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Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Giovanni van Bronckhorst 2011.jpg
Van Bronckhorst in 2011

Personal information
Full name
Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst[1]
Date of birth
(1975-02-05) 5 February 1975 (age 43)
Place of birth
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position
Midfielder / Left back
Club information
Current team

Feyenoord (manager)
Youth career
1981–1982
LMO Rotterdam
1982–1993
Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years
Team

Apps

(Gls)
1993–1998
Feyenoord

103

(22)
1993–1994
→ RKC Waalwijk (loan)

12

(2)
1998–2001
Rangers

73

(13)
2001–2003
Arsenal

42

(2)
2003–2007
Barcelona

105

(5)
2007–2010
Feyenoord

88

(8)
Total

422

(52)
National team
1996–2010
Netherlands

106

(6)
Teams managed
2010–2011
Netherlands U21 (assistant manager)
2011–2015
Feyenoord (assistant manager)
2015–
Feyenoord

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst OON (Dutch pronunciation: [ɟijoːˈvɑni vɑm ˈbrɔŋkɦɔrst] (About this soundlisten);[2] born 5 February 1975), also known by his nickname Gio, is a retired Dutch footballer and the current manager of Feyenoord. Formerly a midfielder, he moved to left-back later in his career.[3][4]


During his club career, Van Bronckhorst played for RKC Waalwijk, Feyenoord, Rangers, Arsenal, Barcelona and again with Feyenoord. He was an instrumental player in Barcelona's 2005–06 UEFA Champions League victory, being in the starting line-up of the final, having played every Champions League match for Barcelona that season.[3]


Van Bronckhorst earned 107 caps for the Netherlands national team, and played for his country in three FIFA World Cups, in 1998, 2006 and 2010, as well as three UEFA European Championships, in 2000, 2004 and 2008. After captaining the Oranje in the 2010 World Cup final, he was elected into the Order of Orange-Nassau.[3]


After assisting the Dutch under-21 team and Feyenoord, Van Bronckhorst became Feyenoord manager in May 2015. He won the KNVB Cup in his first season and the club's first Eredivisie title for 18 years in 2017.




Contents






  • 1 Club career


    • 1.1 Childhood and early career


    • 1.2 Rangers


    • 1.3 Arsenal


    • 1.4 Barcelona


    • 1.5 Return to Feyenoord




  • 2 International career


    • 2.1 Euro 2004


    • 2.2 2006 World Cup


    • 2.3 Euro 2008


    • 2.4 2010 World Cup


    • 2.5 International goals




  • 3 Career statistics


    • 3.1 Club statistics


    • 3.2 International




  • 4 Managerial career


    • 4.1 Managerial statistics




  • 5 Honours


    • 5.1 As a player


    • 5.2 As a manager


    • 5.3 Personal




  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Club career



Childhood and early career


Van Bronckhorst was born in Rotterdam to Victor van Bronckhorst, an Indonesian-Dutch, and Fransien Sapulette, an Indonesian mother.[5] He began playing for a local amateur youth team in Rotterdam, Linker Maas Oever, from age six. He joined the youth academy at Feyenoord the following year.[5] In 1990, aged 15, the club offered him a professional contract, which he accepted.[5] He won the Dutch Youth League with Feyenoord in 1991, but struggled to break into the first team.[6] He was loaned out to RKC Waalwijk, making his league debut in 1993. He returned to Feyenoord for the 1994–95 season, but was used as a fringe player, making only ten appearances for the club.[6] 1995–96 was his breakthrough season, as he started almost every match for Feyenoord, playing alongside the likes of Regi Blinker and Henrik Larsson.[6]


Domestically, with Feyenoord failing to break the PSV–Ajax stranglehold on the Eredivisie for the fourth-straight year, and major players such as Henrik Larsson leaving the team, Van Bronckhorst began to search for a new club.[7] He chose to join Dick Advocaat (his former manager at international U-16 and U-18 level) at Rangers, joining the club in 1998 for a reported transfer fee between £5–5.5 million.[8]



Rangers


Van Bronckhorst was already a regular international when he signed for Rangers in 1998, joining up with compatriot Dick Advocaat, the Scottish club's new manager. In his first competitive game for Rangers, a remarkable UEFA Cup tie away to League of Ireland side Shelbourne (although played at Tranmere Rovers' Prenton Park), Van Bronckhorst marked his debut with a finely-struck goal as Rangers came back from 3–0 down to win the match 5–3.[9] Van Bronckhorst went on to score 22 goals for Rangers (13 in the league, three in the Scottish Cup, one in the Scottish League Cup, three in the UEFA Champions League and two in the UEFA Cup), mostly as a play-making midfielder of notable skill and subtlety, before joining Arsenal for a fee of £8.5 million, signing a five-year contract.[10]



