John de Wolf

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John de Wolf

Full name	John de Wolf
Date of birth	December 10, 1962 (1962-12-10) (age 45)
Place of birth	Schiedam, Netherlands
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
	Schiedamse Boys Sparta Rotterdam
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983-1985 1985-1989 1989-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-2000	Sparta Rotterdam FC Groningen Feyenoord Rotterdam Wolverhampton Wanderers VVV-Venlo Hapoel Ashkelon Helmond Sport	58 (4) 112 (5) 111 (9) 28 (5) 30 (6) 3 (0) 18 (0)
National team²
1987-1994	Netherlands	6 (2)
Teams managed
1999-2000 2000-2002 2002-2005 2005-2007 2007-	Zwart Wit'28 RKSV Halsteren SVVSMC VV Haaglandia FC Türkiyemspor
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 June 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

John de Wolf (born 10 December 1962 in Schiedam, Zuid-Holland) is a retired Dutch footballer, who earned six caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring two goals.

Nicknamed "Big John", "Rambo", and "De Wolf Man", De Wolf has played for Sparta Rotterdam, FC Groningen, Feyenoord, Wolverhampton Wanderers, VVV Venlo, Hapoel Ashkelon and Helmond Sport. During his period at Feyenoord, with whom he won the Dutch title in the eredivisie in 1993, he became well-known as a tough but fair defender.

His first season in English football was reasonably successful, as he was made captain of the Wolves side by manager Graham Taylor, helping them reach the FA Cup quarter-finals and finish fourth in Division One, although defeat to Bolton in the semi-finals ended their dream of promotion to the Premier League. The following season, however, he missed most games as Wolves finished 20th in the final table, and he fell out with new manager Mark McGhee who attempted to select to him for the reserve side, only for De Wolf to speak out and claim that he should not be fielded in the reserves as he was an experienced player who had not been injured. He left the club soon afterwards and returned to his homeland.

In 2006 he was one of the participants on the Dutch hit-show Dancing with the Stars.

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Once scored a hat-trick for Wolverhampton Wanderers against Port Vale.

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John de Wolf profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

v • d • e Netherlands squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 de Goey • 2 F. de Boer • 3 Rijkaard • 4 Koeman • 5 Witschge • 6 Wouters • 7 Overmars • 8 Jonk • 9 R. de Boer • 10 Bergkamp • 11 Roy • 12 Bosman • 13 van der Sar • 14 van Gobbel • 15 Blind • 16 Numan • 17 Taument • 18 Valckx • 19 van Vossen • 20 Winter • 21 de Wolf • 22 Snelders • Coach: Advocaat