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{{Short description|Dutch footballer}}
'''Willem van Hanegem''' (born Februari 20, 1944) is a ] football player and coach.
{{About|the footballer|his son Willem van Hanegem Jr.|W&W}}
He was born in ], opposite ].
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'''Willem''' "'''Wim'''" '''van Hanegem''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈʋɪləɱ ˈʋɪɱ vɑn ˈɦaːnəɣɛm}}; born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch former ] player and coach who played as a ]. In a playing career spanning over 20 years, he won several domestic honours in the Netherlands, as well as both the ] and ] with ]. He was also part of the Dutch national team that were runners-up in the ]. As a manager, he won the league and cup with Feyenoord and spent a period as the Dutch national team's assistant coach. His most recent job as manager was for ], from 2007 to 2008.
He is respected for his tactical insight. Both his way of going and his skill to give the bal a curve gave him the nickname ''Kromme'' ('Bended').


==Early life==
His major successes were with ]:
*Dutch title: 1969, 1971, 1974
*Dutch Cup: 1969, 1978
*]: ] (beating ] 2-1 in ])
*]: ] (beating ])
*]: ] (beating ])
*He was part of the Dutch National team in ], reaching the final in München.


Van Hanegem was born on 20 February 1944 in Breskens, the son of Lo van Hanegem (1905-1944) and Anna van Grol. During an Allied bombing raid on Breskens on 11 September 1944, his father Lo, brother Isaac and his sister were killed. After the war, he moved to Utrecht with his mother.


During a training session of Velox, he stood on the sidelines and every ball that went wide of the goal, he shot back so accurately that coach Daan van Beek asked him to come and play for the club. Six months later, he played in the club's first team.
As a manager of Feyenoord he won:
*Dutch title: 1993
*Dutch Cup: 1994, 1995


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==Club career==
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Van Hanegem spent six years at Velox, playing 109 games and scoring 39 goals. After six years with Velox, Van Hanegem moved from Utrecht to ], where he played for ], which had just won promotion at the Eredivisie. In the 1967-68 season, Van Hanegem was the second best top scorer in the Eredivisie, scoring 26 goals.

] was interested in Van Hanegem's services, but coach ] refused to buy the player, believing that he was not suited for "modern football" due to his lack of pace and "one-dimensional" playing style. Van Hanegem would instead sign for Ajax's rivals ], where he would enjoy his greatest successes, and play alongside players such as ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. He also established a father-son relationship with club coach ]. With Van Hanegem's playmaking skills, Feyenoord won three Eredivisie titles, a ], a ] and an International Cup in 1970 and a UEFA Cup in 1974.

Van Hanegem left Feyenoord in 1976 to join ], where he played for three seasons alongside striker ] and midfielders ] and ], winning the ] in 1978. He had a brief stint with ] in 1979, until he returned to the Netherlands the same year to play for ] (a merger of clubs VV DOS, USV Elinkwijk and Velox, the club that he played for in his younger years.). He returned to Feyenoord in 1981, playing for two seasons.

==International career==

Van Hanegem played 52 times for the ], scoring six goals in total. At the ], he formed a formidable midfield with fellow Feyenoord teammate ] and Ajax midfielder ]. He also played in the ], winning a bronze medal. He was initially selected to play for the Netherlands in the ], but after his AZ teammate ] suffered a knee injury, Van Hanegem declined to go. He last played for the national team in 1979.

