René Eijkelkamp

René Eijkelkamp

Marco van Basten and Rene Eijkelkamp, 1989
Personal information
Date of birth6 April 1964
Place of birthDalfsen, Netherlands
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
PSV Eindhoven
(Assistant manager)
Netherlands national football team
(Assistant manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1986Go Ahead Eagles116(28)
1986–1990FC Groningen121(47)
1990–1993KV Mechelen93(28)
1993–1995Club Bruges53(14)
1995–1997PSV44(12)
1997–1999Schalke 0444(6)
National team
1988–1995Netherlands6(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

René Antonius Maria Eijkelkamp (born 6 April 1964 in Dalfsen) is a retired football forward from the Netherlands,[1] who is the current assistant coach at PSV Eindhoven and is also an assistant coach with the Netherlands national football team. He started his professional career in the 1981–82 season at Go Ahead Eagles in Deventer, where he stayed for five seasons.

The tall striker then moved to FC Groningen (1986–1990), KV Mechelen (1990–1993), Club Brugge (1993–1995) and PSV Eindhoven (1995–1997). His last two seasons he played in Germany, for Schalke 04. Eijkelkamp obtained six caps for the Netherlands national football team, making his debut in 1988.

Eijkelkamp has also obtained his coaching license at CIOS Friesland College Heerenveen in 2000.

References

  1. "Eijkelkamp, René" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 16 April 2011.

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