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Johan Boskamp

Johan Boskamp
Johan Boskamp 1978c.jpg
Boskamp in 1978
Personal information
Full name Johannes Boskamp
Date of birth (1948-10-21) 21 October 1948 (age 68)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1955–1965 RVV HOV
1965–1966 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1974 Feyenoord 102 (14)
1969–1970 Holland Sport (loan) 31 (7)
1974–1982 RWDM 239 (36)
1982–1984 Lierse 60 (3)
Total 432 (60)
National team
1978 Netherlands 2 (0)
Teams managed
1981 RWDM
1984–1987 Lierse
1988–1989 Verbr. Denderhoutem
1989–1992 Beveren
1992–1993 Kortrijk
1993–1997 Anderlecht
1997–1998 Gent
1999 Dinamo Tbilisi
1999 Georgia
2000–2001 Genk
2001–2002 Al Wasl
2004–2005 Kazma
2005–2006 Stoke City
2006 Standard Liège
2007–2009 Dender
2009 Beveren
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Johannes "Johan/Jan" Boskamp (born 21 October 1948) is a retired Dutch footballer and manager.

He played the majority of his career for hometown club Feyenoord and Belgian side RWDM and managed primarily in the Belgian leagues. Currently he is a regular sports commentator on two Dutch and Belgian football television programs. He is commonly addressed as "Jan" in the Netherlands and "Johan" in Belgium.

His former clubs as a player include RVV HOV, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Holland Sport, R.W.D. Molenbeek (with whom he won the Belgian First Division in 1975), and Lierse. Boskamp was furthermore voted Belgian Golden Shoe winner in 1975.

He was part of the Dutch team for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, making one substitute appearance against Scotland.

Later Boskamp became a manager and coached Belgian clubs Lierse, Dender, Beveren, Kortrijk, Anderlecht, Gent. He then moved to Georgia in 1999 to manage Dinamo Tbilisi and also the Georgia national team. After a return to Belgium with Genk he moved to the Middle East and managed United Arab Emirates side Al Wasl and Kuwait club Kazma.


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