==Style of play==

{{Quote box |quote=Van Hanegem has one advantage over me. When I have a bad game, I’m useless. When Van Hanegem has a bad game, he rolls up his sleeves and starts tackling.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.football-oranje.com/hall-of-fame-wim-van-hanegem/|title=Hall of Fame: Wim van Hanegem}}</ref>|source=—Johan Cruyff |align=right |salign=right |width=33%}}

{{Quote box |quote=Willem is a player who can make the game, break the game, can play fast, can play slow. For me, he's a perfect player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azhsdSfIgr8|title=Ernst Happel about Willem van Hanegem #WorldCup74}}</ref>|source=—Ernst Happel |align=right |salign=right |width=33%}}

Van Hanegem is widely considered one of the greatest Dutch players of all time, and by some as one of the finest midfielders in football history. Capable of playing as an ], ] and ], Van Hanegem was renowned for his tactical insight and was well known for his fantastic passing range and his ability with the ball at his feet. Both his way of sprinting (he had bandy legs), and his skill to give the ball a curve (achieved by striking the ball with the outside of his left foot) gave him the nickname ''De Kromme'' (The Crooked). Whilst being known for being a playmaker, he was capable of scoring goals (being the second top scorer in the 1967-68 season of the Eredivisie) and also excel in defensive duties such as breaking up plays through tackles. In some occasions, Van Hanegem played as a sweeper whenever his fellow Feyenoord teammate ] was injured, and would later play the same role in his last years at Feyenoord. Van Hanegem was also known for his leadership skills, workrate and tenacity. His primary weakness was his lack of pace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.4dfoot.com/2013/06/11/vanhanegem/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625012856/http://www.4dfoot.com/2013/06/11/vanhanegem/ |archive-date=25 June 2013 |title=Forgotten Footballer – Willem van Hanegem « Four Dimensional Football}}</ref>

== Coaching career ==
After retiring as a player, Van Hanegem joined Feyenoord as assistant manager in 1983 and stayed in the post until 1986. He then joined ] as assistant, before moving to ]. He returned to Feyenoord as manager in 1992, winning the league in 1993 and the Dutch Cup in 1994 and 1995.

In 1995, he had a spell as manager with Saudi Arabian club ], then took the post at AZ'67 in 1997. He joined ] in 2001. His stay was short-lived, and afterwards he became assistant manager of the Dutch national side. He was appointed manager of ] in July 2007 and was fired on 23 December 2008.

==Personal life==

Van Hanegem was known for rough, passionate play against German sides (before the 1974 final, he exhorted the Dutch side to "stuff the Germans").<ref>FourFourTwo, 50 Greatest World Cup Moments, July 2006</ref> "I don't like Germans. Everytime I played against German players, I had a problem because of the war."<ref name=brillorange>Winner, D. Brilliant Orange. Bloomsbury, 2000.</ref> His hatred was summed up after the 1974 final, "The important thing was to beat the Germans by any score, as long as we humiliated them. They murdered my father, sister and two brothers. I am full of angst. I hate them." After the game (with Germany winning 2–1) Van Hanegem was the only Dutch player that left the field in tears.<ref>Seddon, P. The World Cup's Strangest Moments. Robson Books, 2005.</ref> In later years, however, Van Hanegem used a more conciliatory tone, when commenting on the war.

He married Truus de Nijs in 1963 and divorced her in 1983. Willem's son, Willem van Hanegem Jr., is an international ] artist and DJ. Together with Ward van der Harst, he forms the DJ/producer duo ]. His other son, Gert van Hanegem, played football professionally at FC Utrecht. Van Hanegem was diagnosed with ] in January 2018, but recovered in March. He received the ] in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/sport/artikel/5437159/van-hanegem-benoemd-tot-officier-de-orde-van-oranje-nassau|title=Van Hanegem benoemd tot Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau}}</ref>

== Honours ==
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=== Player ===
'''Feyenoord'''
* ]: ], ], ]
* ]: 1968–69
* ]: ]
* ]: ]
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'''AZ'67'''
* ]: 1977–78

'''Netherlands'''
* ]: runner-up ]
* ]: third place ]
* ]: 1978<ref>{{cite news|title = 1978 Tournoi de Paris|url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tiparis.html|work = RSSSF|accessdate = 28 February 2017}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
* ]: 1971<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?identifier=ddd%3A010957554%3Ampeg21%3Aa0214&coll=ddd|title=Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad|access-date=6 April 2015}}</ref>

=== Manager ===
'''Feyenoord'''
* ]: ]
* ]: 1993–94, 1994–95

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Latest revision as of 21:39, 29 December 2024

Dutch footballer This article is about the footballer. For his son Willem van Hanegem Jr., see W&W.

