Gerard van der Lem

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Gerard van der Lem
Personal information
Full name	Gerard van der Lem
Date of birth	November 15, 1952 (1952-11-15) (age 55)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
	Zeeburgia Ajax Amsterdam FC Amsterdam
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1973-1975 1975-1977 1977-1980 1980-1980 1980-1984	FC Amsterdam Roda JC Feyenoord Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam FC Utrecht	66 (8) 66 (10) 72 (8) 10 (1) 88 (17)
National team2
	Netherlands	0 (0)
Teams managed
1984-1985 1985-1986 1986-1990 1990-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2002-2003 2003-2004 2007 2007-	AZ Alkmaar (assistant) AZS HFC Haarlem (assistant) Ajax Amsterdam (assistant) FC Barcelona (assistant) AZ Alkmaar Ajax Amsterdam (youth coach) Saudi Arabia Apollon Limassol Sharjah FC
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Gerard van der Lem (born November 15, 1952 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a retired football (soccer) winger from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut for FC Amsterdam on August 12, 1973 against PSV Eindhoven. He later played Roda JC, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Sparta Rotterdam and FC Utrecht.

After his professional career Van der Lem started to work as a football coach, first as an assistant at HFC Haarlem and Ajax Amsterdam, where he was the long-time helping hand of head coach Louis van Gaal. His first assignment as a head coach came in 1999, when he joined AZ Alkmaar. Later he also coached the Saudi Arabia national football team (2002-2004). During the 2006-07 season he coached Apollon Limassol of Cyprus. He is now the coach of UAE club Sharjah FC for the 2007-2008 season. He got fired from Sharjah after a 4-0 loss to rivals Al Wasl in the Presidents Cup.

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