Berry van Aerle
Van Aerle in 1987
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hubertus Aegidius Hermanus van Aerle | ||
| Date of birth | 8 December 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Helmond, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| HVV Helmond | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1994 | PSV | 278 | (12) |
| 1986–1987 | → Antwerp (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | Helmond Sport | 15 | (1) |
| Total | 315 | (14) | |
| National team | |||
| 1987–1992 | Netherlands | 35 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Hubertus Aegidius Hermanus "Berry" van Aerle (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛ.ri vɑn ˈaːr.lə]; born 8 December 1962) is a Dutch retired footballer who played mainly as a right back.
A tough tackler, he was best known for his spell with PSV, which he helped capture the 1988 European Cup. A Dutch international for five years, he won the Euro 1988 tournament.
Born in Helmond, North Brabant, van Aerle spent 13 years with Eredivisie giants PSV Eindhoven, helping them to five leagues. During most of his spell, he also played as a defensive midfielder as the right-back slot was occupied by veteran Belgian Eric Gerets. Incidentally, the Dutch spent one year in that country, on loan to Royal Antwerp FC.
Van Aerle played the entire final of the 1987–88 European Cup, won on penalties against S.L. Benfica, after a 0–0. "It wasn't a particularly good match, with both teams very cautious, but it was exciting until the end and a tense penalty shoot-out. It does not matter how you win it, just as long as you do. Now we're in the history books forever: we lifted that trophy", van Aerle told Berend Scholten on UEFA.com. After Gerets retired in 1992, he began dealing with several injuries, but still managed to appear regularly, collecting more than 300 overall appearances until his departure.
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