO | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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In a career spanning some eighteen years, the midfielder played 480 professional league games, scoring seventy goals.[2] He spent almost a year in England with Port Vale, though the majority of his career was spent in the Eredivisie. He played most of his football with hometown clubs Excelsior Rotterdam and Sparta Rotterdam, but also spent time with AZ Alkmaar, Fortuna Sittard, RKC Waalwijk, NAC Breda, and FC Dordrecht. He later managed the amateur side DOTO.