# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guus-hiddink
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:49:57.790Z

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name: "Guus Hiddink"
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description: "The Dutch manager who turned national teams into giant-killers: South Korea's 2002 World Cup semi-final run, Australia's unlikely 2006 campaign, Russia's Euro 2008 charge. Hiddink made a career out of landing in unfancied squads and dragging them past countries with ten times the pedigree."
tagline: "Dutch football player and manager"
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birthDate: "1946-11-08"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 8 November 1946, Hiddink spent his playing years as a midfielder in the Netherlands before hanging up his boots in 1982. Management followed, and the honours came quickly: a European Cup with PSV Eindhoven, an Intercontinental Cup with Real Madrid. But his reputation was built on the international stage, taking teams with modest histories deep into tournaments they had no business reaching. He became the manager countries called when they needed someone to pull a result out of thin air.