Rinus Israël

Marinus ("Rinus") David Israël (born 19 March 1942 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch football player and current coach.

During his career he played for DWS (1962-66), Feyenoord Rotterdam (1966-74), Excelsior Rotterdam (1974-75), PEC Zwolle (1975-82). Israël achieved his greatest success at club level with Feyenoord, where he won three Eredivisie titles, a KNVB Cup, a European Cup and a UEFA Cup. He scored one of the two Rotterdam goals in the 1970 European Cup final against Celtic F.C. He also played 47 matches and scored 3 goals for the Netherlands national football team from 1964 to 1974, and played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup where the Dutch finished second. Nicknamed IJzeren Rinus (Iron Rinus) he formed a solid defence line at Feyenoord with Theo Laseroms.

	Netherlands squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Geels \| 2 Haan \| 3 van Hanegem \| 4 van Ierssel \| 5 Israël \| 6 Jansen \| 7 de Jong \| 8 Jongbloed \| 9 Keizer \| 10 R. van de Kerkhof \| 11 W. van de Kerkhof \| 12 Krol \| 13 Neeskens \| 14 Cruijff \| 15 Rensenbrink \| 16 Rep \| 17 Rijsbergen \| 18 Schrijvers \| 19 Strik \| 20 Suurbier \| 21 Treijtel \| 22 Vos \| Coach: Michels