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Jan Wouters

Personal information

Full name

Jan Jacobus Wouters

Date of birth

(1960-07-17) 17 July 1960 (age 64)

Place of birth

Utrecht, Netherlands

Height

1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Position(s)

Defensive midfielder

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1980–1986

Utrecht

168

(21)

1986–1992

Ajax

150

(21)

1992–1994

Bayern Munich

(6)

1994–1996

PSV

(5)

Total

434

(55)

International career

1982–1994

Netherlands

(4)

Managerial career

1996–1997

Utrecht (assistant)

1997

Utrecht (caretaker)

1997–1998

Ajax (youth)

1998–2000

Ajax

2001–2006

Rangers (assistant)

2006–2007

PSV (assistant)

2007

PSV (caretaker)

2008–2009

PSV (assistant)

2009–2011

Utrecht (assistant)

2011–2014

Utrecht

2015

Kasımpaşa (caretaker)

2015–2018

Feyenoord (assistant)

2021

Fortuna Sittard (assistant)

2022-present

Ajax youth (assistant)

Medal record

Representing Netherlands

UEFA European Championship
Winner	1988 West Germany
	1992 Sweden

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Jacobus Wouters (born 17 July 1960) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. He played as a defensive midfielder and was Dutch Footballer of the Year in 1990.

Career

Wouters played for several clubs including PSV, Utrecht, Bayern Munich and Ajax. He was also a Netherlands international team member (70 caps, four goals) and was hugely influential in 1988 when the Netherlands won the European Football Championship.

He was a coach of Scottish Premier League club Rangers under Dick Advocaat and then Alex McLeish. He left Rangers at the end of the 2005–06 season, along with McLeish and Andy Watson.

Wouters is infamous to England supporters after elbowing Paul Gascoigne and fracturing his cheekbone during a World Cup qualifier in 1993 at Wembley Stadium. Gascoigne was forced to wear a Phantom of the Opera style facemask to protect his fractured cheekbone until his injury healed. The following day, the Daily Mirror labelled Wouters a "Dutch thug". The match was drawn 2–2 and damaged England's hopes of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup finals in the United States, despite England leading the match 2–0.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Utrecht	1980–81	Eredivisie	19	1
	1981–82		33	4
	1982–83		27	6
	1983–84		31	4
	1984–85		25	1
	1985–86		33	5
	Total		168	21
Ajax	1986–87	Eredivisie	32	4
	1987–88		28	4
	1988–89		22	0
	1989–90		28	5
	1990–91		30	5
	1991–92		10	1
	Total		150	19
Bayern Munich	1991–92	Bundesliga	17	1	0	0	–		0	0	17	1
	1992–93		33	4	2	0	–		0	0	35	4
	1993–94		16	1	4	1	–		4	0	24	2
	Total		68	6
PSV	1993–94	Eredivisie	10	1	1	0	–		0	0	11	1
	1994–95		22	1	1	0	–		2	0	25	1
	1995–96		20	3	4	0	–		3	0	27	3
	Total		52	5	6	0	0	0	5	0	63	5
Career total			438	51

Honours

Utrecht

KNVB Cup: 1984–85

Ajax

Bayern Munich

Bundesliga: 1993–94

PSV

KNVB Cup: 1995–96

Netherlands

UEFA European Championship: 1988

Individual

Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1989–90
UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988
kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1992–93

In popular culture

Wouters was repeatedly referenced in a Saturday Night Live sketch on 4 February 2023 featuring James Austin Johnson as a British rapper named Milly Pounds.

References

Stokkermans, Karel (16 January 2009). "Jan Wouters - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
"Jan WOUTERS". Retrieved 21 November 2008.
"Jan Wouters" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
"UEFA 1988 Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
"Bundesliga Historie 1992/93" (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
Weekend Update ft. Michael Longfellow, James Austin Johnson and Devon Walker - SNL, retrieved 6 February 2023

External links

profile Jan Wouters (in Dutch)
Jan Wouters at Wereld van Oranje (archived) (in Dutch)

v t e UEFA Euro 1988 Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper	Hans van Breukelen
Defenders	Giuseppe Bergomi Frank Rijkaard Ronald Koeman Paolo Maldini
Midfielders	Ruud Gullit Jan Wouters Giuseppe Giannini Lothar Matthäus
Forwards	Marco van Basten Gianluca Vialli

v t e 1992–93 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season
GK: Köpke DF: Klinkert DF: Bratseth DF: Beiersdorfer MF: Wosz MF: Thon MF: Wouters MF: Matthäus MF: Bein FW: Labbadia FW: Yeboah

v t e Dutch Footballer of the Year
1984: Gullit 1985: Van Basten 1986: Gullit 1987: Koeman 1988: Koeman 1989: Romário 1990: Wouters 1991: Bergkamp 1992: Bergkamp 1993: Litmanen 1994: De Boer 1995: Nilis 1996: De Boer 1997: Stam 1999: Van Nistelrooy 2000: Van Nistelrooy 2001: Van Bommel 2002: Van Hooijdonk 2003: Kežman 2004: Maxwell 2005: Van Bommel 2006: Kuyt 2007: Alves 2008: Heitinga 2009: El Hamdaoui 2010: Suárez 2011: Janssen 2012: Vertonghen 2013: Bony 2014: Blind 2015: Wijnaldum 2016: Klaassen 2017: El Ahmadi 2018: Ziyech 2019: De Ligt 2020: not awarded 2021: Tadić 2022: Gakpo 2023: Kökçü 2024: De Jong

