John Metgod

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Personal information
John Metgod

Full name	Johannes Antonius Bernardus Metgod
Date of birth	February 27, 1958 (1958-02-27) (age 50)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
	DWS
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1975–1976 1976–1982 1982–1984 1984–1987 1987–1988 1988–1994	HFC Haarlem AZ'67 Real Madrid Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur Feyenoord Rotterdam	032 0(1) 195 (26) 049 0(1) 116 (15) 012 0(0) 164 (13)
National team
1978–1983	Netherlands	021 0(4)
Teams managed
1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997 1997 1997–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007	Feyenoord Rotterdam (youth director) Excelsior Rotterdam (assistant) Excelsior Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam (ad interim) Excelsior Rotterdam (assistant) Feyenoord Rotterdam (assistant) Excelsior Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam (assistant)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Johannes ("John" or "Johnny") Antonius Bernardus Metgod (born February 27, 1958 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a retired football (soccer) defender from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1970s playing for HFC Haarlem.

Metgod later served AZ'67, Real Madrid, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur. In the summer of 1988 he came back to Holland, and played for Feyenoord Rotterdam for six seasons before retirement. He later became a football coach, working for Excelsior Rotterdam and Feyenoord. Metgod obtained 21 caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring four goals. His younger brother Edward was also a professional footballer, playing as a goalie.

He was noted for his stunning free-kicks, most notably during his spell at Nottingham Forest.

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(Dutch) Profile
John Metgod profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

Awards
Preceded by Hennie Meijer	Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 1992	Succeeded by Marc Overmars

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