Arsenal


Arsène Wenger had signed Van Bronckhorst in June 2001 for 8 million pounds.[11][12]
He sought to replace the midfield void from by the departure of Emmanuel Petit from Arsenal, and so partnered Patrick Vieira in the centre.[13] However, Van Bronckhorst's start at Highbury was marked by a cruciate knee ligament injury which saw him sidelined after only a few months at the club. Despite such Van Bronckhorst, went on to win the Premier League title in 2001–02 and the FA Cup in 2002–03 with Arsenal. In all, he made 64 appearances for the Gunners, scoring twice.[3][4][14]




With Barcelona in 2006.



Barcelona



As the 2003–04 season approached, Van Bronckhorst had the opportunity to move to Barcelona and work with its new head coach Frank Rijkaard on a one-year loan, with a view to a permanent transfer.[15]




Van Bronckhorst at Feyenoord in 2007


After adapting to his new role as a left-back, he helped Barça to a revival in the second half of the season. In May 2004, Van Bronckhorst completed his move from Arsenal to Barcelona for a fee of €2 million, signing a three-year deal.[16] He won the Liga title in the 2004–05 season after some of his finest displays together with four goals to his credit. In 2005–06, he helped his club repeat as Liga champions while winning the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League as well (he was the only player who participated in all Champions League matches that season). In Spain, he used "Gio" as the name on his shirt.[17]



Return to Feyenoord


Van Bronckhorst had a year remaining on his Barcelona contract in 2007, but returned to Feyenoord on 27 June 2007 due to a clause in his contract stipulating he could join Feyenoord on a free transfer.[17] Shortly after, head coach Bert van Marwijk made him captain of the club. He would go on to become a pivotal member of the squad, providing stability in an injury-hit side. At the end of his first season, he led "De Stadionclub" to win the 2007–08 KNVB Cup following a 2–0 victory in the final against Roda JC.[18]



International career


Van Bronckhorst made his debut for the national Olympic team in 1996, although the Netherlands failed to qualify for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.[6] He was given his first full international cap in August 1996, being given a starting place by Guus Hiddink in the Oranje's lineup to face Brazil in a friendly at the Amsterdam Arena.[7] Van Bronkhorst scored his first goal for Ons Oranje in August 1996 at the FNB Stadium against South Africa. He was part of the Netherlands squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but did not play during the tournament.[7] He only saw limited action in Euro 2000 as cover for left-back Arthur Numan.



Euro 2004


Van Bronckhorst (who was regularly played as a midfielder at club level at the time) was deployed by manager Dick Advocaat as a left-back at Euro 2004. The Netherlands reached the semi-finals of the tournament, only to fall to hosts Portugal.




Van Bronckhorst as captain of the Netherlands.



2006 World Cup


Van Bronckhorst was a regular in the national team for the 2006 World Cup qualification campaign. In the round of 16 match against Portugal (see Battle of Nuremberg), he received a red card in a match that saw four red cards given, a World Cup record. There was an unusual scene in which Van Bronckhorst was sitting in the stands next to his Barcelona teammate at the time, Portugal's Deco, who had also been sent off.



Euro 2008


Van Bronckhorst scored in a Euro 2008 qualifying match against Slovenia on 28 March 2007. The Netherlands went on to win the match by 1–0.[19]


On 9 June 2008, while playing against Italy in Euro 2008, he went on to put on a vibrant display. With the score at 1-0 he cleared the ball off his own line, ran deep into the Italian half, then delivered a cross to Dirk Kuyt. Kuyt then headed down to Wesley Sneijder who slotted the ball past the advancing Gianluigi Buffon. Van Bronckhorst later scored another goal to condemn the then World Cup champions to an embarrassing 3-0 defeat.[20]


Prior to Euro 2008, captain Edwin van der Sar announced his intention to retire from international football after the tournament; he played his last match as captain in the 3–1 quarter-final loss to Russia. Van Bronckhorst was named Van der Sar's replacement as captain.[21]




Van Bronckhorst (right) with (FLTR: Mark van Bommel, Gregory van der Wiel and Demy de Zeeuw).



