Hans Westerhof

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Hans Westerhof
Westerhof in 2007
Personal information
Full name Johannes Antonius Westerhof[1]
Date of birth (1948-11-24) 24 November 1948 (age 75)
Place of birth Terborg, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
BV Veendam
BVO Cambuur
Managerial career
1982–1985
ONS Sneek
1985–1988 ACV
1988–1992 Groningen
1992–1993 PSV Eindhoven
1994–1997 Groningen
2000 Ajax
2000–2002 Willem II
2003–2004
Club Deportivo Guadalajara
2005 Chivas USA
2006
Club Deportivo Guadalajara
2007–2008 Club Necaxa
2008 Vitesse
2011 Pachuca
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans Westerhof (born 24 November 1948) is a Dutch football coach and currently supervisory board member at SC Heerenveen. Besides the Netherlands, he has coached in the United States and Mexico.[2]

As a player, Westerhof played for

Necaxa
(2007–2008).

Westerhof originally joined

Chivas USA, named Westerhof its head coach, after a disastrous start under Thomas Rongen. He was replaced after the season by Bob Bradley
and then came back to the parent club as its head coach and sporting director.

Besides coaching, he has been a teacher in Heerenveen (the Netherlands) at the Central Institute for Sports Education (CIOS) for many years. For Apertura 2007, Westerhof was appointed New Head Coach of

Necaxa
of Mexico.

On 12 June 2008, Westerhof was appointed

Vitesse new coach. He was then sacked after six months in December, after a disappointing first half of the season. Having led them into 15th position of the 18-team league, he managed 15 points from 17 matches.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hans Westerhof". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. ^ Zetbaas van Mexicaans imperium volkskrant.nl
  3. ^ http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A011011483%3Ampeg21%3Ap017%3Aa0456 [dead link]
  4. ^ Westerhof sacked as manager Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on December 31, 2008