Koos Waslander
Dutch football coach and former player (born 1957)
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Koos Waslander (born 3 February 1957) is a Dutch football coach and former player. He was most recently head coach of Dutch Tweede Klasse club RBC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 February 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1980 | Excelsior | 33 | (12) |
| 1980 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 14 | (1) |
| 1980–1983 | NAC | 86 | (13) |
| 1983–1984 | Excelsior | 16 | (1) |
| 1984–1985 | PEC Zwolle '82 | 26 | (2) |
| 1985–1987 | Excelsior | 31 | (1) |
| 1987–1988 | DS'79 | 11 | (1) |
| Total | 217 | (31) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2000 | DRL[1] | ||
| 2000–2001 | SV Slikkerveer[1] | ||
| 2002–2003 | RBC Roosendaal (assistant)[1] | ||
| 2003–2004 | VV Spijkenisse[1] | ||
| 2004–2005 | NAC Breda (U21) | ||
| 2005–2006 | NAC Breda (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | NAC Breda (youth) | ||
| 2007–2008 | DOTO[2] | ||
| 2009 | SV Gouda (caretaker)[3] | ||
| 2009 | DOVO (caretaker) | ||
| 2010–2012 | BVCB[4] | ||
| 2012–2013 | Jong Ambon[5] | ||
| 2013–2014 | SCO '63[6] | ||
| 2014–2015 | Leonidas[7] | ||
| 2016–2018 | EDO[8] | ||
| 2018 | Overmaas[9] | ||
| 2019–2021 | RBC[1] | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Rotterdam, Waslander played in the Netherlands and the United States for Excelsior, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, NAC Breda, PEC Zwolle and DS'79.[10][11]
Waslander holds the record for the quickest goal in the Eredivisie, scoring after eight seconds.[12]
With the Fort Lauderdale Strikers he was a Soccer Bowl '80 runner up. In the final, won 3-0 by New York Cosmos in September 1980, he entered the match as a substitute five minutes before half-time for the injured German striker Gerd Müller.[13]
