Piet de Visser

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Piet de Visser
Personal information
Full name Piet de Visser
Date of birth September 23, 1934 (1934-09-23) (age 73)
Place of birth    Oost- en West-Souburg, Netherlands
Playing position Manager / scout
Club information
Current club Chelsea F.C. / PSV (scout)
Teams managed
1957-1963
1964-1966
1966-1969
1969-1971
1971-1974
1974-1976
1976-1978
1978-1980
1980-1983
1983-1985
1985-1991
1992-1993		 Sparta (assistant)
DFC
Stormvogels Telstar
DFC
De Graafschap
NEC
R.W.D. Molenbeek
FC Den Haag
Roda JC
AZ Alkmaar
Willem II
NAC Breda


* Appearances (Goals)

Piet de Visser (born September 23, 1934(1934-09-23) in Oost- en West-Souburg, Zeeland) is a Dutch football coach and scout. He is best known for scouting players like Romário and Ronaldo and successfully bringing them to Europe.[1] He is currently a personal adviser to Roman Abramovich, the owner of the English club Chelsea F.C.[2]

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[edit] Career

[edit] Manager

After a career as a player for De Zeeuwen, RCH and Zeeland Sport, De Visser became involved in management. In 1957 he started as a youth and assistant manager at Sparta.[3]

In 1964 he took his first assignment as a head manager at DFC and became champion of the second division in his first year. In 1973, while manager of De Graafschap, he and his club (which included defender Guus Hiddink) were promoted to the Eredivisie.[3] He subsequently became champion of the Eerste Divisie with NEC in 1975, and moved to the R.W.D. Molenbeek which had won the Belgian League the preceding season.[3]

He ended his management career in 1993, while at NAC Breda, due to heart problems.[4] He has since struggled with his health, beating cancer and undergoing five bypass surgeries.[5][2] During his career, De Visser managed Sparta, DFC, Stormvogels Telstar, De Graafschap, NEC, R.W.D. Molenbeek, FC Den Haag, Roda JC, AZ Alkmaar, Willem II and NAC Breda.[1][4]

[edit] PSV

After his career as a manager, De Visser became scout at PSV. While at PSV he was responsible for scouting players like Romário, Ronaldo, Alex, Farfán, and Gomes for the club. [1][6] He even scouted Adriano but PSV coach Erik Gerets was not interested in signing the Brazilian. [6]

[edit] Chelsea / Roman Abramovich

Since 2005 De Visser also scouts for Chelsea F.C., and is considered a close personal adviser on transfers to Roman Abramovich.[2] Guus Hiddink, who played under De Visser at De Graafschap, and who worked with him at PSV, was recommended to Abramovich (who pays Hiddink's wages) for the position of manager of the Russia national football team.[2] De Visser also recommended the hiring of Frank Arnesen to Abramovich, a move which was opposed by Jose Mourinho. [7] It was De Visser who first recommended the signing of Mikel John Obi and Salomon Kalou to Frank Arnesen for Chelsea.[5][8] De Visser and Arnesen have since clashed with Mourinho over transfer policy, with the two allegedly recommending Alex be brought over from PSV to solve the club's defensive problems. Mourinho is said to have preferred Khalid Boulahrouz instead.[7]

De Visser has also been instrumental in assisting Abramovich in setting up a youth academy at Chelsea, modeled on the academy at PSV. According to De Visser, "Mr Abramovich is fed up that he has to keep paying millions and millions for big star players. He had to pay an absolute fortune to get players like Didier Drogba and Michael Essien. This is why he has asked me as a private scout to look out for top class young players who will be the Chelsea stars in three years time."[9]

