- Wim Kieft
Football manager infobox
playername = Wim Kieft
fullname = Willem Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1962|11|12
cityofbirth =Amsterdam
countryofbirth =Netherlands
currentclub =
position =Striker
years = 1979–1983
1983–1986
1986–1987
1987–1990
1990–1991
1991–1994
clubs = Ajax
PisaTorino F.C.
PSV
Girondins de Bordeaux
PSV
caps(goals)= 096 0(69)
091 0(25)
019 00(8)
082 0(55)
026 00(3)
088 0(34)
402 (194)
nationalyears = 1981–1993
nationalteam = Netherlands
nationalcaps(goals) = 043 0(11)
manageryears =
managerclubs =Willem ("Wim") Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft (born
12 November 1962 inAmsterdam ,Netherlands ) is a retired Dutch footballer, who obtained 43 caps and eleven goals for the Dutch national team (1981–1993).Kieft played for Ajax, PSV, Pisa and Girondins de Bordeaux, and the
Netherlands national football team . He came from a school of strikers who played in the De Meer Stadium of Amsterdam – the home of Ajax. His contemporaries wereFrank Rijkaard ,John van 't Schip ,Marco van Basten andGerald Vanenburg : these youngsters made the 1980s a highly successful decade for the Netherlands, Ajax and PSV. He won Euro 88 inGermany , in which his contribution was the only goal in the game against theRepublic of Ireland eight minutes from time, which helped the Dutch overtake Ireland to finish second in Group 2, and secure a place in the semi-final. Kieft also won the European Cup (now known as the Champions League) with PSV that same year. He is now a football pundit for the television channelsSport1 and RTL.His son
Robbin Kieft plays forFC Groningen .References
* [http://www.voetbalfocus.nl/ VoetbalFocus] (Dutch)
External links
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