Wim Jansen

Wilhelmus Marinus Anthonius Jansen (born 28 October 1946 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch former footballer and manager. Jansen won 65 international caps with the Netherlands national football team and played in the Dutch teams that reached the 1974 and 1978 World Cup Finals.

Playing career

He spent most of his playing career with his hometown team, Feyenoord, between 1965 and 1980. At Feyenoord, Jansen won four League Championships, one Dutch Cup, one UEFA Cup in 1974, and the European Cup in 1970 when Feyenoord defeated Celtic 2–1 in Milan.

Jansen signed for the American side Washington Diplomats in 1980, but after playing 27 games for them, he returned to the Netherlands to sign for Ajax, on the advice of Johan Cruyff, who played together with Jansen at the Washington Diplomats.

Jansen would play as libero and fill a gap in the Ajax defence after the departure of Ruud Krol in the summer of 1980. By November 1980, after 13 rounds of the Eredivise Ajax were 8th, by the end of the season they had picked up form and finished as runners-up behind AZ and in front of FC Utrecht. The next season Ajax went on to win the Eredivisie with Jansen in the team. Feyenoord fans didn't like former player Jansen playing for their main rivals Ajax. On his Ajax debut (which, incidentally, was away to Feyenoord. Ajax lost 4–2) a snowball was thrown at his eye and Jansen had to leave the field for treatment. Jansen stayed at Ajax until summer 1982 when he retired at age 35.

Managerial career

He began his management career at his old club Feyenoord, where he worked as a coach, and then as assistant manager, between 1983 and 1987. After a season as manager of Belgian club SC Lokeren, he was appointed as Technical Director at second division SVV, where he won the league alongside his manager – future Rangers manager Dick Advocaat.

In 1991, he returned to Feyenoord as manager, winning the Dutch Cup in 1991 and 1992 and taking them to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1991–92. He became Technical Director in 1992, with Hans Dorjee being appointed as manager, but Dorjee became ill and Jansen took over as manager again. Dorjee later resigned and was replaced as manager by Jansen's old teammate, Willem van Hanegem. Feyenoord won the Dutch Championship in 1993 and the Dutch Cup again the following season, but after a dispute with the executives of the club, Jansen left to work as assistant manager of Saudi Arabia alongside Leo Beenhakker. Between 1994 and 1997 he also managed Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

On 3 July 1997, Wim Jansen was appointed as head coach of Celtic, replacing the sacked Tommy Burns. He went on to guide them to their first Scottish league championship in 10 years, ending the hopes of rival Rangers to win a tenth consecutive championship. Despite winning the league and the Scottish League Cup during his only season in charge, Jansen left the club less than 48 hours after the title was secured due to a personality clash with general manager Jock Brown. His most notable transfer was the signing of Henrik Larsson from Feyenoord.

At the beginning of the 2008–09 season Jansen took up the position of assistant to the head coach of the Feyenoord first team, Gertjan Verbeek.

Wim Jansen lives in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht since the 1970s.

Honours

Player

Feyenoord

• Eredivisie (4): 1964–65, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74
• KNVB Cup (1): 1968–69
• European Cup (1): 1969–70
• UEFA Cup (1): 1973–74

Ajax

• Eredivisie (1): 1981–82

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup Runner-up (2): 1974, 1978
• UEFA European Championship Third place (1): 1976

Manager

Feyenoord

• KNVB Cup (2): 1990–91, 1991–92

Celtic

• Scottish Premier Division (1): 1997–98
• Scottish League Cup (1): 1997–98

Individual

• SFWA Manager of the Year (1): 1997–98

Club statistics

Jansen in 1978

Jansen in 2013

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National team statistics

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Managerial statistics

As of 30 November 2013

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
SC Lokeren		1987	1988
Feyenoord		1990	1993
Sanfrecce Hiroshima		1995	1996	7001820000000000000♠82	7001320000000000000♠32	5000000000000000000♠0	7001500000000000000♠50	7001390200000000000♠39.02
Celtic		1997	1998	7001510000000000000♠51	7001330000000000000♠33	7001100000000000000♠10	7000800000000000000♠8	7001647099999999999♠64.71

References

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Netherlands squads
Netherlands squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Geels 2 Haan 3 Van Hanegem 4 Van Ierssel 5 Israël 6 Jansen 7 De Jong 8 Jongbloed 9 Keizer 10 R. van de Kerkhof 11 W. van de Kerkhof 12 Krol 13 Neeskens 14 Cruijff (c) 15 Rensenbrink 16 Rep 17 Rijsbergen 18 Schrijvers 19 Strik 20 Suurbier 21 Treijtel 22 Vos Coach: Michels Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1976 Third Place 1 Schrijvers 2 Suurbier 3 Rijsbergen 4 Van Kraay 5 Krol 6 Neeskens 7 Jansen 8 Rep 9 Cruijff (c) 10 W. van de Kerkhof 11 Rensenbrink 12 Van Hanegem 13 Geels 14 Peters 15 R. van de Kerkhof 16 Arntz 17 Ruiter 18 Jongbloed 19 Kist 20 Meutstege Coach: Knobel Netherlands squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Schrijvers 2 Poortvliet 3 Schoenaker 4 Van Kraay 5 Krol (c) 6 Jansen 7 Wildschut 8 Jongbloed 9 Haan 10 R. van de Kerkhof 11 W. van de Kerkhof 12 Rensenbrink 13 Neeskens 14 Boskamp 15 Hovenkamp 16 Rep 17 Rijsbergen 18 Nanninga 19 Doesburg 20 Suurbier 21 Lubse 22 Brandts Coach: Happel