Joop Böckling

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Joop Böckling
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-11-03) 3 November 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
De Eland/SDC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1985 Haarlem 182 (74)
1985–1986 Volendam 33 (21)
1986–1987 Sparta 43 (14)
1987–1988 Volendam 17 (8)
1988–1991 Eindhoven 45 (7)
Total 320 (124)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joop Böckling (born 3 November 1955, in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

He played the large part of his career for Haarlem for whom he scored a then record-equaling fastest goal of the Eredivisie after only 10 seconds in October 1981 against MVV.[1] He also played in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup match away at Moscow Spartak which became known as the Luzhniki disaster.(Report) In 2007, he played in a remembrance game with former Haarlem players against former Spartak players.[2]

He later played for Volendam, Sparta and Eindhoven.

Managerial career

Böckling coached several amateur sides such as Hellas Sport, HFC Haarlem, Velsen, De Germaan, Ripperda, SIZO Hillegom, ROHDA'76 Bodegraven[3] and SV Vogelenzang[4]

Personal life

After retiring as a player, Böckling worked as a sales representative for sports brands Umbro and Diadora and later started his own marketing bureau. He has two children from his first marriage.[4]

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