2010 World Cup


Van Bronckhorst was included in the Netherlands' preliminary squad for the tournament,[22] and on 27 May 2010, Dutch manager Bert van Marwijk announced he would be part of the final squad of 23 and would serve as team captain.[23] In the semi-final against Uruguay, he scored the opening goal of the match, which the Netherlands won 3–2. The powerful long-range strike – which rose into goalkeeper Fernando Muslera's top left-hand corner – was widely considered one of the best goals in World Cup history.[24][25]


Van Bronckhorst's final match for the Netherlands and as a professional footballer came in the World Cup final against Spain.[26] He was substituted in the 105th minute for Edson Braafheid with the score 0–0, only for Andrés Iniesta to condemn the Dutch to a defeat, scoring the only goal of the match in the 116th minute. After ending the tournament as runners-up, Van Bronckhorst stated he was proud of what the team had achieved.[27]



International goals


































































# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 June 1997
Johannesburg, South Africa
 South Africa 0–1 0–2
Friendly match
2. 2 September 2000
Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Republic of Ireland 2–2 2–2
World Cup 2002 qualifier
3. 12 February 2003
Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Argentina 1–0 1–0
Friendly match
4. 28 March 2007
Celje, Slovenia
 Slovenia 0–1 0–1
Euro 2008 qualifier
5. 9 June 2008
Bern, Switzerland
 Italy 3–0 3–0
UEFA Euro 2008
6. 6 July 2010
Cape Town, South Africa
 Uruguay 1–0 3–2
2010 FIFA World Cup


Career statistics



Club statistics




























































































































































































































































































































































Club Season League Cup1
League Cup2
Continental3
Other4
Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Feyenoord 1994–95 Eredivisie 10 1 10 1
1995–96 27 9 7 0 1 0 35 9
1996–97 34 4 1 1 6 0 41 5
1997–98 32 8 8 2 40 10
Totals 103 22 1 1 21 2 1 0 126 25

RKC Waalwijk (loan)
1993–94 Eredivisie 12 2 12 2
Rangers 1998–99 Scottish Premier League 35 7 5 1 4 0 9 2 53 10
1999–2000 27 4 5 2 1 0 12 0 45 6
2000–01 11 2 0 0 1 1 7 3 19 6
Totals 73 13 10 3 6 1 28 5 117 22
Arsenal 2001–02 FA Premier League 21 1 2 0 3 0 7 0 33 1
2002–03 20 1 5 0 1 0 4 0 30 1
2003–04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals 41 2 7 0 4 0 11 0 1 0 64 2

Barcelona (loan)
2003–04 La Liga 34 1 5 0 4 0 43 1
Barcelona 2004–05 29 4 1 0 8 0 38 4
2005–06 19 0 4 1 13 0 36 1
2006–07 23 0 6 1 6 0 3 0 38 1
Totals 105 5 16 2 31 3 3 0 155 10
Feyenoord 2007–08 Eredivisie 32 7 6 0 38 7
2008–09 27 1 5 0 5 1 3 0 40 2
2009–10 29 0 4 2 33 2
Totals 88 8 15 2 5 1 3 0 111 11
Career totals 422 52 49 8 10 1 96 11 8 0 585 72


  • 1.^ Includes Dutch FA Cup, Scottish FA Cup, English FA Cup, and Spanish FA Cup.

  • 2.^ Includes Scottish League Cup and English League Cup.

  • 3.^ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, and UEFA Cup Winners Cup.

  • 4.^ Includes Dutch Super Cup, Community Shield, and Eredivisie playoff.



International


[28]


























































































Netherlands national team
Year Apps Goals
1996 3 0
1997 4 1
1998 1 0
1999 6 0
2000 7 1
2001 4 0
2002 1 0
2003 6 1
2004 13 0
2005 9 0
2006 9 0
2007 10 1
2008 14 1
2009 9 0
2010 10 1
Total 106 6


Managerial career




Giovanni Van Bronckhorst doing some coaching


Having retired at the end of the 2009–10 season prior to the 2010 World Cup, it was announced on 21 July 2011 that Van Bronckhorst would assist newly appointed Feyenoord manager Ronald Koeman, alongside fellow ex-Feyenoord player Jean-Paul van Gastel.[29] Feyenoord finished the season second behind Ajax, thereby qualifying for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.[30] On 23 March 2015, it was announced Van Bronckhorst would be the new manager of Feyenoord after Fred Rutten would leave at the end of that season.[31]


In his first full season, Van Bronckhorst led Feyenoord to win the 2015–16 KNVB Cup after the club defeated Utrecht 2–1 in the final.[32]


In his second season, Van Bronckhorst won the Eredivisie title, Feyenoord's first in 18 years.[33]



Managerial statistics


As of 9 December 2018






























Club
From
To
G
W
D
L
Win %

Feyenoord
18 May 2015
Present
155
98
22
35
63.23%
Total
155
98
22
35
62.23%


Honours




Van Bronckhorst (front) with John Heitinga, Khalid Boulahrouz and Phillip Cocu in 2010.



