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4 x Dutch
League : 1984-1985, 1986-1987, 1987-1988, |
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Season |
Team |
Games |
Goals |
Position |
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1980-81 |
Groningen |
24 |
4 |
15th |
|
1981-82 |
Groningen |
32 |
15 |
7th |
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1982-83 |
Groningen |
33 |
14 |
5th |
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1983-84 |
Ajax |
32 |
7 |
3rd |
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1984-85 |
Ajax |
30 |
9 |
1st |
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1985-86 |
Ajax |
32 |
7 |
2nd |
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1986-87 |
PSV |
34 |
16 |
1st |
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1987-88 |
PSV |
32 |
21 |
1st |
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1988-89 |
PSV |
32 |
14 |
1st |
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1989-90 |
Barcelona |
36 |
14 |
3rd |
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1990-91 |
Barcelona |
21 |
6 |
1st |
|
1991-92 |
Barcelona |
35 |
16 |
1st |
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1992-93 |
Barcelona |
33 |
11 |
1st |
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1993-94 |
Barcelona |
35 |
11 |
1st |
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1994-95 |
Barcelona |
32 |
9 |
4th |
|
1995-96 |
Feyenoord |
31 |
10 |
3rd |
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1996-97 |
Feyenoord |
29 |
9 |
2nd |
|
|
Groningen |
89 |
33 |
0.37 GPG |
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Ajax |
94 |
23 |
0.24 GPG |
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PSV |
98 |
51 |
0.52 GPG |
|
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Barcelona |
192 |
67 |
0.35 GPG |
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Feyenoord |
60 |
19 |
0.32 GPG |
|
Cup Winners Cup |
18 |
8 |
0.44 GPG |
|
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European Cup |
52 |
14 |
0.27 GPG |
|
|
UEFA Cup |
9 |
3 |
0.33 GPG |
|
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Netherlands |
78 |
14 |
0.18 GPG |
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|
Totals |
690 |
232 |
0.34 GPG |
| The defender with a goalscoring record the envy of most forwards,
Koeman was curiously sold to arch rivals PSV by Ajax where he enjoyed phenomenal success culminating in winning the 1998 European Cup. He also starred in Holland's 1988 European Championship winning side. After three successive championships at PSV Johan Cruijff took Koeman to Barcelona where he won four successive championship and scored the winning goal in the clubs only European Cup triumph, a trademark free kick deep into extra time in the 1992 final against Sampdoria thus becoming the first player to win European Cups with two different clubs. He ended his playing career at Feyenoord and after an excellent debut season as coach with Vitesse Arnhem, lead Ajax to a league and cup double in his first season and another league championship in 2004 but resigned following a UEFA Cup defeat. He is now coach of Benfica. Koeman's right foot was a weapon of mass destruction, long before David Beckham and Sinisa Mihajlovic gained a reputation as free kick specialists, defenders would tremble at the prospect of facing this stockily built defenders violent free kicks, once measured at over 70mph and this was before the introduction of modern, lighter footballs. Koeman played as sweeper, not because of defensive qualities, he was a competent defender at best, but his laser precision passing was instrumental to Barcelona, less so for Holland. 'The fourth Dutchmen' in reference to his more illustrious team-mates i.e.- Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard, Koeman probably doesn't get the respect he deserves at least outside of Spain and the Netherlands. |