Louis van Gaal
Louis van Gaal is a Dutch football player and manager, born on 8 August 1951 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Van Gaal played as a midfielder for Sparta and Antwerp. Van Gaal scored 38 goals in 360 games for club and country and won 13 trophies, including 2 league titles.
Van Gaal's career stats
| Games | Goals | |
|---|---|---|
| Clubs, all competitions | 360 | 38 |
| Total | 360 | 38 |
Goals per game: 0.11.
Van Gaal's trophies and awards
- Trophies with club and country: 13
- League titles: 2
Awards and achievements
- World Soccer Manager of the Year: 1 (1995)
- Onze d'Or Coach of the Year: 1 (1995)
- El País Manager of the Year: 1 (1995)
- Rinus Michels Award: 2 (2007, 2009)
- Dutch Sports Coach of the Year: 2 (2009, 2014)
- Football Manager of the Year (Germany): 1 (2010)
- VDV Bundesliga Coach of the Season: 1 (2009–10)
- Anton Geesink Award: 1 (2015)
- Dutch Lifetime Achievement Award: 1 (2017)
- France Football 18th Greatest Manager of All Time: 1 (2019)
- Eredivisie Oeuvre Award: 1 (2023)
Clubs
League games and goals at each club.
- : RKSV de Meer
- 1972–1973: Ajax, 0 games, 0 goals
- 1973–1977: Antwerp, 41 games, 7 goals
- 1977–1978: Telstar, 25 games, 1 goal
- 1978–1986: Sparta, 249 games, 26 goals
- 1986–1987: AZ, 17 games, 0 goals
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