As a player


Feyenoord[3][34]



  • KNVB Cup: 1994−95, 2007−08

Rangers[3][34]




  • Scottish Premier League: 1998−99, 1999−2000


  • Scottish Cup: 1998−99, 1999−2000


  • Scottish League Cup: 1998


Arsenal[3][34]




  • Premier League: 2001−02[35]


  • FA Cup: 2002−03


Barcelona[3][34]




  • La Liga: 2004–05, 2005−06


  • Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006


  • UEFA Champions League: 2005−06


Netherlands[3][34]




  • FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2010


  • UEFA European Championship semi-finalist: 2000, 2004



As a manager


Feyenoord[3][34][36]




  • Eredivisie: 2016–17


  • KNVB Cup: 2015–16, 2017–18


  • Johan Cruyff Shield: 2017, 2018



Personal


  • Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau: 2010[37]


See also


  • List of footballers with 100 or more caps


References





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  2. ^ In isolation, van is pronounced [vɑn].


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  4. ^ ab "Gio Van Bronckhorst". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.


  5. ^ abc Autobiography entry: The Early Years 1975–1990 Archived 9 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. – Giovanni van Bronkhorst Official Site


  6. ^ abcd Autobiography entry: Making it at Feyenoord 1990–1996 Archived 10 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. – Giovanni van Bronkhorst Official Site


  7. ^ abc Autobiography entry:Playing for Holland 1996–1998 Archived 10 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. – Giovanni van Bronkhorst Official Site


  8. ^ Broadfoot, Darryl (15 July 1998). "Van Bronckhorst and Charbonnier join Ibrox revolution with another deal due today Advocaat's team shapes up with two new signings". The Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2012.


  9. ^ McGinty, Karl (23 July 1998). "Shelbourne's braves left heartbroken". Irish Independent. Retrieved 26 May 2012.


  10. ^ "Arsenal sign van Bronckhorst". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 June 2001. Retrieved 26 May 2012.


  11. ^ "Van Bronckhorst signs for Arsenal". Telegraph.co.uk.


  12. ^ "Arsenal sign Van Bronckhorst". Arsenal.com.


  13. ^ "Gio could be key to Arsenal glory". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 August 2001. Retrieved 9 March 2009.


  14. ^ "'My time at Arsenal really helped me'". Arsenal.com.


  15. ^ Hodges, Andy (27 August 2003). "Barcelona complete van Bronckhorst loan deal". London: The Independent. Retrieved 3 February 2010.


  16. ^ "Bronckhorst completes Barca switch". CNN. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2010.


  17. ^ ab "VAN BRONCKHORST WANTS TO WIN THINGS AT FEYENOORD". Feyenoord. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2015.


  18. ^ "Feyenoord 2-0 Roda JC". Voetbal.com.


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  20. ^ "Netherlands 3-0 Italy". BBC.co.uk.


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  23. ^ "Holland coach Bert van Marwijk finalises World Cup squad". The Guardian. Press Association. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-27.


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  25. ^ "Goal of the Tournament". FIFA. 12 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-12.


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  27. ^ "Gio proud in defeat". Sky Sports. 12 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-13.


  28. ^ "Giovanni Van Bronckhorst: Century of International Appearances". RSSSF.com.


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  30. ^ "Ajax end on high, Feyenoord net UCL". ESPN Soccernet. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-23.


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  32. ^ "European Football: Five stories you might have missed". BBC Sport. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.


  33. ^ Kuyt en Feyenoord schrijven historie - AD (in Dutch)


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  35. ^ "Giovanni van Bronckhorst: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 16 April 2018.


  36. ^ "NAGENIETEN VAN DE FINALE OM DE TOTO KNVB BEKER". KNVB.nl.


  37. ^ "Dutch World Cup coach and captain knighted". RNW.org.




External links







  • Van Bronckhorst at FC Barcelona English Speaking Supporters Fansite

  • Voetbal International profile


  • Giovanni van Bronckhorst – FIFA competition record (archive)


  • Giovanni van Bronckhorst at National-Football-Teams.com


  • Giovanni van Bronckhorst at Wereld van Oranje (in Dutch)


  • Gio van Bronckhorst (@The_real_Gio) on Twitter


  • Official website[dead link]









Sporting positions
Preceded by
Edwin van der Sar

Netherlands captain
2008-2010
Succeeded by
Mark van Bommel











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