Hans van Breukelen
Van Breukelen in 2011
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| Full name | Johannes Franciscus van Breukelen | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1956 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 1964–1975 | BVC | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1975–1982 | FC Utrecht | 142 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Nottingham Forest | 61 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1984–1994 | PSV Eindhoven | 308 | (0) | |||||||||
| Total | 511 | (0) | ||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1980–1992 | Netherlands | 73 | (0) | |||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Johannes Franciscus "Hans" van Breukelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑns fɑn ˈbrøːkələ(n)], 4 October 1956) is a former Dutch football player who played as a goalkeeper. Currently, he is the technical director of the KNVB.
Van Breukelen grew up in De Bilt, where he played in the BVC youth academy. In 1976, he moved to FC Utrecht, where he played 142 matches. After two years with Nottingham Forest, Van Breukelen moved to PSV Eindhoven in 1984. With PSV, he won six league titles and three domestic cups. In 1988, Van Breukelen also won the European Cup as part of the Treble after saving Benfica's sixth penalty in the shoot-out. In the Netherlands, he was named Goalkeeper of the Year four times.
Van Breukelen played 73 caps for the Dutch national team. In 1988, he triumphed at the European Championships with The Netherlands; Van Breukelen stopped a penalty in the final. He also appeared at the 1990 World Cup and Euro 1992. After his career, he became an entrepreneur in different non-football business ventures, although he served as director of football at FC Utrecht and was a member of the PSV board of directors from 2010-2016.
Van Breukelen, born in Utrecht, started playing club football at amateur team BVC from De Bilt in 1964. In 1974, he reached the BVC first team at age 17. A few months later, Van Breukelen was transferred to FC Utrecht. In his youth, he studied to become a teacher; even after he signed for FC Utrecht, he finished his study in pedagogy and taught at schools.
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