Christoffel (Chris) Hendrik Dekker ( niderl. Christoffel "Chris" Hendrik Dekker ; December 6, 1945 , Westzan, Zaanstad) is a Dutch football player and football coach. He played on the positions of the central midfielder and defender .
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| Full name | Christoffel Hendrick Decker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Was born | December 6, 1945 (73 years) Westzan (Zaanstad community, North Holland , Netherlands ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | central midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Club
He began his career in the amateur club "Zanstrek", later became a player in the professional club " AZ-67 ". In the first season in the top division, he took part in 32 matches and scored 4 goals [1] . Later, one season played in the club NEC , then moved to the Amsterdam ICE , and after its reorganization, he played for Amsterdam . As part of Amsterdam, he participated in the UEFA Cup 1974/75 draw: before leaving the team, he played 4 matches and scored 1 goal [2] .
In January 1975, he became a MVB player, in which he flew out of Eredivizi. The next club in the career of Dekker was the Belgian " Charleroi ", in which he was one of the leading players and played for the team over 100 matches. In 1980, six months on loan acted for Hong Kong “ Seiko ”, in which many Dutch footballers traditionally played.
Finished his career in the Netherlands, played in Rotterdam's " Sparta " and Sittardskoy " Fortune ", which played for almost 40 years. The last match in the "Fortune" held March 10, 1985 against his former team - "Sparta" [3] .
In the national team
Spent one game for the Netherlands national team [4] . On March 27, 1974, he replaced instead of Johan Neskens in a friendly match against the Austrian national team , which ended with the score 1: 1 [5] . He was among the candidates for the trip to the 1974 World Cup , but was not included in the final application [6] .
Coaching
Immediately after completing his playing career, he became a coach. Six years, until 1991, he worked with the youth of " Fortune ", after which one season he headed " Eindhoven " [7] . He was invited to "Fortune", but flew with the team in the first division , and in the spring of 1994 he was dismissed for unsatisfactory results. Over the next year he worked with the Al-Jazeera club from the UAE .
Returning to the Netherlands, he coached Den Bosch and the Feyenoord junior team, then worked again in the Middle East - this time with the Qatar youth team [7] . The latest to Decker's club today was the “native” sittard Fortuna, which he left in the summer of 2006 .
Notes
- ↑ Chris Dekker - seizoen 1968/69 (incl.) . Voetbal International. The appeal date is April 5, 2012. Archived April 22, 2012.
- ↑ Haisma, Marcel. DWS / FC Amsterdam in European Cups (English) . RSSSF (21 February 2004). The appeal date is April 6, 2012. Archived April 22, 2012.
- ↑ Chris Dekker - seizoen 1984/85 (nid.) . Voetbal International. The appeal date is April 5, 2012. Archived April 22, 2012.
- ↑ Interlands, doelpunten Chris Dekker in het Nederlands Elftal (nid.) . Voetbalstats.nl. The appeal date is April 5, 2012. Archived April 22, 2012.
- ↑ Opstelling 27-03-1974 Nederland - Oostenrijk 1 - 1 - interland nr. 332 (incl.) . Voetbalstats.nl. The appeal date is April 5, 2012. Archived April 22, 2012.
- ↑ Bouwes, Ernst. Unlikely internationals 15: Chris Dekker (English) . TotalfootballNL (9 April 2011). The appeal date is April 5, 2012. Archived December 5, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Chris Dekker (nid.) . Fortuna Online. The appeal date is April 6, 2012. Archived April 22, 2012.
Links
- (English)
- Profile on weltfussball.de (German)
- Profile on the site FootballDatabase.eu (fr.)