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Dick Advocaat
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Person

Dick Advocaat

b. 1947

Dutch association football player and manager

Born
27 Sept 1947 · The Hague
Part ofNetherlands9 CE – todayKingdom of the Netherlands1772 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 91 years
  1. 27 Sept 1947BornBorn in The Hague
  2. 1966 – 1973TeamADO Den Haag
  3. 1967TeamSan Francisco Golden Gate Gales
  4. 1973 – 1977TeamRoda JC Kerkrade
  5. 1977 – 1979TeamVVV-Venlo
  6. 1979 – 1980TeamADO Den Haag
  7. 1979TeamChicago Sting
  8. 1980TeamChicago Sting
  9. 1980 – 1982TeamSparta Rotterdam
  10. 1982 – 1983TeamK. Berchem Sport
  11. 1983 – 1984TeamFC Utrecht

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1947 – today).

  1. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  3. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  4. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  6. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  7. 1956Suez Crisis
  8. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  10. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  12. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  14. 1968Prague Spring
  15. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  16. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  17. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  18. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  20. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  21. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  22. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  23. 1985Schengen Agreement
  24. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  25. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  26. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  28. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  30. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  32. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  33. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  34. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  35. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  36. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  37. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  38. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  39. 20112011 Norway attacks
  40. 2011Libyan civil war

Biography

Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪk ɑtfoːˈkaːt] ; born 27 September 1947) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is the manager of the Curaçao national team. A successful player and manager, he is nicknamed "The Little General", a reference to his mentor Rinus Michels.

Advocaat has coached a number of clubs in the Netherlands and abroad (including the Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, with which he won the 2008 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup), as well as the national teams of a number of countries (including the Netherlands, South Korea, Belgium and Russia). With the Netherlands, he reached the quarterfinals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the semifinals of the 2004 UEFA European Championship.

Text from the Wikipedia article Dick Advocaat, CC BY-SA 4.0

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