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Mario Been 
Personal information Date of birth 11 December 1963 Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Midfielder Youth career FC Rotterdam Feyenoord Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1982–1988 Feyenoord 137 (53) 1988–1991 Pisa 62 (6) 1991–1991 Roda JC 12 (1) 1991–1992 Heerenveen 24 (3) 1992–1993 Tirol Innsbruck 14 (1) 1993–1995 Excelsior 44 (14) National team‡ 1984 Netherlands 1 (0) Teams managed 2000–2004 Feyenoord (assistant) 2005–2006 Excelsior 2006–2009 N.E.C. 2009–2011 Feyenoord 2011– Genk * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2007Mario Been (born 11 December 1963 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a former football professional and football manager from the Netherlands, who is currently the head coach of Genk since 30 August 2011.[1]
He is nicknamed "Mariodona", after Diego Maradona and his first name.
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Career
As a football midfielder himself, Been played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, Pisa Calcio, Roda JC, SC Heerenveen, FC Tirol Innsbruck, and Excelsior Rotterdam. Been played his last competitive match on 17 September 1995 when HFC Haarlem defeated Excelsior Rotterdam (4–0).
International
Been only played one official international match for the Netherlands, against Austria on 14 November 1984 as substitute for Ton Lokhoff in the 73rd minute.
Coaching career
Been started his coaching career as assistant manager to Bert van Marwijk at Feyenoord in 2000. He held this position until the summer of 2004 when Bert van Marwijk choose to leave Feyenoord and head to Germany to manage Borussia Dortmund. Been headed across Rotterdam to join Feyenoord's sister club Excelsior in 2005 and in his sole season in-charge of the club got them promoted from the Eerste Divisie to the Eredivisie. Along the way his team played attractive football and eventually finished 7 points clear of second placed VVV Venlo.
Trinidad and Tobago
After his successful promotion season with Excelsior Been moved to become the assistant manager to Wim Rijsbergen at Trinidad and Tobago. He aided their campaign immensely, however, left that same year to become head coach and manager at Eredivisie side NEC Nijmegen back in Holland.
NEC Nijmegen
Mario Been moved to NEC Nijmegen after NEC favorite Ron de Groot was forced to stop. He came with the image to return the glory years back to the club. In his first season 2006 - 2007 he led the club to a 10th place finish in the Eredivisie. With the signing of a few players during the summer of 2007 he molded a competitive and attractive team. However, the first half of the 2007 - 2008 season did not go well for Mario Been as his side were sitting bottom of the league at the start of the new year. However, Been managed to remarkably change the fortunes of his team as they went on a run which saw them eventually end 8th in the league standings. This earned the club a UEFA Cup Play-off berth against three other Dutch teams. Been got his team to play very attractive football which resulted in plenty of goals. In the final play-off round against NAC Breda his side won 6-0 at home, and 1-0 away. For the first time Mario Been had qualified a team for European competition.
The season of 2008 - 2009 would be the finest season to date for Mario Been as professional manager. His side were drawn in a tough group in the UEFA Cup with away games at Spartak Moscow and Dinamo Zagreb, while Tottenham Hotspurs and Udinese would come to Nijmegen. At the start of the European campaign his side were labeled the whipping boys of the group. However, after two losses in the group (3-2 against Dinamo Zagreb & 1-0 against Tottenham Hotspurs), NEC managed to beat Spartak Moscow in Russia with a scoreline of 2-1. Lasse Schone scoring the all important goal in that match. The final and decisive game for Been would against Udinese, on a wonderful night for the club, he managed to get the team to a 2-0 scoreline and secure progression to the next round. They eventually lost 4-0 on aggregate to HSV Hamburg in the following round, but Mario Been had already written himself into the club's history. On 28 January 2009 NEC Nijmegen and Feyenoord had reached an agreement to let Been move to Rotterdam to become the head coach and manager there for the next season. On his final match as manager for NEC Nijmegen, Been was applauded by a full Goffert Stadium, with fans singing his name and the players, board and fans giving him the honour of being the best manager the club has ever had. Been's farewell speech was filled with tears, however, his last words to the fans epitomized his legendary status at the club.
