Theo Laseroms

Personal information
Theo Laseroms
Full name	Matheus Wilhelmus Theodorus Laseroms
Date of birth	March 8, 1940
Place of birth	Roosendaal, Netherlands
Date of death	April 25, 1991 (aged 51)
Place of death	Zwolle, Netherlands
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
	RBC Roosendaal
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1957-1958 1958-1963 1963-1967 1968-1968 1968-1972 1972-1974	RBC Roosendaal NAC Breda Sparta Rotterdam Pittsburgh Phantoms Feijenoord AA Gent	00? 0(?) 129 (28) 104 (11) 013 0(3) 123 0(4) 056 0(2)
National team²
1965-1970	Netherlands	006 0(1)
Teams managed
1974-1975 1975-1979 1979-1981 1982-1984 1985-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991	KVK Ieper FC Vlaardingen Heracles Almelo East Riffa Club Bahrain Al-Nahda Club Helmond Sport PEC Zwolle Trabzonspor Cengelköyspor
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Matheus Wilhelmus Theodorus ("Theo") Laseroms (March 8, 1940 – April 25, 1991) was a football defender from the Netherlands, who made name when he played for Feyenoord Rotterdam. Born in Roosendaal, he has six caps for the Netherlands.

Nicknamed Theo de Tank he was famous for his slidings. He played for Feyenoord in the 1960s and early 1970s, and was on the team that won the European Cup in 1970 by defeating Celtic in the final in Milan. Laseroms started his professional career at RBC Roosendaal in 1956, then moved on to NAC Breda in 1958. He came to Sparta Rotterdam in 1963, and played for a short period of time in the United States, at the Pittsburgh Phantoms.

Laseroms formed a solid defence at Feyenoord with Rinus Israel. He took off from Rotterdam in 1972, played for two more years in Belgium with AA Gent, before becoming a soccer coach. He coached Heracles Almelo, Helmond Sport, FC Vlaardingen, Trabzonspor and clubs from Bahrain and Saudi-Arabia. He died in 1991 in Zwolle due to a cardiac arrest.