Dutch Footballer of the Year

1984: Gullit
1985: Van Basten
1986: Gullit
1987: Koeman
1988: Koeman
1989: Romário
1990: Wouters
1991: Bergkamp
1992: Bergkamp
1993: Litmanen
1994: De Boer
1995: Nilis
1996: De Boer
1997: Stam
1999: Van Nistelrooy
2000: Van Nistelrooy
2001: Van Bommel
2002: Van Hooijdonk
2003: Kežman
2004: Maxwell
2005: Van Bommel
2006: Kuyt
2007: Alves
2008: Heitinga
2009: El Hamdaoui
2010: Suárez
2011: Janssen
2012: Vertonghen
2013: Bony
2014: Blind
2015: Wijnaldum
2016: Klaassen
2017: El Ahmadi
2018: Ziyech
2019: De Ligt
2020: not awarded
2021: Tadić
2022: Gakpo
2023: Kökçü
2024: De Jong

Jan Wouters international tournaments

v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1988 winners (1st title)
1 Van Breukelen 2 Van Tiggelen 3 Troost 4 R. Koeman 5 Winter 6 Van Aerle 7 Vanenburg 8 Mühren 9 Bosman 10 Gullit (c) 11 Van 't Schip 12 Van Basten 13 E. Koeman 14 Kieft 15 Koevermans 16 Hiele 17 Rijkaard 18 Suvrijn 19 Krüzen 20 Wouters Coach: Michels

v t e Netherlands squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup
1 Van Breukelen 2 Van Aerle 3 Rijkaard 4 R. Koeman 5 Van Tiggelen 6 Wouters 7 E. Koeman 8 Vanenburg 9 Van Basten 10 Gullit (c) 11 Witschge 12 Kieft 13 Rutjes 14 Van 't Schip 15 Roy 16 Hiele 17 Gillhaus 18 Fraser 19 Van Loen 20 Winter 21 Blind 22 Menzo Coach: Beenhakker

v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1992 semi-finalists
1 Van Breukelen 2 Van Aerle 3 Van Tiggelen 4 Koeman 5 Blind 6 Wouters 7 Bergkamp 8 Rijkaard 9 Van Basten 10 Gullit (c) 11 Van 't Schip 12 Kieft 13 Menzo 14 Witschge 15 Winter 16 Bosz 17 De Boer 18 Jonk 19 Viscaal 20 Roy Coach: Michels

v t e Netherlands squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup
1 De Goey 2 F. de Boer 3 Rijkaard 4 Koeman (c) 5 Witschge 6 Wouters 7 Overmars 8 Jonk 9 R. de Boer 10 Bergkamp 11 Roy 12 Bosman 13 Van der Sar 14 Van Gobbel 15 Blind 16 Numan 17 Taument 18 Valckx 19 Van Vossen 20 Winter 21 De Wolf 22 Snelders Coach: Advocaat

Jan Wouters managerial positions

FC Utrecht – managers

Jacobs (1970–74)
Rab (1974–76)
Berger (1976–83)
Hughes (1983–84)
De Ruiter (1984–87)
Berger (1987–89)
Loffeld (1989–90)
Fafié (1990–93)
Vonk (1993)
Van Veen (1993–95)
Vonk & Du Chatinier (1995)
Kistemaker (1995)
De Ruiter (1995–96)
Spelbos (1996–97)
Wouters (1997)
De Ruiter (1997)
Wotte (1998–2000)
Adelaar (2000–02)
Booy (2002–07)
Van Hanegem (2007–08)
Du Chatinier (2008–11)
Koeman (2011)
Wouters (2011–14)
Alflen (2014–15)
Ten Hag (2015–17)
De Jong (2018)
Advocaat (2018–19)
van den Brom (2019–20)
Hake (2020–22)
Fraser (2022)
Silberbauer (2022–23)
Jans (2023–)

