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Louis van Gaal

Personal information
Full nameAloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal
Date of birth8 August 1951(age 59)
Place of birthAmsterdam, Netherlands
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current clubBayern Munich (Manager)

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Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal (-nlˈlui vɐn ˈɣaːl; born 8 August 1951 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football manager currently in charge of the German club Bayern Munich. Before his career as coach van Gaal played as a midfielder for Royal Antwerp and several clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie. He spent most of his playing career at Sparta Rotterdam. Van Gaal is also a fully qualified gymnastics teacher, and has worked as such at high-schools during various stages of his career as a semi-professional football-player.

After a brief spell as coach at AZ, Van Gaal served as assistant coach under Leo Beenhakker at Ajax, and eventually took over as head coach in 1991. Under his lead, the club won three league titles, the UEFA Cup, and the Champions League. Van Gaal moved to Barcelona in 1997 and won two Spanish league titles and one Spanish Cup. After some disagreements at Barcelona, he was appointed coach of the Dutch national team, but then failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. Another brief spell at Barcelona followed, before he became manager of AZ. After having won the Dutch championship with AZ in 2008 � 09, he was hired by Bayern Munich on 1 July 2009. In his first season at Munich, he secured the German league title and won the German Cup.

During several periods in his career, Van Gaal has had his troubles with the media. He is known to be very blunt with media representatives he perceives to be asking him 'stupid' questions. In his TV appearances, leading Dutch football critic Johan Derksen has spoken highly of Van Gaal's coaching-abilities, but at the same time repeatedly called him 'a rotter'.

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Bayern Munich Have To Be Careful Against CFR Cluj - Louis Van Gaal - Peace FM Online Tweet this news
Peace FM Online--They are a good team, we have to be careful," said -Van Gaal- on uefa.com. "Cluj have good players, especially the forward Lamina Traor. ... - Date : Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:40:46 GMT+00:00
Louis Van Gaal Pleased With Freiburg Win But Concerned About Conceding - Peace FM Online Tweet this news
Peace FM Online--Bayern Munich's 4-2 victory over Freiburg on Friday evening was greeted with pleasure by FCB coach -Louis van Gaal-, though the Dutchman certainly did not get ... - Date : Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:23:49 GMT+00:00
Louis Van Gaal Jubilant After 'Fantastic' Victory Against Werder Bremen - Peace FM Online Tweet this news
Peace FM Online--Bayern Munich coach -Louis van Gaal- was ecstatic following his team's 2-1 victory over rivals Werder Bremen in tonight's DFB Pokal second round match. ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:13:17 GMT+00:00
Louis Van Gaal 'Very Confident' Bayern Munich Can Claim Maximum Points Against ... - Peace FM Online Tweet this news
Peace FM Online--Bayern Munich boss -Louis van Gaal- says he is "very confident" that his side will defeat CFR Cluj in the Champions League on Wednesday evening. ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:27:02 GMT+00:00
Bundesliga - Blog: Internal divisions hit giants - Yahoo! Eurosport UK Tweet this news
Yahoo! Eurosport UK--Under normal circumstances -Louis van Gaal-, Felix Magath and Thomas Schaaf would be fearing for their jobs. But don't expect dismissals any time soon for ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:59:07 GMT+00:00
Bayern hopes for Franck Ribery comeback this weekend against Moenchengladbach - The Canadian Press Tweet this news
The Canadian Press--FRANKFURT � Bayern Munich coach -Louis van Gaal- says midfielder Franck Ribery could be in the squad for Saturday's Bundesliga match at Borussia ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:05:16 GMT+00:00
Robben Out, Klose In Bayern Munich Will Roll On With Germanic Precision - Bleacher Report Tweet this news
Bleacher Report--While -Louis van Gaal- is no fan of Klose's preferring Robben to the German International, a right side with Lahm at the back, Klose in the middle and Muller ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:05:03 GMT+00:00
Louis Van Gaal could leave Bayern next summer - ESPN Tweet this news
ESPN--Bayern Munich coach -Louis van Gaal- has revealed the upcoming season could well be his last in charge of the club. Van Gaal, who led the Bavarians to a ... - Date : Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:40:55 GMT+00:00
I Can Play With Thomas Mueller - Bayern Munich's Toni Kroos - Peace FM Online Tweet this news
Peace FM Online--Kroos was quick to add that although coach -Louis van Gaal- sees him as a central player, he "can also play a good role on the left". ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:27:11 GMT+00:00
Louis Van Gaal: Mourinho Can Relaunch Real Madrid Back Into European Contention - Peace FM Online Tweet this news
Peace FM Online--Goal : In comments reported by Marca, Bayern Munich coach -Louis Van Gaal- has declared that Barcelona are the best team in Europe and that the rivals to beat ... - Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:43:05 GMT+00:00

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Giovanni Trapattoni		UEFA Cup Winning Coach
1991-92		Succeeded by
Giovanni Trapattoni
Preceded by
Fabio Capello		UEFA Champions League Winning Coach
1994-95		Succeeded by
Marcello Lippi

Youth career
YearsClub
RKSV de Meer

Senior career
YearsClubAppsGoals
1972 � 1973Ajax00
1973 � 1977Royal Antwerp437
1977 � 1978Telstar251
1978 � 1986Sparta Rotterdam24826
1986 � 1987AZ170

Teams managed
YearsClub
1991 � 1997Ajax
1997 � 2000Barcelona
2000 � 2002Netherlands
2002 � 2003Barcelona
2005 � 2009AZ
2009 �Bayern Munich

Player :
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Europe Total
1971 � 72 Ajax Eredivisie 0 0
1972 � 73 0 0
Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1973 � 74 Royal Antwerp First Division 10 2
1974 � 75 3 0
1975 � 76 19 4
1976 � 77 10 1
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Europe Total
1977 � 78 Telstar Eredivisie 25 1
1978 � 79 Sparta Rotterdam Eredivisie 31 5
1979 � 80 33 1
1980 � 81 33 5
1981 � 82 24 1
1982 � 83 33 5
1983 � 84 34 2
1984 � 85 30 4
1985 � 86 31 3
1986 � 87 AZ Eredivisie 17 0
Total Netherlands 291 27
Belgium 42 7
Career Total 333 34

Manager :
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Ajax NL 1991 1997 286 196 51 39  
Barcelona ES 1997 20-05-2000 166 92 30 44  
Netherlands NL 2000 31-01-2002 14 8 4 2  
Barcelona ES 2002 28-01-2003 30 16 5 9  
AZ NL 01-07-2005 30-06-2009 174 101 37 36  
Bayern Munich DE 01-07-2009 42 26 9 7  


German Football Manager of the Year

2002: Toppmöller * 2003: Magath * 2004: Schaaf * 2005: Magath * 2006: Klinsmann * 2007: Veh * 2008: Hitzfeld * 2009: Magath

FC Bayern Munich

4 . Braafheid 5 . Van Buyten 6 . Demichelis 7 . Ribéry 8 . Altıntop 10 . Robben 11 . Olić 15 . Breno 16 . Ottl 17 . Van Bommel (c) 18 . Klose 20 . Sosa 21 . Lahm 22 . Butt 23 . Pranjić 25 . Müller 26 . Contento 27 . Alaba 28 . Badstuber 31 . Schweinsteiger 32 . Ekici 33 . Gómez 35 . Kraft 39 . Kroos 44 . Tymoshchuk � � . Haas � � . Sattelmaier
. Van Gaal



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