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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.
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Full name | Wilhelmus Gerardus Rijsbergen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 18 January 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Leiden, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VV Roodenburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1971 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1978 | Feyenoord | 173 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1978–1979 | Bastia | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1979–1983 | New York Cosmos | 86 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1984 | Helmond Sport | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1986 | Utrecht | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 348 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1978[1] | Netherlands | 28 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1988 | Ajax Amsterdam (youth coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | DS'79 (youth coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | VV Roodenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | DWS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | FC Volendam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | NAC Breda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Groningen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Universidad Católica (youth coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Universidad Católica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002 | Al-Ittifaq | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Club América (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Trinidad and Tobago (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | PSM Makassar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Indonesia (technical director) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Solomon Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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.
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.
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Indonesia | July 2011 | January 2012 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18.18 |
PEC Zwolle
Feyenoord
New York Cosmos
Utrecht
Netherlands
FC Volendam
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