Danny Hoekman

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Danny Hoekman
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Personnel
birthday September 21, 1964
place of birth Nijmegen , the  Netherlands
position left wing
Juniors
Years station
VV NDT
VV SJN
SCE Nijmegen
1981-1983 NEC Nijmegen
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1983-1986 NEC Nijmegen 81 (17)
1986-1988 Roda JC Kerkrade 25 0(3)
1988-1989 →  VVV Venlo  (loan) 16 0(3)
1989-1991 FC The Hague 42 0(6)
1991 →  Manchester City  (loan) 1 0(0)
1992 →  Southampton FC  (loan) 3 0(1)
1992-1993 ADO The Hague 24 0(6)
1993-1997 NEC Nijmegen 49 (12)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
Netherlands U-21
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2003 Bonner SC
2005-2006 FC Hämeenlinna
2010 KRC Mechelen
1 Only league games are given.

Danny Hoekman (born September 21, 1964 in Nijmegen ) is a former Dutch football player and current coach . His favorite position was the left wing. At the end of the 1980s he was considered a great talent in Dutch football and was part of the extended Dutch national team .

On April 15, 1987 he was injured so badly by a foul by goalkeeper Jan Willem van Ede of FC Utrecht that he could never play again without pain and had to end his career at the age of 33. The trials did not end until 20 years later, after which he received high compensation. He was the first professional footballer to be compensated by an opposing club for a career lost due to a sports injury.

After his playing days, he was part of the coaching staff of several clubs from the Netherlands and the Gulf States, and he was also the head coach of some lower-class clubs, such as the German top division team Bonner SC at the time or the Belgian third division team KRC Mechelen .

career

At the beginning of his career Hoekman played in the youth team of various amateur clubs from Nijmegen. Among other things, he worked for the VV NDT ( Voetbalvereniging NDT ), the VV SJN ( Voetbalvereniging SJN ) and the SCE Nijmegen and then joined the youth team at NEC Nijmegen in 1981 , where he played until 1983. When Hoekman was 18 years old, he got a contract offer from the English club West Ham United . In 1983 he came to his first appearance in the first team in the Eerste Divisie , the second Dutch league, in the following season 1984/85 he was a regular player, which he remained in 1985/86 after promotion to the Eredivisie . For the 1986/87 season Hoekman moved to Roda JC Kerkrade , where he played so well that he was appointed to the extended squad of the Dutch national team and was in contract negotiations with Ajax Amsterdam and Manchester City for the following season before coming close to the end of the season and the game against competitors for the UEFA Cup was brutally knocked off his feet by the goalkeeper of FC Utrecht . He injured his knee so badly that he couldn't play for a year and a half. Even after that he could only play with pain. 1989 at VVV Venlo and 1989–1991 at FC Den Haag , 1991/92 he tried his hand at the two English first division clubs Manchester City and FC Southampton , but he only came to one use at Manchester City, at Southampton he only took one place on the Substitute bench. Failed in England, he returned to his hometown club NEC Nijmegen, where he ended his career in 1996/97 because of the late effects of the injury.

After retiring from active football, he became sports director at the amateur club SV Hatert from Nijmegen. Later he was part of the coaching staff of various Dutch football clubs , he was also head coach of Bonner SC , KRC Mechelen and FC Hämeenlinna .

damages

Hoekman's case against FC Utrecht was repeated and the significance compared with the Bosman decision .

Hoekman originally paid the costs for his treatment and rehabilitation measures himself, but after the end of his active time in 1998 he sued both goalkeeper van Ede and FC Utrecht for compensation for the treatment costs he had incurred. The opposing side defended itself with the arguments that: 1. Van Ede's boarding had not been assessed as a foul by the referee, 2. at least there was no intentional or reckless rule violation, 3. such fouls were to be expected in the context of a football game and, finally, 4. was over the treatment costs no damage can be determined. However, after viewing slow-motion footage and an expert opinion based on it by former FIFA referee Leo van der Kroft and the two former Dutch internationals Jan Mulder and Keje Molenaar , the court ruled that the goalkeeper had clearly only attacked Hoekman, deliberately fouled and not tried to avoid injuring Hoekman. In addition, the fouls arrogantly exceed the usual and expected level in a football game. Both were sentenced to compensation, FC Utrecht did not appeal.

Since 2003, FC Utrecht has gradually paid parts of the claim. To determine the amount of damage that had been left open by the court regarding the loss of earnings due to the deteriorating career, Hoekman held discussions with various professionals and quantified the damage from shorter active time, lower wages during his active time and ultimately fewer opportunities as a coach his active time to 12 million euros. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, Utrecht offered 1.5 million. After a change of ownership, the parties later agreed on an amount between 5 and 10 million euros.

The case became as significant as the Bosman decision for two reasons . 1. the club was held fully responsible for the misconduct and damage suffered by a player and 2. the unsecured employment expectation of a football player was considered eligible for compensation in the future. Hoekman was not only awarded the loss of earnings for the rest of his contract with Roda Kerkrade, but also the consequential injuries at other clubs and the other contracts that did not materialize.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Sander Berends: Uitspraak Hoekman zet voetbalwereld op zijn kop. In: elfvoetbal.nl. September 1, 2009, accessed April 16, 2010 (Dutch).
  2. a b c d e f g Ernst Bouwes: A tale of what might have been. In: ESPNsoccernet-Europe. ESPN , September 1, 2009, accessed April 16, 2010 .
  3. a b CV Danny Hoekman. In: Voetbalfocus.nl. Retrieved April 16, 2010 (Dutch).
  4. a b c d The Hoekman Ruling: Potentially A New Bosman Ruling? In: Bleacher Report . CBS , September 2, 2009, accessed April 16, 2010 .
  5. Doodschop: 12 miljoen euros . In: De Standaard . September 5, 2009.