Hans Gillhaus
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Johannes ("Hans") Paulus Gillhaus (born November 5, 1963 in Helmond, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch footballer, who played for PSV Eindhoven and Aberdeen primarily as a left sided forward. He is currently chief scout for Chelsea.
Gillhaus played for F.C. Den Bosch, but with the then World Record transfer of Ruud Gullit for £6,000,000 in 1987 from PSV to AC Milan, PSV strengthened their squad by signing Gillhaus, Wim Kieft and Søren Lerby. In his first season (1988) it was Gillhaus's goals which kept the pressure of Kieft who was the No 1 striker but was initially struggling to score. In that season PSV swept the board winning the Dutch League, Dutch Cup and the European Cup. However with the arrival of Romario, Gillhaus found his starting roles fewer as with Romario and Kieft being the expensive buys, he was the one usually resigned to the substitutes bench.
Gillhaus signed for Aberdeen from PSV in November 1989 for £650,000 and made an immediate impact on his debut scoring 2 goals (including an acrobatic overhead kick) against Dunfermline Athletic in a 3-1 victory at East End Park. This was followed in the next game by the only goal (a left foot curling shot into the top corner) in a win against Aberdeen's bitter rivals Rangers at Pittodrie.
While with Aberdeen he collected a Scottish Cup winners medal by helping them beat Celtic in 1990, before joining the Dutch World Cup Squad for Italia 90. In 1992 he left Aberdeen after falling out of favour with then Aberdeen manager Willie Miller, moving to Vitesse Arnhem. He played also in the Finnish League for Jaro Pietarsaari in 1998. He finished his playing career in the J-league in Japan.
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Netherlands squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup | |
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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 |
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