Dick Advocaat

Also known as Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat

Dutch association football player and manager (born 1947)

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Dick Advocaat is a Dutch male association football player and coach. Born Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat on September 27, 1947, in The Hague, he holds citizenship in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He speaks and writes in Dutch. As a player, he competed in the North American Soccer League and played as a midfielder for teams including Chicago Sting, K. Berchem Sport, VVV-Venlo, and ADO Den Haag.

Advocaat has served as a coach for Sunderland A.F.C., Feyenoord Rotterdam, Sparta Rotterdam, and the Iraq men's national football team. He also acted as manager for the Curaçao national team. He participated in UEFA Euro 2004 and UEFA Euro 2012.

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Lifespan: b. 1947
Nationality: NL
Gender: Male

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Key facts

1967: → San Francisco Gales (loan)
1979: Chicago Sting
1980: Chicago Sting
1987: Netherlands Women
2005: United Arab Emirates
Full name: Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat
Date of birth: ( 1947-09-27 ) 27 September 1947 (age 78)
Place of birth: The Hague , Netherlands
Height: 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Positions: Defensive midfielder centre-back
Current team: Curaçao (manager)
Years: Team
1966 1973: ADO Den Haag
1973 1977: Roda JC
1977 1979: VVV-Venlo
1979 1980: ADO Den Haag
1980 1982: Sparta Rotterdam
1982 1983: K. Berchem Sport

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Team: Curaçao
Position: Manager
Nationality: The Netherlands

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Dick
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Place of birth: The Hague
Occupation: coach
Languages spoken: Dutch
Native language: Dutch
Participant in: UEFA Euro 2012
Sport: association football
Member of team: Chicago Sting
Position played: midfielder
League: North American Soccer League
Image: Dick Advocaat 2011 Russia.jpg
Height: 170

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Commons category: Dick Advocaat
date of birth: 1947-09-27
birth name: Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat
name in native language: Dick Advocaat
coach of sports team: Sparta Rotterdam

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Encyclopedic overview

Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪk ɑtfoːˈkaːt] ; born 27 September 1947) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is the manager of the Curaçao national team. A successful player and manager, he is nicknamed "The Little General", a reference to his mentor Rinus Michels.

Advocaat has coached a number of clubs in the Netherlands and abroad (including the Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, with which he won the 2008 UEFA Cup Final), as well as the national teams of a number of countries, including South Korea, Belgium and Russia.

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