Adri van Tiggelen

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Adri van Tiggelen (born June 16, 1957 in Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland) is a former football defender from The Netherlands, who earned 56 caps for the Netherlands national football team although he never scored. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the 1988 European Football Championship in West Germany.

Nicknamed "De Spijker" ("The Nail"), he started his professional career with Sparta Rotterdam (1978-83), then moved to FC Groningen (1983-86), Anderlecht (1986-91), and PSV Eindhoven (1991-94). Van Tiggelen ended his career at Dordrecht'90 (1994-95). In July 2005 Van Tiggelen was the interim-coach who lead his former club Sparta back to the Dutch Eredivisie. Since then he's working as a coach for the juniors of Sparta.

	Netherlands squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup
1 van Breukelen \| 2 van Aerle \| 3 Rijkaard \| 4 R. Koeman \| 5 van Tiggelen \| 6 Wouters \| 7 E. Koeman \| 8 Vanenburg \| 9 van Basten \| 10 Gullit \| 11 Witschge \| 12 Kieft \| 13 Rutjes \| 14 van 't Schip \| 15 Roy \| 16 Hiele \| 17 Gillhaus \| 18 Fräser \| 19 van Loen \| 20 Winter \| 21 Blind \| 22 Menzo \| Coach: Beenhakker