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Hanegem.
Willem van Hanegem
Van Hanegem in 2008
Personal information
Full name Willem van Hanegem
Date of birth (1944-02-20) 20 February 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Breskens, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Velox SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1966 Velox SC 109 (39)
1966–1968 Xerxes 68 (32)
1968–1976 Feyenoord 247 (88)
1976–1979 AZ'67 75 (10)
1979 Chicago Sting 27 (6)
1979–1981 FC Utrecht 54 (3)
1981–1983 Feyenoord 51 (2)
Total 631 (180)
International career
1968–1979 Netherlands 52 (6)
Managerial career
1990–1992 USV Holland
1990–1991 FC Wageningen (assistant)
1992–1995 Feyenoord
1995–1996 Al-Hilal
1997–1999 AZ
2001 Sparta Rotterdam
2007–2008 FC Utrecht
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1974 West Germany
European Championship
Third place 1976 Yugoslavia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Willem "Wim" van Hanegem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləɱ ˈʋɪɱ vɑn ˈɦaːnəɣɛm]; born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch former football player and coach who played as a midfielder. In a playing career spanning over 20 years, he won several domestic honours in the Netherlands, as well as both the European Cup and UEFA Cup with Feyenoord. He was also part of the Dutch national team that were runners-up in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. As a manager, he won the league and cup with Feyenoord and spent a period as the Dutch national team's assistant coach. His most recent job as manager was for FC Utrecht, from 2007 to 2008.

Early life

Van Hanegem was born on 20 February 1944 in Breskens, the son of Lo van Hanegem (1905-1944) and Anna van Grol. During an Allied bombing raid on Breskens on 11 September 1944, his father Lo, brother Isaac and his sister were killed. After the war, he moved to Utrecht with his mother.

During a training session of Velox, he stood on the sidelines and every ball that went wide of the goal, he shot back so accurately that coach Daan van Beek asked him to come and play for the club. Six months later, he played in the club's first team.

Van Hanegem in 1964

Club career

Van Hanegem spent six years at Velox, playing 109 games and scoring 39 goals. After six years with Velox, Van Hanegem moved from Utrecht to Rotterdam, where he played for Xerxes, which had just won promotion at the Eredivisie. In the 1967-68 season, Van Hanegem was the second best top scorer in the Eredivisie, scoring 26 goals.

Ajax was interested in Van Hanegem's services, but coach Rinus Michels refused to buy the player, believing that he was not suited for "modern football" due to his lack of pace and "one-dimensional" playing style. Van Hanegem would instead sign for Ajax's rivals Feyenoord, where he would enjoy his greatest successes, and play alongside players such as Wim Jansen, Franz Hasil, Coen Moulijn, Ove Kindvall, Ruud Geels, Theo Laseroms, Rinus Israël, Theo de Jong, Johan Boskamp and Wim Rijsbergen. He also established a father-son relationship with club coach Ernst Happel. With Van Hanegem's playmaking skills, Feyenoord won three Eredivisie titles, a KNVB Cup, a European Cup and an International Cup in 1970 and a UEFA Cup in 1974.

Van Hanegem left Feyenoord in 1976 to join AZ Alkmaar, where he played for three seasons alongside striker Kees Kist and midfielders Peter Arntz and Jan Peters, winning the KNVB Cup in 1978. He had a brief stint with Chicago Sting in 1979, until he returned to the Netherlands the same year to play for FC Utrecht (a merger of clubs VV DOS, USV Elinkwijk and Velox, the club that he played for in his younger years.). He returned to Feyenoord in 1981, playing for two seasons.

