- 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 (formerFootballer )
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 AntillesBorussia 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-presentPim Verbeek "(derived from his first name Peter and second name Tim Verbeek)" (born
March 12 ,1956 inRotterdam ,Zuid-Holland ) is a Dutch football manager who is thehead coach of theAustralia 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 brotherRobert Verbeek is also a football coach.Club career
As a player, he spent his entire playing career in the
Netherlands mostly withSparta Rotterdam and he also played withNAC Breda andRoda JC .Managerial career
Verbeek was the assistant coach of the
South Korea national football team underGuus Hiddink during the2002 FIFA World Cup and also underDick Advocaat during the2006 FIFA World Cup .Korea
The
Korea Football Association signed him to a coaching contract onJune 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 the2007 AFC Asian Cup , guaranteeing them an automatic berth in the2011 AFC Asian Cup tournament. He resigned from coachingSouth Korea in July 2007 after theAsian 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 ] On6 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 assistantJohan Neeskens , who sang the Australian national anthem before each match of the2006 FIFA World Cup .References
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