Foeke Booy
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Foeke Booy | |
| Date of birth | April 25, 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | |
| Playing position | midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | retired | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1980-1984 1984-1985 1985-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1993 1993-1994 1994-1996 |
Cambuur Leeuwarden De Graafschap PEC Zwolle FC Groningen Tilburg KV Kortrijk Club Brugge AA Gent FC Utrecht |
72 (8) 34 (20) 77 (37) 29 (10) 31 (8) 111 (49) 28 (11) 26 (4) |
| National team2 | ||
| Netherlands | 0 (0) | |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2000-2002 2002-2007 2007 2007-2008 |
FC Utrecht (assistent coach) FC Utrecht Al-Nassr Sparta_Rotterdam |
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Foeke Booy (born April 25, 1964) is a Dutch former football player and a football manager, who was born in the Frisian town of Leeuwarden. On Tuesday December 18, 2007 Booy was named as new Sparta Rotterdam coach after having guided Al Nasr in Saudi Arabia for only eight league matches since the summer of 2007.
Booy played for eight clubs in sixteen seasons. After Cambuur Leeuwarden, De Graafschap, PEC Zwolle and FC Groningen he opted for a Belgian adventure. He wore the shirt of KV Kortrijk, Club Brugge and AA Gent. In his time with Brugge he won the national championship twice and the national cup. In 1994 he played for FC Utrecht. However, a heavy knee injury made it almost impossible to play football at the highest level.
At the age of 34 he therefore decided to focus on a future as a coach. He coached the B-juniors of FC Utrecht, he had Young FC Utrecht under his wing and was assistant to the coach of the A-selection for two years. In 2002 he became technical manager and coach of FC Utrecht.
Foeke Booy is the most successful coach in the history of FC Utrecht. In his first year as a coach his team challenged for a European place for a long period but finally ended eighth with 47 points. The climax of the season 2002/2003 was the fact that FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup at Feyenoord's expense. The club from Rotterdam had been beaten in its own stadium 4-1.
In his second year as coach he saw some important names disappear from his selection, but FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup again and scored only one point less in the league than they did the year before. Last season Booy obtained the third main trophy with the club: Ajax were beaten at their own stadium, 4-2 in the match for the Johan Cruijff-schaal, the traditional game before the start of the season between the national champions and the Cup winners.
[edit] Career as player
| Period | Club | Country | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-1984 | Cambuur Leeuwarden |  Netherlands |
Eredivisie |
| 1984-1985 | De Graafschap | Netherlands |
Eredivisie |
| 1985-1987 | PEC Zwolle '82 | Netherlands |
Eredivisie |
| 1987-1988 | FC Groningen | Netherlands |
Eredivisie |
| 1988-1989 | KV Kortrijk | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
Jupiler League |
| 1989-1993 | Club Brugge | Belgium |
Jupiler League |
| 1993-1994 | K.A.A. Gent | Belgium |
Jupiler League |
| 1994-1996 | FC Utrecht | Netherlands |
Eredivisie |
[edit] Career as coach
| Period | Club | Country | Competitie | Functie |
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| 2000-2002 | FC Utrecht | Netherlands |
Eredivisie | Assistant-Coach |
| 2002-2007 | FC Utrecht | Netherlands |
Eredivisie | Coach |
| 2007 | Al-Nasr |  Saudi Arabia |
Eredivisie | Coach |
| 2007-2008 | Sparta Rotterdam | Netherlands |
Eredivisie | Coach |
[edit] References
- (Dutch) Booys signs for Sparta Rotterdam
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