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Been joined his boyhood club Feyenoord in the summer of 2009 in the hope of repairing the financially stricken club. He was given a very youthful squad to work with, which did have some experienced heads in the form of Roy Makaay, Denny Landzaat and Giovanni van Bronckhorst. His first signing was from his old club where he signed Dani Fernandez for the right-back position. Been's first season for Feyenoord was immediately a success as he led them to a fourth-place finish in the league and thus a place in the Europa League for the 2010 - 2011 season. This was also the clubs highest finish for a few years. In a turbulent summer which saw all his experienced heads retire, he signed only a handful of players on free transfers or by loan. Feyenoord started the campaign in mixed form. On the opening day they beat FC Utrecht 3-1 to kick off a good start to the campaign. However the club failed to qualify for the group stages of the Europa League after they lost 2-1 to AA Gent on aggregate.
Currently Been has a contract until 2012 with the club. On 24 October 2010 he oversaw his team losing 10-0 against PSV Eindhoven at the Philips Stadion the biggest defeat in the history of Feyenoord. Despite that, and a rather disappointing final outcome that saw Feyenoord failing to qualify for European football and even in danger of relegation at some point in the season, he was confirmed at the helm of Feyenoord for the new season.
On 13 July 2011 Been was confirmed to have left his post as head coach of Feyenoord, citing lack of trust and confidence from his players as the main reason for his surprise choice.[2]
References
- ^ "Genk to present Been tonight as new head coach". sporza.be. 2011-08-30. http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1099167. (Dutch)
- ^ "Mario Been weg bij Feyenoord" (in Dutch). NOS Sport. 13 June 2011. http://nos.nl/artikel/255772-mario-been-weg-bij-feyenoord.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
External links
- (Dutch) Profile
- Mario Been profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)
K.R.C. Genk – current squad 1 Sandomierski · 2 Masuero · 4 Joneleit · 5 Grimi · 6 Hubert · 7 Hyland · 8 Tőzsér · 9 Vossen · 11 Vanden Borre · 14 de Bruyne · 15 Camus · 16 Anele · 17 Simaeys · 18 Barda · 19 Buffel · 20 Nadson · 21 Dugary · 23 Sarr · 24 Durwael · 25 Benteke · 26 Köteles · 27 Nwanganga · 32 Lentz · 33 Pudil · 35 Limbombe · -- Bakx · Manager: Been
Dutch Football Talent of the Year (Johan Cruyff Award) 1984: Been | 1985: Van Rooy | 1986: Winter | 1987: Roy | 1988: Huistra | 1989: Witschge | 1990: Bergkamp | 1991: Taument | 1992: Overmars | 1993: Seedorf | 1994: Seedorf | 1995: Kluivert | 1996: Tomasson | 1997: Zenden | 1998–1999: Van Bommel | 1999–2000: Bruggink | 2000–2001: Van der Vaart | 2001–2002: Van Persie | 2002–2003: Robben | 2003–2004: Heitinga | 2003: Robben | 2004: Sneijder | 2005: Kalou | 2006: Huntelaar | 2007: Afellay | 2008: Sulejmani | 2009: Elia | 2010: Van der Wiel | 2011: EriksenSBV Excelsior – managers Janse (1956–62) · Janse (1968–71) · Libregts (1975–80) · Dorjee (1980–82) · Jacobs (1982–86) · Popovics (1990–92) · Pot (1992–94) · Baan (1994–95) · Van der Pluym (1995–96) · Metgod (1996–97) · Koster (1997–03) · Van Stee (2003–04) · Metgod (2004–05) · Been (2005–06) · Lokhoff (2006–09) · Pastoor (2009–11) · Lammers (2011–)
