Jan Wouters

Jan Wouters
Personal information

Full name	Jan Jacobus Wouters
Date of birth	17 July 1960 (1960-07-17) (age 51)
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Playing position	Manager (former Midfielder)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1980–1986	FC Utrecht	168	(21)
1986–1992	AFC Ajax	150	(21)
1992–1994	FC Bayern Munich	66	(6)
1994–1996	PSV Eindhoven	52	(5)
National team
1982–1994	Netherlands	70	(4)
Teams managed
1996–1997	FC Utrecht (assistant)
1997	FC Utrecht (caretaker)
1997–1998	AFC Ajax (youth)
1998–2000	AFC Ajax
2001–2006	Rangers (assistant)
2006–2007	PSV Eindhoven (assistant)
2007	PSV Eindhoven (caretaker)
2008–2009	PSV Eindhoven (assistant)
2009–2011	FC Utrecht (assistant)
2011-	FC Utrecht
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Jan Jacobus Wouters (born 17 July 1960 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a former professional football midfielder. He used to play defensive midfielder and was Dutch Footballer of the Year in 1990.

Wouters played for several clubs including PSV, FC Utrecht, Bayern Munich and Ajax Amsterdam. He was also a Dutch international (70 caps, 4 goals) and was hugely influential in 1988 when the Netherlands won the European Football Championship.

He was coach of Scottish Premier League club Rangers under Dick Advocaat and then Alex McLeish. He left Rangers at the end of the 2005–06 season along with McLeish and Andy Watson.

Wouters is infamous to England supporters after elbowing Paul Gascoigne and fracturing his cheekbone during a World Cup qualifier in 1993 at Wembley. Paul Gascoigne was forced to wear a Phantom of the Opera style facemask to protect his fractured cheekbone until his injury healed. The following day, the 'Daily Mirror' newspaper labelled Wouters a "Dutch thug". The match was drawn 2–2 and damaged England's hopes of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup finals in the U.S.A., despite England leading the match 2–0.

Career statistics

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Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1980–81	Utrecht	Eredivisie	19	1
1981–82			33	4
1982–83			27	6
1983–84			31	4
1984–85			25	1
1985–86			33	5
1986–87	Ajax	Eredivisie	32	4
1987–88			28	4
1988–89			22	0
1989–90			28	5
1990–91			30	5
1991–92			10	1
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Premiere Ligapokal		Europe		Total
1991–92	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	17	1
1992–93			33	4
1993–94			18	1
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1993–94	PSV Eindhoven	Eredivisie	10	1
1994–95			22	1
1995–96			20	3
Total	Netherlands		370	45
Total	Germany		68	6
Career total			438	51

References

^ "Jan WOUTERS". http://www.level-k.com/player/J_Wouters.htm. Retrieved 21 November 2008.

External links

profile Jan Wouters (Dutch)
Jan Wouters profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

Dutch Footballer of the Year

1984: Gullit
1985: van Basten
1986: Gullit
1987: Koeman
1988: Koeman
1989: Romário
1990: Wouters
1991: Bergkamp
1992: Bergkamp
1993: Litmanen
1994: Ronald de Boer
1995: Nilis
1996: Ronald de Boer
1997: Stam
1999: van Nistelrooy
2000: van Nistelrooy
2001: van Bommel
2002: van Hooijdonk
2003: Kežman
2004: Maxwell
2005: van Bommel
2006: Kuyt
2007: Alves
2008: Heitinga
2009: El Hamdaoui
2010: Suárez
2011: Janssen

Jan Wouters international tournaments

Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1988 Winners (1st Title)

1 van Breukelen 2 van Tiggelen 3 Troost 4 R. Koeman 5 Winter 6 van Aerle 7 Vanenburg 8 Mühren 9 Bosman 10 Gullit 11 van 't Schip 12 van Basten 13 E. Koeman 14 Kieft 15 Koevermans 16 Hiele 17 Rijkaard 18 Suvrijn 19 Krüzen 20 Wouters Coach: Michels

Netherlands squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Van Breukelen 2 Van Aerle 3 Rijkaard 4 R. Koeman 5 Van Tiggelen 6 Wouters 7 E. Koeman 8 Vanenburg 9 Van Basten 10 Gullit (c) 11 Richard Witschge 12 Kieft 13 Rutjes 14 Van 't Schip 15 Roy 16 Hiele 17 Gillhaus 18 Fräser 19 Van Loen 20 Winter 21 Blind 22 Menzo Coach: Beenhakker

Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1992 semi-finalists

1 Van Breukelen 2 Van Aerle 3 Van Tiggelen 4 Koeman 5 Blind 6 Wouters 7 Bergkamp 8 Rijkaard 9 Van Basten 10 Gullit 11 Van 't Schip 12 Kieft 13 Menzo 14 Witschge 15 Winter 16 Bosz 17 De Boer 18 Jonk 19 Viscaal 20 Roy Coach: Michels

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

Jan Wouters managerial positions

FC Utrecht – managers

Jacobs (1970–74)
Rab (1974–76)
Berger (1976–83)
Hughes (1983–84)
de Ruiter (1984–87)
Berger (1987–89)
Loffeld (1989–90)
Fafié (1990–93)
Vonk (1993)
van Veen (1993–95)
Vonk & du Chatinier (1995)
Kistenmaker (1995)
de Ruiter (1995–96)
Spelbos (1996–97)
Wouters (1997)
de Ruiter (1997)
Wotte (1998–2000)
Adelaar (2000–02)
Booy (2002–07)
van Hanegem (2007–08)
du Chatinier (2008–11)
Koeman (2011–)

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–)

PSV Eindhoven – managers

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–)

Persondata
Name	Wouters, Jan
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch football manager
Date of birth	17 July 1960
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death