AFC Ajax – managers

Kirwan (1910–15)
Reynolds (1915–25)
Rose (1925–26)
Castle (1927–28)
Reynolds (1928–40)
Distelbrink (a.i.) (1940)
Halpern (1940–41)
Volkers (1941–42)
Van Kol (1942–45)
Reynolds (1945–47)
Smith (1947–48)
Crook (1948–50)
Thomson (1950–53)
Stejskal (a.i.) (1953)
Crook (1953–54)
Humenberger (1954–59)
Buckingham (1959–61)
Spurgeon (1961–62)
Gruber (1962–63)
Rowley (1963–64)
Buckingham (1964–65)
Michels (1965–71)
Kovács (1971–73)
Knobel (1973–74)
Haarms (a.i.) (1974)
Kraay (1974–75)
Michels (1975–76)
Ivić (1976–78)
Brom (1978–79)
Beenhakker (1979–81)
De Mos (1981)
Linder (1981–82)
De Mos (1982–85)
Kohn, Bruins Slot & Van der Hart (1985)
Cruijff (1985–88)
Kohn (1988)
Linder (1988)
Kohn, Haarms & Hulshoff (1988–89)
Beenhakker (1989–91)
Van Gaal (1991–97)
Olsen (1997–98)
Wouters (1998–2000)
Westerhof (2000)
Adriaanse (2000–01)
Koeman (2001–05)
Blind (2005–06)
Ten Cate (2006–07)
Koster (2007–08)
Van Basten (2008–09)
Van 't Schip (a.i.) (2009)
Jol (2009–10)
De Boer (2010–16)
Bosz (2016–17)
Keizer (2017)
Reiziger (a.i.) (2017)
Ten Hag (2017–22)
Schreuder (2022–23)
Heitinga (2023)
Steijn (2023)
Maduro (a.i.) (2023)
Van 't Schip (a.i.) (2023–24)
Farioli (2024–)

PSV Eindhoven – managers

Meijnders (1914–16)
Buitenweg (1916–21)
Vos (1921–22)
Leavey (1922–26)
Hoogstede (1926–27)
Klein (1927–28)
Klein Wentink (1928–29)
Hall (1929–35)
Wadsworth (1935–38)
Van den Broek (1938–42)
Delsen (1942–45)
Wadsworth (1945–51)
Topping (1951–52)
De Leeuw (1952–56)
Broćić (1956–57)
Hardwick (1957–58)
Van Dijke (1958–59)
Broćić (1959–60)
Binder (1960–62)
Appel (1962–67)
Nikolić (1967)
Blokland (1967–68)
Linder (1968–72)
Rijvers (1972–80)
Reker (1980)
Libregts (1980–83)
Reker (1983–86)
Kraay (1986–87)
Hiddink (1987–90)
Robson (1990–92)
Westerhof (1992–93)
De Mos (1993–94)
Rijvers (1994)
Advocaat (1994–98)
Robson (1998–99)
Gerets (1999–2002)
Hiddink (2002–06)
Koeman (2006–07)
Wouters (2007)
Vergoossen (2008)
Stevens (2008–09)
Lodeweges (2009)
Rutten (2009–12)
Cocu (2012)
Advocaat (2012–13)
Cocu (2013–18)
Van Bommel (2018–19)
Faber (2019–20)
Schmidt (2020–22)
Van Nistelrooy (2022–23)
Rutten (2023)
Bosz (2023–)

Kasımpaşa S.K. – managers

Unknown (1922–56)
Bilgiç (1953–56)
Nayır (1956–57)
Arman (1957–59)
Adanır (1959–60)
Erkal (1960)
Sümersan (1961)
Vignolini (1961–63)
Kaner (1963–64)
Vignolini (1964)
Unknown (1964–72)
Sağınoğlu (1972)
Unknown (1972–88)
Erbil (1988–89)
Yavaş (1989)
Unknown (1989–92)
Noyan (1992–93)
Gülen (1993–94)
Unknown (1994–95)
Şerif (1995)
Demiriz (1995–96)
Şansal (1996–98)
Ortakçı (1998–99)
Şansal (1999)
Şerif (1999–00)
Ethem Adlığ (2000)
Unknown (2000–02)
İlhami Şarkan (2002–03)
Vezir (2003–04)
Unknown (2004–05)
Başaran (2005)
Durmaz (2005)
Unknown (2005–06)
Başaran (2006–07)
Özcan (2007)
Dayat (2007)
Lorant (2007)
Arslan (2007)
Tütüneker (2007–09)
Durmuş (2009)
Vural (2009–2011)
Çapa (2011)
Tütüneker (2011–12)
Diyadin (2012)
Kılıç (2012)
Arveladze (2012–15)
Wouters (2015)
Özen (2015)
Çalımbay (2015–16)
Özdeş (2016–18)
Denizli (2018–19)
Öztürk (2019)
Özdeş (2019)
Havutçu (2019–20)
Çoker (2020)
Çapa (2020)
Altıparmak (2020)
Buz (2020)
Çapa (2020–21)
Can (2021)
Arslan (2021)
Kutlu (2021)
Uğurlu (2021–22)
Can (2022)
İnan (2022–23)
Özdeş (2023)
Uğurlu (2023–24)
Keleş (2024–25)
Yılmaz (2025–)

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