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Dick Advocaat
Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat 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.
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sports · Dutch footballer and manager (born 1947) · association football player · association football coach · also Dick Advocaat, Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat, Advocaat
Born 27 September 1947 · Q11949
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2026· 8 entries
Public attention spiked: 50,954 Wikipedia readers in one day, 33.3× the usual 1,532, with 21 article edits. Editors noted: Reverted 1 edit by ~2026-35900-11 (talk) to last revision by Willondon
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Public attention spiked: 180,400 Wikipedia readers in one day, 117.8× the usual 1,532, with 8 article edits. Editors noted: Reverted 1 edit by ~2026-34950-64 (talk) to last revision by Saintandy7
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Public attention spiked: 15,037 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9.8× the usual 1,532, with 3 article edits. Coverage that week: “Dick Advocaat returns to Scotland with Curaçao before historic World Cup appearance” (The Guardian).
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The Guardian: Dick Advocaat returns to Scotland with Curaçao before historic World Cup appearance
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Yahoo! Sports: Curaçao rehires Dick Advocaat as coach for the World Cup three months after he resigned
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The Jamaica Observer: Dick Advocaat returns as Curacao coach for World Cup
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2012· 2 entries
Won: Johan Cruyff Shield with PSV Eindhoven (2012).
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Polish Masters, followed up by beating Ajax 4–2 to secure the 2012 Johan Cruyff Shield
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2008· 2 entries
Won: UEFA Cup with Zenit Saint Petersburg (2007–08).
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Won: UEFA Super Cup with Zenit Saint Petersburg (2008).
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2007· 1 entry
Won: Russian Premier League with Zenit Saint Petersburg (2007).
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2000· 2 entries
Won: Scottish Cup with Rangers (1999–2000).
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Won: Scottish Premier League with Rangers (1999–2000).
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1999· 3 entries
Won: Scottish Cup with Rangers (1998–99).
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Won: Scottish Premier League with Rangers (1998–99).
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Won: Scottish League Cup with Rangers (1998–99).
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1998· 1 entry
Advocaat accepted the invitation from Rangers chairman David Murray to become the Scottish Premier League (SPL) team's new manager
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1997· 2 entries
Won: Johan Cruyff Shield with PSV Eindhoven (1997).
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Won: Eredivisie with PSV Eindhoven (1996–97).
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1996· 2 entries
Won: Johan Cruyff Shield with PSV Eindhoven (1996).
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Won: KNVB Cup with PSV Eindhoven (1995–96).
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1993· 1 entry
The Dutch national team had a record of five wins and two draws
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1991· 1 entry
SVV merged with neighbouring club Dordrecht '90, which failed to win promotion to the 1991 play-offs
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1990· 2 entries
Won: Eerste Divisie with SVV (1989–90).
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Advocaat once more became an assistant to Michels, who was having his fourth spell as coach of the Dutch national team and looking to qualify for UEFA Euro 1992
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1987· 1 entry
Advocaat became manager of his first professional club, HFC Haarlem, which he led for two years
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1984· 1 entry
Advocaat was unexpectedly appointed as assistant to Netherlands national team head coach Rinus Michels
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1983· 1 entry
Played for FC Utrecht (1983–1984) — 39 appearances, 0 goals.
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1982· 1 entry
Played for K. Berchem Sport (1982–1983) — 10 appearances, 0 goals.
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1981· 1 entry
When his older brother Jaap was offered a job running amateur Saturday football side Door Samenwerking Verkregen Pijnacker (DSVP)
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1980· 3 entries
Joined Sparta in 1980.
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Played for Chicago Sting (1980–1980) — 31 appearances, 1 goals.
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Played for Sparta Rotterdam (1980–1982) — 61 appearances, 6 goals.
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1979· 4 entries
Joined ADO Den Haag in 1979.
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Scored three more goals in 28 appearances and for the 1980 season, he scored one further goal from 29 appearances
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Played for ADO Den Haag (1979–1980) — 11 appearances, 1 goals.
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Played for Chicago Sting (1979–1979) — 32 appearances, 3 goals.
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1978· 1 entry
Advocaat made the move to the United States to play with the Chicago Sting in the North American Soccer League (NASL)
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1977· 1 entry
Played for VVV-Venlo (1977–1979) — 74 appearances, 6 goals.
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1973· 1 entry
Played for Roda JC Kerkrade (1973–1977) — 113 appearances, 2 goals.
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1967· 2 entries
Won: KNVB Cup with ADO Den Haag (1967).
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Played for San Francisco Golden Gate Gales (1967–1967) — 7 appearances, 1 goals.
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1966· 1 entry
Played for ADO Den Haag (1966–1973) — 147 appearances, 7 goals.
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1947· 1 entry
Born 1947-09-27.
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