John Metgod

John Metgod
Personal information
John Metgod in 2007
Full name	Johannes Antonius Bernardus Metgod
Date of birth	(1958-02-27) 27 February 1958
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	DWS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1975–1976	HFC Haarlem	32	(1)
1976–1982	AZ Alkmaar	195	(26)
1982–1984	Real Madrid	49	(1)
1984–1987	Nottingham Forest	116	(15)
1987–1988	Tottenham Hotspur	12	(0)
1988–1994	Feyenoord	164	(13)
Total		568	(56)
National team
1978–1983	Netherlands	21	(4)
Teams managed
1994–1995	Feyenoord (Youth Director)
1995–1996	Excelsior (Assistant)
1996–1997	Excelsior
1997	Feyenoord (Ad Interim)
1997	Excelsior (Assistant)
1997–2004	Feyenoord (Assistant)
2004–2005	Excelsior
2005–2007	Feyenoord (Assistant)
2008–2009	Portsmouth (First-Team Coach)
2009–2013	Derby County (First-Team Coach)
2014	Colorado Rapids (Assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Johannes Antonius Bernardus "John" or "Johnny" Metgod (born 27 February 1958 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch footballer.

Playing career

Club career

Playing as a defender, Metgod started his professional career in the 1970s playing for HFC Haarlem. After one season with Haarlem, Metgod moved to play for AZ Alkmaar, spending six years at the club, including their UEFA Cup final defeat against English side Ipswich Town, during which he scored a goal in the 4–2 second leg win.

In 1982, Metgod moved to Spain to play for Real Madrid. He then moved to England in 1984 to sign for Nottingham Forest, where he was a regular player for three seasons before signing for Tottenham Hotspur in 1987. He spent just one season with the North London club before he moved back to the Netherlands, where he signed for Feyenoord. He spent six years at Feyenoord before finally retiring as a player in 1994.

International career

During his career Metgod obtained 21 caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring four goals. He was noted for his stunning free-kicks, particularly during his spell at Nottingham Forest.

Coaching

After retiring Metgod became a coach, working for Excelsior Rotterdam and Feyenoord.

On 11 November 2008, Metgod was appointed first-team coach by Portsmouth, but left the club on 8 February 2009 when manager Tony Adams was sacked.^[1]^[2]

On 21 May 2009, Metgod was appointed as a first-team coach at Derby County, but left the club in October 2013 along with the rest of the coaching staff, following the dismissal of manager Nigel Clough.^[3]

Family

Metgod with son in 1983

Metgod's son, Dimitri, is also a professional footballer, playing as midfielder,^[4] whereas John's younger brother, Edward, is a retired goalkeeper.

Honours

AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie
- Winners (1): 1981
- Runners-up (1): 1980
KNVB Cup
- Winners (3): 1978, 1981, 1982
UEFA Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1981

Real Madrid

La Liga
- Runners-up (2): 1983, 1984
Copa del Rey
- Runners-up (1): 1983
Supercopa de España
- Runners-up (1): 1982
Copa de la Liga
- Runners-up (1): 1983

Feyenoord

Eredivisie
- Winners (1): 1993
- Runners-up (1): 1994
KNVB Cup
- Winners (3): 1991, 1992, 1994

References

↑ http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/index.php?cms_ref=home&goto=news&qs_article_id=1762 Metgod to pompey 11 November 2008
↑ Metgod lands Pompey coaching role. BBC Sport. 11 November 2008
↑ "Ex-Portsmouth No2 Metgod joins Forest pal Clough at Derby". Tribal Football. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
↑ Een jaar op de strafbank. ad.nl. 13 September 2006.

External links

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(Dutch) Profile
John Metgod profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

Dutch Golden Boot Winner

1982: Haar 1983: Schrijvers 1984: Cruijff 1985: Rijkaard 1986: Gullit 1987: Rijkaard 1988: Vanenburg 1989: Vanenburg 1990: Sturing 1991: Meijer 1992: Metgod 1993: Overmars 1994: de Goey 1995: Blind 1996: Blind 1997: Stam 1998: van der Sar 1999: Mols 2000: Dudek 2001: Vogel 2002: Chivu 2003: Kuyt 2004: Maxwell 2005: van Bommel

Merged with the Dutch Footballer of the Year award in 2006.

Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1980

1 Schrijvers 2 Wijnstekers 3 Van de Korput 4 Hovenkamp 5 Krol (c) 6 Poortvliet 7 R. Van de Kerkhof 8 W. Van de Kerkhof 9 Kist 10 Haan 11 Otto 12 Rep 13 Nanninga 14 Koster 15 Stevens 16 Doesburg 17 Vreijsen 18 Thijssen 19 Zondervan 20 Van Breukelen 21 Brandts 22 Metgod Coach: Zwartkruis

John Metgod managerial positions

S.B.V. Excelsior – managers

Smits (1954–56)
Janse (1956–62)
Smits (1962–68)
Janse (1968–71)
Castenmiller (1971–73)
Peeters (1973–75)
Libregts (1975–80)
Dorjee (1980–82)
Jacobs (1982–86)
Wullems (1986–88)
van Daele (1988–90)
van der Kooy (1990)
Popovics (1990–92)
Pot (1992–94)
Baan (1994–95)
Van der Pluym (1995–96)
Metgod (1996–97)
Koster (1997–03)
Van Stee (2003–04)
Metgod (2004–05)
Been (2005–06)
Lokhoff (2006–09)
Pastoor (2009–11)
Lammers (2011–12)
Vlemmings (2012–13)
Tomasson (2013)
Dijkhuizen (2014–15)
Groenendijk (2015–)

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 (1935–36) Molnar (1936–37) Kohn (1937–39) 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) 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 (2011–14) Rutten (2014–15) van Bronckhorst (2015–)

(a) acting in regular manager's absence

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