Wim Rijsbergen

Wim Rijsbergen
Rijsbergen 1978
Personnel
Surname	Wilhelmus Rijsbergen
birthday	January 18, 1952
place of birth	Leiden ,  Netherlands
size	180 cm
position	Central defender
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1970-1971	PEC Zwolle	26 (0)
1971-1978	Feyenoord Rotterdam	171 (1)
1978-1979	SC Bastia	18 (2)
1979-1983	New York Cosmos	86 (2)
1983-1984	Helmond Sport	21 (0)
1984-1986	FC Utrecht	18 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1974-1988	Netherlands	28 (1)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1986-1988	Ajax Amsterdam (youth coach)
1988-1989	FC Dordrecht (youth coach)
1989-1991	VV Roodenburg
1991-1993	Amsterdamsche FC DWS
1993-1995	FC Volendam
1995-1997	NAC Breda
1997-1998	FC Groningen
1998-1999	CD Universidad Católica (youth coach)
1999-2001	CD Universidad Católica
2002	al-Ettifaq
2003-2004	Club América (assistant coach)
2005-2006	Trinidad and Tobago (assistant coach)
2006-2007	Trinidad and Tobago
2011	PSM macassar
2011–2012	Indonesia
2012	Indonesia (technical director)
1 Only league games are given.

Wilhelmus "Wim" Rijsbergen (born January 18, 1952 in Leiden ) is a former Dutch football player .

The defender Rijsbergen began his professional career in 1970 at PEC Zwolle and played for Feyenoord Rotterdam a year later . At Feyenoord he advanced to the Dutch national team and bond coach Rinus Michels nominated him for the 1974 World Cup in Germany . During the tournament he earned a regular place and was one of the starting eleven in the World Cup final against Germany . Rijsbergen stayed until 1978 and then went to the USA , where he played with Franz Beckenbauer at Cosmos New York . Before this move, he was part of the Netherlands' squad at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina . However, he only played in the preliminary round and lost his regular place to the young central defender Ernie Brandts . He ended his professional career in 1986 in the Netherlands with FC Utrecht .

He has played a total of 28 international matches for the Dutch national team.

After his active career, he worked as a football coach for various clubs. As assistant coach to Leo Beenhakker , he took part in the 2006 World Cup in Germany with Trinidad and Tobago . He then took over the national coaching post after Beenhakker's departure, but was replaced by Francisco Maturana in the meantime . From 2011 to 2012 he was the coach of the Indonesian national soccer team .

Web links

• Wim Rijsbergen in the database of weltfussball.de
• Wim Rijsbergen in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)