Pim Verbeek

Football manager infobox
playername = Pim Verbeek
fullname = Pim Verbeek


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|3|12
cityofbirth = Rotterdam
countryofbirth = Netherlands
height =
position = Manager (former Footballer)
years =
clubs = Roda JC
NAC Breda
Sparta Rotterdam
caps(goals) =
managerclubs = Sparta Rotterdam
De Graafschap
Feyenoord Rotterdam
FC Groningen
Fortuna Sittard
Omiya Ardija
South Korea "(Asst.)"
PSV Eindhoven "(Reserves)"
Kyoto Purple Sanga
Netherlands Antilles
Borussia Mönchengladbach "(Asst.)"
UAE "(Asst.)"
South Korea "(Asst.)"
South Korea
Australia
manageryears = 1981-1984
1987-1989
1989-1991
1992-1993
1994-1997
1998-2000
2000-2002
2002-2003
2003
2004
2004-2005
2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-present

Pim Verbeek "(derived from his first name Peter and second name Tim Verbeek)" (born March 12, 1956 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch football manager who is the head coach of the Australia national football (soccer) team. [cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/verbeek-will-be-socceroos-coach/2007/12/06/1196812889741.html |title=Verbeek is new Socceroos coach |date=2007-12-06 |accessdate=2007-12-06 |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald ] His brother Robert Verbeek is also a football coach.

Club career

As a player, he spent his entire playing career in the Netherlands mostly with Sparta Rotterdam and he also played with NAC Breda and Roda JC.

Managerial career

Verbeek was the assistant coach of the South Korea national football team under Guus Hiddink during the 2002 FIFA World Cup and also under Dick Advocaat during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Korea

The Korea Football Association signed him to a coaching contract on June 26 2006 until 2008. [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/south_korea/5116406.stm |title=South Korea name Verbeek as boss |publisher=BBC |date=26 June 2006 |accessdate=2007-12-06 ] Pim led Korea to a third-place finish at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, guaranteeing them an automatic berth in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup tournament. He resigned from coaching South Korea in July 2007 after the Asian Cup, saying he needed a break from coaching for approximately five months.

Australia

He was linked to coaching Australia after he said he would welcome another job in Asia and had previously been linked with the Socceroos coaching role in 2005. [cite news |url=http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=100083 |title=Verbeek plays his hand |accessdate=2007-11-19 |date=2007-12-06 |first=David |last=Lewis |publisher=The World Game ] On 6 December 2007 it was announced that Verbeek had secured the position as Australian coach. [cite news |url=http://theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=101359 |title=Verbeek lands Socceroos job |date=2007-12-06|accessdate=2007-12-06 |publisher=The World Game ] In his first World Cup qualifier game as head coach, Verbeek led Australia to a clinical 3-0 win against Qatar at home.

During a post match interview which followed the 3-0 world cup qualifying win over Qatar, Verbeek promised to sing the Australian national anthem live on television, on the condition that the Socceroos qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This was in response to a query from Simon Hill about Verbeek's knowledge of the words to the anthem, in reference to former assistant Johan Neeskens, who sang the Australian national anthem before each match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

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