Wim Jansen

Wim Jansen

Wim Jansen in 1974
Personal information
Full name	Wilhelmus Marinus Anthonius Jansen
Date of birth	(1946-10-28) 28 October 1946
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
0000–1965	Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1980	Feyenoord	415	(33)
1980	Washington Diplomats	27	(0)
1980–1981	Ajax	17	(0)
1981	Washington Diplomats	29	(0)
1981–1982	Ajax	32	(0)
Total		520	(33)
International career
1967–1980	Netherlands	65	(1)
Managerial career
1982–1986	Feyenoord (youth coach)
1986–1987	Feyenoord (assistant)
1987–1988	SC Lokeren
1988–1990	SVV (technical director)
1990–1993	Feyenoord
1993–1994	Saudi Arabia (assistant)
1995–1996	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
1997–1998	Celtic
2002–2003	Urawa Red Diamonds (assistant)
2005–2008	Feyenoord (technical advisor)
2008–2009	Feyenoord (assistant)
Medal record Representing Netherlands World Cup 1974 European Championship 1976 World Cup 1978
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilhelmus Marinus Anthonius Jansen (born 28 October 1946 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch former footballer and manager. Jansen won 65 international caps with the Netherlands national football team and played in the Dutch teams that reached the 1974 and 1978 World Cup Finals.

Playing career

He spent most of his playing career with his hometown team, Feyenoord, between 1965 and 1980. At Feyenoord, Jansen won four League Championships, one Dutch Cup, one UEFA Cup in 1974, and the European Cup in 1970 when Feyenoord defeated Celtic 2–1 in Milan.

Jansen signed for the American side Washington Diplomats in 1980, but after playing 27 games for them, he returned to the Netherlands to sign for Ajax, on the advice of Johan Cruyff, who played together with Jansen at the Washington Diplomats.

Jansen would play as libero and fill a gap in the Ajax defence after the departure of Ruud Krol in the summer of 1980. By November 1980, after 13 rounds of the Eredivise Ajax were 8th, by the end of the season they had picked up form and finished as runners-up behind AZ and in front of FC Utrecht. The next season Ajax went on to win the Eredivisie with Jansen in the team. Feyenoord fans didn't like former player Jansen playing for their main rivals Ajax. On his Ajax debut (which, incidentally, was away to Feyenoord. Ajax lost 4–2) a snowball was thrown at his eye and Jansen had to leave the field for treatment. Jansen stayed at Ajax until summer 1982 when he retired at age 35.

Managerial career

He began his management career at his old club Feyenoord, where he worked as a coach, and then as assistant manager, between 1983 and 1987. After a season as manager of Belgian club SC Lokeren, he was appointed as Technical Director at second division SVV, where he won the league alongside his manager – future Rangers manager Dick Advocaat.

In 1991, he returned to Feyenoord as manager, winning the Dutch Cup in 1991 and 1992 and taking them to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1991–92. He became Technical Director in 1992, with Hans Dorjee being appointed as manager, but Dorjee became ill and Jansen took over as manager again. Dorjee later resigned and was replaced as manager by Jansen's old teammate, Willem van Hanegem. Feyenoord won the Dutch Championship in 1993 and the Dutch Cup again the following season, but after a dispute with the executives of the club, Jansen left to work as assistant manager of Saudi Arabia alongside Leo Beenhakker. Between 1994 and 1997 he also managed Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

On 3 July 1997, Wim Jansen was appointed as head coach of Celtic, replacing the sacked Tommy Burns. He went on to guide them to their first Scottish league championship in 10 years, ending the hopes of rival Rangers to win a tenth consecutive championship. Despite winning the league and the Scottish League Cup during his only season in charge, Jansen left the club less than 48 hours after the title was secured due to an inability to work with general manager Jock Brown. His most notable transfer was the signing of Henrik Larsson from Feyenoord.

At the beginning of the 2008–09 season Jansen took up the position of assistant to the head coach of the Feyenoord first team, Gertjan Verbeek.

Wim Jansen has lived in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht since the 1970s.

Honours

Player

Feyenoord

• Eredivisie (4): 1964–65, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74
• KNVB Cup (1): 1968–69
• European Cup (1): 1969–70
• Intercontinental Cup (1): 1970
• UEFA Cup (1): 1973–74

Ajax

• Eredivisie (1): 1981–82

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup Runner-up (2): 1974, 1978
• UEFA European Championship Third place (1): 1976

Manager

Feyenoord

• KNVB Cup (2): 1990–91, 1991–92

Celtic

• Scottish Premier Division (1): 1997–98
• Scottish League Cup (1): 1997–98

Individual

• SFWA Manager of the Year (1): 1997–98

Career statistics

Club

Jansen in 1978

Jansen in 2013

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		Europe		Total
1965–66	Feijenoord Rotterdam	Eredivisie	2	0
1966–67			34	2
1967–68			34	6
1968–69			33	3
1969–70			34	8
1970–71			34	2
1971–72			34	2
1972–73			27	3
1973–74	Feyenoord Rotterdam	Eredivisie	30	0
1974–75			28	3
1975–76			26	1
1976–77			21	1
1977–78			32	0
1978–79			30	1
1979–80			16	1
United States			League		Open Cup		North America		Total
1980	Washington Diplomats	NASL	27	0
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		Europe		Total
1980–81	Ajax	Eredivisie	17	0
United States			League		Open Cup		North America		Total
1981	Washington Diplomats	NASL	29	0
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		Europe		Total
1981–82	Ajax	Eredivisie	32	0
Country	Netherlands		464	33
	United States		56	0
Total			520	33

International

Netherlands national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1967	3	0
1968	5	1
1969	3	0
1970	5	0
1971	5	0
1972	1	0
1973	1	0
1974	11	0
1975	4	0
1976	5	0
1977	4	0
1978	12	0
1979	5	0
1980	1	0
Total	65	1

Manager

As of 30 November 2013

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
SC Lokeren		1987	1988
Feyenoord		1990	1993
Sanfrecce Hiroshima		1995	1996	82	32	0	50	039.02
Celtic		1997	1998	51	33	10	8	064.71

External links

• Wim Jansen manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)