Adri van Tiggelen

Football manager infobox


playername = Adri van Tiggelen
fullname = Adrianus A. van Tiggelen
nickname = 'De Spijker' "(the nail)"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1957|6|16|df=y
cityofbirth = Oud-Beijerland
countryofbirth = Netherlands
currentclub =
position = Manager
"former defender"
years = 1978-1983 1983-1986 1986-1991 1991-1994 1994-1995
clubs = Sparta FC Groningen Anderlecht PSV Dordrecht
caps(goals)= 1610(13) 09700(5) 14400(7) 07200(0) 03100(1)
nationalyears = 1983-1992
nationalteam = Netherlands
nationalcaps(goals) = 05600(0)
manageryears =
managerclubs =

Adrianus A. "Adri" van Tiggelen (born 16 June 1957 in Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland) is a former football defender from the Netherlands, who earned 56 caps for the Netherlands national football team in which he never scored. He was a famous left-back. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the 1988 European Football Championship in West Germany.

Nicknamed "De Spijker" ("The Nail") for his toughness, he started his professional career with Sparta Rotterdam (1978-83), then moved to FC Groningen (1983-86), Anderlecht (1986-91), and PSV Eindhoven (1991-94). Van Tiggelen ended his career at Dordrecht'90 (1994-95). In July 2005 Van Tiggelen was the interim-coach and lead his former club Sparta back to the Dutch Eredivisie. Since then he's working as a coach for the juniors of Sparta.

After winning the 1988 European Championships, van Tiggelen teamed up with fellow full-back Berry van Aerle to release a duet that enjoyed chart success and which became a cult hit on the terraces within the Netherlands. That was, however, the duo's only foray into the music business.

References

*nl icon [http://home.wanadoo.nl/ronald.zwiers/Spelers/T/Tiggelen%20van,%20Adri/Adri%20van%20Tiggelen.htm Profile]

###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
before= Mike Snoei
title=Sparta Rotterdam manager (a.i.)
years=2005
after= Wiljan Vloet
succession box| before= Gert Aandewiel
title=Sparta Rotterdam manager (a.i.)
years=2007-11-12 – 2007-12-18
after= Foeke Booy