1. Dick Advocaat is the current manager of the Curacao national football team.
29 Facts About Dick Advocaat
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Dick Advocaat has coached a number of clubs in the Netherlands and abroad, as well as the national teams of a number of countries, including South Korea, Belgium and Russia.
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Dick Advocaat's nickname is "The Little General", a reference to his mentor Rinus Michels.
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Dick Advocaat was born in The Hague and was a defensive midfielder during his playing days.
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Dick Advocaat only featured for Den Haag once more that season, and that summer, the San Francisco Golden Gate Gales franchise imported the Den Haag team, which included Advocaat, to play for six weeks in the United Soccer Association as part of an effort to make the sport more popular in the United States.
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Dick Advocaat spent 18 months at the club, scoring six goals and making 61 appearances.
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Dick Advocaat coached this side during the final four years of his playing career with Sparta Rotterdam and Utrecht.
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Dick Advocaat became a protege of Michels, whose sobriquet was "The General".
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Dick Advocaat then moved to Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging as manager.
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Dick Advocaat lost his first two matches in charge, a friendly against Italy and a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Norway.
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Dick Advocaat returned to coaching at club level with PSV on 16 December 1994, taking over from interim manager Kees Rijvers.
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Dick Advocaat guided Rangers into the UEFA Champions League, having beaten UEFA Cup winners Parma in the third round qualifier.
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Dick Advocaat branded some of his players "fat-necks" in the press.
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Dick Advocaat defended the money spent on transfer fees and said he did not think the club would go bankrupt.
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Dick Advocaat rejoined the national team set-up following Louis van Gaal's failure to take the national team to the 2002 World Cup in January 2002 and presided over the Netherlands qualification for Euro 2004 via the playoffs.
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Dick Advocaat was hired by German club Borussia Monchengladbach on 2 November 2004.
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Dick Advocaat resigned on 18 April 2005 after less than six months at the helm.
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Dick Advocaat finished with a record of four wins, six draws, and eight losses.
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Dick Advocaat became the first foreign coach to win the Russian championship and, by winning the league, Zenit qualified for the group stage of the Champions League the following season.
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Dick Advocaat admitted he was at fault for the mistake and the club were fined but not deducted points.
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Dick Advocaat only watched AZ's final group match of the Champions League on 9 December 2009, which Martin Haar managed.
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Dick Advocaat was officially presented to the media the following day.
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Dick Advocaat was later appointed Russia manager and announced his intention to leave AZ at the end of the season.
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Dick Advocaat's side began their qualifying campaign for Euro 2012 with an unexpected defeat at home to Slovakia.
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Dick Advocaat replaced Fred Rutten, who was sacked in March 2012.
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Dick Advocaat was replaced at the end of the season by Marco van Basten.
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Dick Advocaat left the club a week later, announcing the end of his managerial career, but reversed his decision to retire on 4 June 2015, signing a one-year contract with Sunderland.
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Dick Advocaat finished with a record of four wins, six draws and nine losses.
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Dick Advocaat was joined by Ruud Gullit as his assistant, whom Advocaat previously clashed with in his first spell in charge of the Oranje.