Boskamp in 1978
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Johannes Boskamp | ||
Date of birth | 21 October 1948 | ||
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.