[edit] Honours

De Visser won numerous championships at various clubs as a manager. In 2005, he received the prestigious Rinus Michels Award for his entire oeuvre.[3] The award is named after Rinus Michels, who was named coach of the century by FIFA in 1999.[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Piet De Visser - Internationaal Voetbalscout", PSVZone. Retrieved on 2006-12-10. 
  2. ^ a b c d "Dutch scout is Abramovich's secret link", Telegraph, 2005-06-09. Retrieved on 2006-12-10. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Oeuvreprijs naar Piet de Visser", Rinus Michels Awards 2005, 2005-05-28. Retrieved on 2007-01-17. 
  4. ^ a b "Piet de Visser", Roda JC Spelers. Retrieved on 2006-12-11. 
  5. ^ a b Simon Kuper. "Teenage kicks, so hard to beat", Financial Times, 2006-10-13. Retrieved on 2006-12-11. 
  6. ^ a b "De Visser on our midfield", World Cup Blog, 2005-06-20. Retrieved on 2006-12-27. 
  7. ^ a b Matt Hughes. "'Special One' has suffered a power cut", The Times, 2007-01-15. Retrieved on 2007-01-17. Archived from the original on 2007-01-15. 
  8. ^ Matt Scott. "Feud at the heart of Chelsea's troubles", The Guardian, 2007-01-16. Retrieved on 2007-01-17. 
  9. ^ "De Visser reveals Chelsea's close PSV ties", TribalFootball, 2007-01-22. Retrieved on 2007-01-24. 
  10. ^ Berend Scholten. "Michels - a total footballing legend", UEFA.com, 2005-03-03. Retrieved on 2007-01-17. 


Awards
Preceded by
Kees Rijvers		 Rinus Michels oeuvre award
2005		 Succeeded by
Wiel Coerver
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De Graafschap – Managers

IJssennagger (1954–55) • Huber (1955) • Poulus (1955–59) • Engel (1959) • Jones (1960–62) • Teunissen (1962–67) • Zonderland (1967–71) • van Lingen (1971) • de Visser (1971–74) • Teunissen (1974–77) • Polak (1977) • Dorjee (1977) • Ellens (1977–78) • van de Meent (1978–80) • Ruijgrok (1980–83) • Popovics (1983–85) • van Brussel (1985–87) • Verbeek (1987–89) • Stehouwer (1989) • Zweers (1989) • Kistemaker (1989–93) • Versleijen (1993–94) • Körver (1995) • van Doorneveld (1995) • Korbach (1995–98) • van Doorneveld (1998–99) • Koolhof (1999) • Thijssen (1999) • Morales (1999) • McDonald (1999–2000) • Koolhof (2000) • Marsman (2000–01) • Koolhof (2001–02) • Bosz (2002–03) • Adelaar (2002–03) • Kruys (2003–05) • Ulderink (2005–06) • de Jonge (2006–)
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ADO Den Haag – Managers

Merkel (1954–55) • Happel (1962–69) • Jezek (1969–72) • Boškov (1974–76) • Malatinský (1976–78) • de Visser (1978–80) • Baan (1983–86) • Adriaanse (1988–91) • Israel (2001–04) • Adelaar (2004–06) • Vloet (2007–)
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Roda JC – Managers

Thomas (1962–63) • Pfeiffer (1963–65) • Coerver (1965–66) • Fischer (1966–68) • Weyzen (1969–1971) • Koole (1971–1972) • Hollink (1972–1974) • Pliska (1974) • Jacobs (1974–1980) • de Visser (1980–83) • Eijkenbroek (1984) • Gerards (1984) • Körver (1984–86) • Baan (1986–87) • Jacobs (1987–88) • Reker (1988–91) • Koster (1991–93) • Stevens (1993–96) • Achterberg (1996) • Jol (1996–98) • Vonk (1998) • Vergoossen (1998–01) • van Dijk (2001) • Leekens (2001) • Vloet (2002–05) • Stevens (2005–07) • Atteveld (2007–)
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AZ (football club) – Managers

van Wijhe (1954–56) • Smit (1956–58) • Veg (1958–60) • de Wolff (1960–61) • Bult (1961–62) • Rentenaar (1962–63) • Veg (1963–65) • Hughes (1965–67) • Talbot (1967–68) • Blokland (1968–69) • Heinz (1969–71) • van der Hart (1971–73) • Brand (1973–76) • Kraay (1976–77) • Jan Notermans (1977) • van der Hart (1977–78) • Kessler (1978–82) • Eijkenbroek (1982–83) • de Visser (1983–85) • Berger (1985–86) • Eijkenbroek (1986–89) • van Doorneveld (1989–90) • Wullems (1990–93) • Schrijvers (1993–95) • Vonk (1995–97) • de Koning and Haar (1997) • van Hanegem (1997–99) • van der Lem (1999–2000) • van Stee (2000–02) • Adriaanse (2002–2005) • van Gaal (2005–)
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