International career

Van Hanegem played 52 times for the Dutch national team, scoring six goals in total. At the 1974 World Cup, he formed a formidable midfield with fellow Feyenoord teammate Wim Jansen and Ajax midfielder Johan Neeskens. He also played in the UEFA Euro 1976, winning a bronze medal. He was initially selected to play for the Netherlands in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, but after his AZ teammate Hugo Hovenkamp suffered a knee injury, Van Hanegem declined to go. He last played for the national team in 1979.

Style of play

Van Hanegem has one advantage over me. When I have a bad game, I’m useless. When Van Hanegem has a bad game, he rolls up his sleeves and starts tackling.

—Johan Cruyff

Willem is a player who can make the game, break the game, can play fast, can play slow. For me, he's a perfect player.

—Ernst Happel

Van Hanegem is widely considered one of the greatest Dutch players of all time, and by some as one of the finest midfielders in football history. Capable of playing as an attacking, central and defensive midfielder, Van Hanegem was renowned for his tactical insight and was well known for his fantastic passing range and his ability with the ball at his feet. Both his way of sprinting (he had bandy legs), and his skill to give the ball a curve (achieved by striking the ball with the outside of his left foot) gave him the nickname De Kromme (The Crooked). Whilst being known for being a playmaker, he was capable of scoring goals (being the second top scorer in the 1967-68 season of the Eredivisie) and also excel in defensive duties such as breaking up plays through tackles. In some occasions, Van Hanegem played as a sweeper whenever his fellow Feyenoord teammate Rinus Israel was injured, and would later play the same role in his last years at Feyenoord. Van Hanegem was also known for his leadership skills, workrate and tenacity. His primary weakness was his lack of pace.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Van Hanegem joined Feyenoord as assistant manager in 1983 and stayed in the post until 1986. He then joined FC Utrecht as assistant, before moving to FC Wageningen. He returned to Feyenoord as manager in 1992, winning the league in 1993 and the Dutch Cup in 1994 and 1995.

In 1995, he had a spell as manager with Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal, then took the post at AZ'67 in 1997. He joined Sparta Rotterdam in 2001. His stay was short-lived, and afterwards he became assistant manager of the Dutch national side. He was appointed manager of FC Utrecht in July 2007 and was fired on 23 December 2008.

Personal life

Van Hanegem was known for rough, passionate play against German sides (before the 1974 final, he exhorted the Dutch side to "stuff the Germans"). "I don't like Germans. Everytime I played against German players, I had a problem because of the war." His hatred was summed up after the 1974 final, "The important thing was to beat the Germans by any score, as long as we humiliated them. They murdered my father, sister and two brothers. I am full of angst. I hate them." After the game (with Germany winning 2–1) Van Hanegem was the only Dutch player that left the field in tears. In later years, however, Van Hanegem used a more conciliatory tone, when commenting on the war.

He married Truus de Nijs in 1963 and divorced her in 1983. Willem's son, Willem van Hanegem Jr., is an international electronic dance music artist and DJ. Together with Ward van der Harst, he forms the DJ/producer duo W&W. His other son, Gert van Hanegem, played football professionally at FC Utrecht. Van Hanegem was diagnosed with prostate cancer in January 2018, but recovered in March. He received the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2024.

Honours

Van Hanegem in 1978

Player

Feyenoord

AZ'67

Netherlands

Individual

Manager

Feyenoord

References

  1. "Willem van Hanegem – International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. "Hall of Fame: Wim van Hanegem".
  3. "Ernst Happel about Willem van Hanegem #WorldCup74".
  4. "Forgotten Footballer – Willem van Hanegem « Four Dimensional Football". Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
  5. FourFourTwo, 50 Greatest World Cup Moments, July 2006
  6. Winner, D. Brilliant Orange. Bloomsbury, 2000.
  7. Seddon, P. The World Cup's Strangest Moments. Robson Books, 2005.
  8. "Van Hanegem benoemd tot Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau".
  9. "1978 Tournoi de Paris". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  10. "Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad". Retrieved 6 April 2015.

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