N.E.C. – managers György (1923–24) · Smith (1929–30) · Claus (1931–32) · Longin (1932–33) · Lodenstijn (1933–36) · Delsen (1936–37) · Schoester (1937–39) · Julian (1939–40) · Schoester (1940–42) · Bijl (1942–44) · Van der Sloot (1944–47) · Schoester (1946–47) · Charlton (1947–49) · Bijl (1949–54) · Delsen (1954–56) · Silz (1956–57) · Delsen (1957) · Ter Horst (1957–58) · Lodenstijn (ai) (1958) · Groenendijk (1958–60) · De Busser (1960–61) · Remmers (1961–70) · Coerver (1970–73) · De Jong (1973–74) · De Visser (1974–76) · Croon (1976–78) · Looyen (1978–81) · Van de Meent (1981–85) · Popovics (1985–87) · Looyen (1987–91) · Pruijn (1991–94) · Van Kooten (1994–95) · Koevermans (1995–96) · Looyen (ai) (1996–97) · Calderwood (1997–99) · De Groot (ai) (1999–00) · Neeskens (2000–04) · Lok (2004–05) · De Groot (2005–06) · Been (2006–09) · Lodeweges (2009) · Rip and Brookhuis (dual a.i.) (2009) · Vloet (2009–11) · Pastoor (2011–)
Feyenoord – managers Julian (1921–22) · Waites (1924–25) · Geneugelijk (a.i.) (1925–26) · Hall (1926–29) · Lamb (1929–30) · Kruys (a.i.) (1930–31) · Donaghy (1931–35) · Kohn (1935–39) · Hall (1939–40) · Koelman (1940–41) · Kaufman (a.i.) (1940) · Huizenaar (1940–41) · van Dijke (1941–42) · Pijl (1942–46) · Koonings (1946–50) · Topping (1950–51) · Kohn (1951–55) · de Wolf (a.i.) (1955–56) · van der Leck (1956–58) · Piet de Wolf (a.i.) (1958–59) · Sobotka (1959–61) · Fuchs (1961–63) · Höfling (1963–64) · Kment (1964–67) · Peeters (1967–69) · Happel (1969–73) · Zonderland (a.i.) (1973) · Coerver (1973–75) · Brzeżańczyk (1975–76) · Zonderland (a.i.) (1976) · Boškov (1976–78) · Ježek (1978–80) · Westerhof (1980a) · Ježek (1980–82) · Kraay (1982–83) · Fafié (a.i.) (1983) · Libregts (1983–84) · Fafié (1984–86) · Israël (1986–88) · Jacobs (1988–89) · Verbeek and Bengtsson (1989–91) · Jansen (a.i.) (1991) · Dorjee (1991–92) · Jansen (a.i.) (1992) · van Hanegem (1992–95) · Meijer (a.i.) (1995) · Haan (1995–97) · Meijer and Metgod (dual a.i.) (1997) · Beenhakker (1997–2000) · van Stee (a.i.) (2000) · van Marwijk (2000–04) · Gullit (2004–05) · E. Koeman (2005–07) · Beenhakker (a.i.) (2007) · van Marwijk (2007–08) · Verbeek (2008–09) · Vlemmings (a.i.) (2009) · Been (2009–11) · R. Koeman (2011–)
(a) acting in regular manager's absenceK.F.C. Winterslag K.R.C. Genk Künnecke (1988) · Vliers (1988–89) · Desaeyere (1989) · Alisic (1989) · Peeters (1989–90) · Theunis (1990–91) · Janssen (1991–93) · Peruzović (1993–94) · Denier & Beuls (1994) · Alisic (1994–96) · Denier (1996) · Anthuenis (1996–99) · Heyligen (1999–00) · Boskamp (2000) · Denier (2000–01) · Vergoossen (2001–04) · Denier & Van Geneugden (2004) · Vandereycken (2004–05) · Broos (2005–08) · Van Geneugden (2008–09) · Denier & Visser (2009) · Vanhaezebrouck (2009) · Vercauteren (2009–11) · Denier & Visser (2011) · Been (2011–)
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Christoph Daum · Ariël Jacobs · Chris Janssens · 
Darije Kalezić · Peter Maes · Jacky Mathijssen · Bob Peeters · 
Trond Sollied · José Riga · Franky Van der Elst · Ronny Van Geneugden · Hein Vanhaezebrouck · Dennis van WijkCategories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- Dutch footballers
- Dutch football managers
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- Association football midfielders
- Feyenoord players
- Feyenoord managers
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- Pisa Calcio players
- SC Heerenveen players
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- Excelsior Rotterdam players
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- People from Rotterdam
- Netherlands international footballers
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
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