Hans Eijkenbroek (5 January 1940 – 17 August 2024) was a Dutch football player and manager.

Playing career

Club

Born in Schiedam,[1] he started his career at local side Hermes DVS and was scouted by Sparta Rotterdam legend Denis Neville in 1962. With Sparta he played in two KNVB Cup Finals, winning one.[2] He was Sparta captain when goalkeeper Eddy Treijtel shot down a gull from a goal-kick during a derby match against Feyenoord in 1970. Eijkenbroek subsequently threw the bird off the pitch only for a Sparta employee to have it stuffed and put in either Sparta's or Feyenoord's club museum.[3]

Nicknamed De Eijk, he also played for Willem II.[4]

International

Eijkenbroek made his debut for the Netherlands in an April 1967 friendly match against Belgium and earned a total of 18 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a January 1970 friendly against England.[5]

Managerial career

Eijkenbroek played under manager Georg Keßler at Sparta and the national team, and later became his assistant at AZ '67, before taking the reins himself.[6] He also managed Haarlem and Roda JC, where he was dismissed in November 1984.[7] In 1995 he started working at FC Dordrecht.

Death

Eijkenbroek died on 17 August 2024, at the age of 84.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Hans Eijkenbroek - International Appearances".
  2. ^ Over de meeuw en een voetballegende - FC Dordrecht (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Heeft Feyenoord de echte, of Sparta? - NRC (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Hans Eijkenbroek at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ^ Intl career stats - EU Football
  6. ^ Het was altijd een eer om voor Oranje te spelen - FC Dordrecht (in Dutch)
  7. ^ Roda JC trainers aller tijden: Hans Eijkenbroek 1983-1984 - Roda JC (in Dutch)
  8. ^ "Oud-trainer van Roda JC Hans Eijkenbroek overleden". L1 Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.


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