Guus Hiddink

Dutch football player and manager

  • Fame60.5
  • Momentum8.6
  • Netherlands rank#193
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  • Fame60.5
  • Momentum8.6
  • Netherlands rank#193
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Born 1946 · age 80Netherlands
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  • Wikipedia
    57 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Netherlands
    #193
    Footballers
  • Age
    80
    Born 1946
  • Known for
    Chelsea FC - Season Re…
    2009
Summary
Updated 2026-08-29

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.

Biography

About

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.

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Teams

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  • De Graafschap
    1981–1982
  • San Jose Earthquakes
    1980–1980
  • Washington Diplomats
    1978–1978
  • N.E.C.
    1977–1981
  • San Jose Earthquakes
    1977–1977
  • De Graafschap
    1972–1977
  • PSV Eindhoven
    1970–1972
  • De Graafschap
    1967–1970
19671982
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Season stats

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1981–1982250
1980–198015
1978–1978134
1977–1981104
1977–1977150
1972–197713020
1970–1972301
1967–197010247
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Awards

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  • honorary citizen of Eindhoven
  • honorary citizen of South Korea
  • Merited Coach of Russia
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Fame
Rising
60.5
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Score components
Momentum8.6
Historical25.1
Now attention47.7
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
Country rank
#193
Category rank
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  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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