1. Wim Jansen earned 65 international caps with the Dutch national team and played in the teams that reached the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup finals.
21 Facts About Wim Jansen
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Wim Jansen spent most of his playing career with his hometown team, Feyenoord, between 1965 and 1980.
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Wim Jansen played all seven games as the Dutch finished runners-up to hosts West Germany at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, and repeated the feat in 1978 as they lost to hosts Argentina.
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Wim Jansen committed the foul on Bernd Holzenbein in 1974 which allowed Paul Breitner to equalise with a penalty as the Germans came from behind to beat the Dutch.
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Wim Jansen played both games of their bronze-medal finish at UEFA Euro 1976 in Yugoslavia.
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Wim Jansen mostly played as a defensive midfielder or central midfielder, although he was capable of playing anywhere in the defence, as a full-back, a central defender or even as a sweeper.
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Wim Jansen described his relationship with Van Hanegem as a "blind communication".
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Johan Cruyff considered Wim Jansen to be one of only four men worth paying attention to when they spoke about football.
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Ajax teammate Wim Kieft described Jansen as the "perfect professional".
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Wim Jansen began his managerial career at his old club Feyenoord, where he worked as a coach, and then as assistant manager, between 1983 and 1987.
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Wim Jansen spent a season as manager of Belgian club Lokeren.
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Wim Jansen became technical director in 1992, and his old teammate, Willem van Hanegem, coached the team to the league championship in 1993 and the Dutch Cup again the following season.
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Wim Jansen disagreed with van Hanegem's physical tactics, and argued with chairman Jorien van den Herik when the coach was given a contract extension.
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Wim Jansen left to work as assistant manager of Saudi Arabia alongside compatriot Leo Beenhakker, and managed Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima, where he struggled with the language.
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On 3 July 1997, Wim Jansen was appointed head coach of Celtic, replacing the sacked Tommy Burns.
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Wim Jansen was their first manager from outside Great Britain and Ireland, and only the second to have never played for the club.
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Wim Jansen went on to guide them to their first Scottish league championship in ten years, ending the hopes of rival Rangers to win a tenth consecutive championship.
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Wim Jansen resigned in solidarity when the coach was fired in 2009.
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Wim Jansen was given a Latin name, as is the custom for Dutch Catholics, because his family lived with Catholics in the first year of his life.
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Wim Jansen's funeral was held four days later at Feyenoord's De Kuip stadium.
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In January 2024, his son revealed Wim Jansen died by assisted suicide.