Hans Kraay

Hans Kraay
Personal information
Full name	Hans Kraay
Date of birth	14 October 1936 (1936-10-14) (age 75)
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	DOS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1956–1960	DOS	155	(0)
1960–1968	Feyenoord	192	(2)
1968–1970	DOS	18	(0)
National team^‡
1957–1964	Netherlands	8	(0)
Teams managed
1968–1969	DFC
1970–1973	USV Elinkwijk
1973–1974	Go Ahead Eagles
1974–1975	Ajax
1976–1979	AZ'67
1979–1980	Edmonton Drillers
1980–1980	Sparta Rotterdam
1980–1981	Den Haag
1982–1983	Feyenoord
1985–1987	PSV Eindhoven (technical director)
1988–1989	Feyenoord (technical director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 June 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2007

Hans Kraay (born 14 October 1936) is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a defender and then in football management and television.

Born in Utrecht, Kraay made his professional debut at DOS and also played for Feijenoord.

After his playing career, Kraay became manager at DFC, USV Elinkwijk, Go Ahead Eagles, Ajax Amsterdam, AZ'67, Edmonton Drillers, Sparta Rotterdam (only two days due to some health trouble), FC Den Haag and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He also served Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven as a technical director, as well as the NOS and other television channels with his views on football, both commentary and analysis. In 1986, he took place at PSV Eindhoven, as manager. The team was first in the League, but in March, 1987, he was replaced by Guus Hiddink, after a loss against FC Den Bosch, on penalties, for the KNVB Cup.

His son Hans Kraay, Jr. is also a retired professional footballer and television announcer.

Currently Kraay is working for N.E.C. Nijmegen as head of scouting and personal adviser of chairman Marcel Boekhoorn.

Honours

FC Dordrecht – managers

AFC Ajax – managers

Kirwan (1910–15)
Reynolds (1915–25)
Rose (1925–26)
Castle (1927–28)
Reynolds (1928–40)
Halpern (1940–41)
Volkers (1941–42)
van Kol (1942–45)
Reynolds (1945–47)
Smith (1947–48)
Crook (1948–50)
Thomson (1950–53)
Crook (1953–54)
Humenberger (1954–59)
Buckingham (1959–61)
Spurgeon (1961–62)
Gruber (1962–63)
Rowley (1963–64)
Buckingham (1964–65)
Michels (1965–71)
Kovács (1971–73)
Knobel (1973–74)
Haarms (a.i.) (1974)
Kraay (1974–75)
Michels (1975–76)
Ivić (1976–78)
Brom (1978–79)
Beenhakker (1979–81)
de Mos (1981)
Linder (1981–82)
de Mos (1982–85)
Kohn, Bruins Slot & van der Hart (1985)
Cruijff (1985–88)
Kohn (1988)
Linder (1988)
Kohn, Haarms & Hulshoff (1988–89)
Beenhakker (1989–91)
van Gaal (1991–97)
Olsen (1997–98)
Wouters (1998–2000)
Westerhof (2000)
Adriaanse (2000–01)
Koeman (2001–05)
Blind (2005–06)
ten Cate (2006–07)
Koster (2007–08)
van Basten (2008–09)
van 't Schip (a.i.) (2009)
Jol (2009–10)
de Boer (2010–)

AZ Alkmaar – 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)
Notermans (1977)
van der Hart (1977–78)
Keßler (1978–82)
Eijkenbroek (1982–83)
de Visser (1983–85)
Brand (1985–86)
Berger (1986)
Eijkenbroek (1987–89)
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 (1999–00)
van Stee (2000–02)
Adriaanse (2002–05)
van Gaal (2005–09)
Koeman (2009)
Haar (a.i.) (2009)
Advocaat (2009–10)
Verbeek (2010–)

ADO Den Haag – managers

Feyenoord – managers

Julian (1921–22) Waites (1924–25) Geneugelijk (a.i.) (1925–26) Hall (1926–29) Lamb (1929–30) Kruys (a.i.) (1930–31) Donaghy (1931–35) Kohn (1935–39) Hall (1939–40) Koelman (1940–41) Kaufman (a.i.) (1940) Huizenaar (1940–41) van Dijke (1941–42) Pijl (1942–46) Koonings (1946–50) Topping (1950–51) Kohn (1951–55) de Wolf (a.i.) (1955–56) van der Leck (1956–58) Piet de Wolf (a.i.) (1958–59) Sobotka (1959–61) Fuchs (1961–63) Höfling (1963–64) Kment (1964–67) Peeters (1967–69) Happel (1969–73) Zonderland (a.i.) (1973) Coerver (1973–75) Brzeżańczyk (1975–76) Zonderland (a.i.) (1976) Boškov (1976–78) Ježek (1978–80) Westerhof (1980^a) Ježek (1980–82) Kraay (1982–83) Fafié (a.i.) (1983) Libregts (1983–84) Fafié (1984–86) Israël (1986–88) Jacobs (1988–89) Verbeek and Bengtsson (1989–91) Jansen (a.i.) (1991) Dorjee (1991–92) Jansen (a.i.) (1992) van Hanegem (1992–95) Meijer (a.i.) (1995) Haan (1995–97) Meijer and Metgod (dual a.i.) (1997) Beenhakker (1997–2000) van Stee (a.i.) (2000) van Marwijk (2000–04) Gullit (2004–05) E. Koeman (2005–07) Beenhakker (a.i.) (2007) van Marwijk (2007–08) Verbeek (2008–09) Vlemmings (a.i.) (2009) Been (2009–11) R. Koeman (2011–)

(a) acting in regular manager's absence

Meijnders (1914–16)
Buitenweg (1916–21)
Vos (1921–22)
Leavy (1922–26)
Hoogstede (1926–27)
Klein (1928–28)
Klein Wentink (1928–29)
Hall (1929–35)
Wadsworth (1935–38)
van den Broek (1938–42)
Delsen (1942–45)
Wadsworth (1945–51)
Topping (1951–52)
de Leeuw (1952–56)
Broćić (1956–57)
Hardwick (1957–58)
van Dijke (1958–59)
Broćić (1959–60)
Binder (1960–62)
Appel (1962–67)
Nikolic (1967–68)
Blokland (1968)
Linder (1968–72)
Rijvers (1972–80)
Reker (1980)
Libregts (1980–83)
Reker (1983–86)
Kraaij sr. (1986–87)
Hiddink (1987–90)
Robson (1990–92)
Westerhof (1992–93)
de Mos (1993–94)
Rijvers (1994)
Advocaat (1994–1998)
Robson (1998–99)
Gerets (1999–2002)
Hiddink (2002–06)
Koeman (2006–07)
Wouters (2007)
Vergoossen (2008)
Stevens (2008–09)
Lodeweges (2009)
Rutten (2009–)