Ab Fafié
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Fafié | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam | ||
| Date of death | 27 November 2012 (aged 71) | ||
| Position(s) |
Left-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1963 | Feijenoord | 4 | (0) |
| 1963–1968 | Xerxes | 65 | (1) |
| 1968–1970 | PSV | 13 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1981–1984 | Feyenoord (assistant) | ||
| 1984–1986 | Feyenoord | ||
| 1986 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1987 | PAS Giannina | ||
| 1988–1989 | AA Gent | ||
| 1990–1993 | FC Utrecht | ||
| 1994 | AEK Larnaca | ||
| 1995–1996 | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
| 1996–1997 |
Bandung Raya | ||
| 1997–1998 | Persija Jakarta | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ab Fafié (4 March 1941 – 27 November 2012) was a Dutch professional football player and manager.
Playing career
Club
Fafié made his debut for hometown club
Fortuna '54[1] in 1959[2] and also played for Rotterdam club Xerxes as well as for PSV. During an injury-hit spell he only played 13 games for the Eindhovenaren.[3][4]
Managerial career
Fafié became assistant to
FC Utrecht
At Utrecht, he earned the nickname King Ab after steering them to European football with a fourth-placed finish in his first season.Real Madrid and after some less successful seasons, Fafié was given the sack in 1994.[9]
He also had spells in charge at two Indonesian clubs[10] and coached the final years of his life at amateur sides CVV, Overmaas, WSE and NBSVV.[5]
Personal life
Fafié died in November 2012, aged 71.[11]
References
- ^ Career stats - Feyenoord-online
- ^ Liefhebber met het hart op de tong - Volkskrant (in Dutch)
- ^ Oud-PSV’er Ab Fafié (71) overleden Archived 2017-09-11 at the Wayback Machine - PSV (in Dutch)
- ^ a b "Former Dutch coach Fafie dies". En-maktoob.news.yahoo.com. 2012-11-29.
- ^ a b Oud-Feyenoorder Ab Fafié overleden - Feyenoord (in Dutch)
- ^ "Atypical". 12 December 2017.
- ^ Go Ahead en Helmond Sport hebben geen plaats meer voor trainers Fafié en Pruijn - Trouw (in Dutch)
- ^ FC Utrecht treurt om dood Koning Ab Archived 2017-09-11 at the Wayback Machine - FC Utrecht (in Dutch)
- ^ Koning Ab ging voor het resultaat - NRC (in Dutch)
- ^ Ab Fafié terug naar Indonesië - NRC (in Dutch)
- ^ Oud-trainer Ab Fafié overleden - NU (in Dutch)
  | This biographical article related to association football in the Netherlands, about a defender, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |