Guus Hiddink where he works now. The Dutchman is gone

“Lucky Dutchman”, “Lucky Gus”, “King Gus” (Dutch. - Tsaar Guus), “Magic Gus”, “Gus Almighty” - this Dutchman received such nicknames over the years of coaching. Now all of Russia knows this name. Monuments are erected to him and they call him the name of babies. His merits to our country are undoubtedly great - this summer he gave Russia a real holiday. Under his leadership, the Russian national football team not only left the group, but also reached the semi-finals, losing to the future champions. For the first time in 20 years, we have medals - bronze so far, but this is already quite a lot for the country, given that the last silver medals we received back in 1988. And now we're in the top four the strongest teams Europe, and scouts of leading clubs are hunting for our players. And for that Guus Hiddink- special thanks to.

Personal data

Guus Hiddink was born on November 8, 1946 in the provincial Dutch town of Varsevelde, which is almost on the border with Germany. The population of the city is only 5000 people. Gus's parents, Gerrit and Jo, still live there. Also in early age Hus's father noticed the boy's ability to play football and gave him to sports school. Hiddink started playing football in a local team called the same as the city. Now it is an amateur club for which local residents play. Gus played in this team until he moved to Dotinchem, where his professional sports career began.

Labor biography

In 1967, Hiddink signed his first professional contract with De Graafschap. In the 1970-1971 season, he tried his hand at PSV, but failed to gain a foothold in the squad and returned to De Grafschap. IN last years career (1977-1980) played for the Dutch NEC, as well as for the American "Washington Diplomats" and "San Jose Erskwijk". As a footballer, he played as a midfielder. In 1981, Hiddink began coaching career, becoming the assistant mentor of "De Graafschap". In 1983, he joined the PSV coaching staff, and four years later became the head coach of the club.

In the first season (1987-1988) Hiddink won the championship and the Dutch Cup, as well as the European Cup. Until 1990, Hiddink won another championship and two Cups of the country, after which he headed the Turkish Fenerbahce. A year later, the Dutchman left for the Spanish Valencia, where he worked for three seasons, without winning trophies with the club, but raising the team's game by new level. In 1995, Hiddink accepted an offer to lead the Dutch national team. At the 1996 European Championship in England, he had a conflict with some players, as a result of which midfielder Edgar Davids left the team. The Dutch reached the quarter-finals, where they lost on penalties to the French.

In 1998, at the World Cup in France, Hiddink managed to avoid conflicts with the players, and his team showed a bright game throughout the tournament. In the semi-finals, the Dutch lost in a penalty shoot-out to Brazil, remaining in the end in fourth place. After that, Hiddink left the national team. Before the start of the 1998-1999 season, the Dutchman headed Real Madrid, but worked there for only six months. At the beginning of 1999, he headed Betis for three months. In the summer, Hiddink was supposed to become the head coach of the Scottish Celtic, but the club's board of directors did not approve this appointment. As a result, on January 1, 2000, the mentor led the Korean national team. Hiddink was given the task of successfully performing at the 2002 World Cup at home: to win Korea's first victory in the history of the world championships, to leave the group and go through tournament bracket beyond the Japanese. The Dutchman managed to implement all the points of the program.

The leadership of Korean football offered the Dutchman to extend the contract, but Hiddink chose to return to his homeland in order to lead PSV Eindhoven for the second time. In three years, the club won the Dutch championship three times (2004, 2005 and 2006), and in the 2004-2005 season reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. After that, five leading players left the team.

In July 2005, Hiddink also became the head coach of the Australian national team, which was tasked with getting to the World Cup in Germany. The Dutchman managed to lead the team to the finals of the 2006 World Cup.

In March 2006 in Russian media there was information that it was Guus Hiddink who would become the new coach of the national team after the World Cup. Officially, the contract with the Russian Football Union (RFU) was signed on April 14, after which the Dutchman focused on preparing the Australians for the tournament in Germany.

IN group tournament 2006 World Cup Australia first defeated Japan (3:1), then lost to Brazil (0:2), and in decisive match achieved a draw with Croatia (2:2), which allowed her to take second place and reach the 1/8 finals. There, the players from the Green Continent lost to Italy (0:1), and the only goal was scored in injury time from a penalty kick, which experts and fans recognized as more than controversial. In Australia, Hiddink became one of the most popular people. At matches of the national team, fans unfurled posters “No Guus, No Glory” (“No Gus, no glory”), “In Guus We Trust” (“In Gus we believe”) and others. The idea was put forward to introduce a “Gus tax” in the country in order to keep Hiddink from leaving for Russia with the proceeds.

However, in August the Dutchman took up the duties of head coach of the Russian national team. The debut for him was a friendly match with Latvia, won with a score of 1:0. The beginning of the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign turned out to be unsuccessful for Hiddink: in three home matches, his team lost 4 points, drawing with Croatia (0:0) and Israel (1:1) and beating Estonia (2:0).

However, on November 15, the Russian team won a beautiful guest victory over Macedonia (2:0) and came in second in Group E, located between the teams of Croatia and England. On February 7, 2007, Hiddink suffered his first defeat with the Russian national team. In a friendly match against Holland Russian football players, who had recently returned from vacation, looked much weaker. The game in Amsterdam ended with the victory of the Netherlands team - 4:1.

In June 2007, the Russian team in the Euro 2008 qualifying tournament defeated Andorra (4:0) and achieved an away draw with Croatia (0:0). In September, the Russians beat Macedonia, and then suffered their first defeat under the leadership of Hiddink in an official match, losing on the road to the British (0:3). On October 17, 2007, the Russian national team took revenge on the founders of football by winning in Moscow (2: 1).

The end of the qualifying round turned out to be extremely dramatic for the Russians. On November 17, 2007, Hiddink's team lost to the Israelis in Tel Aviv (1:2), after which their chances of reaching the final tournament of the European Championship became minimal. However, on the last game day (November 21), the Russian team prevailed over Andorra (1:0), and England lost to Croatia (2:3) at home. The Russians took second place in the qualifying group E, ahead of the British by 1 point, and received a ticket to Euro 2008. The performance of the Russian national team at Euro 2008 was a real sensation. The Russians reached the semi-finals and became bronze medalists Euro 2008. Paying tribute to the role that Hiddink played in the preparation of Russian football players, the press called the coach a "wizard".

Information about relatives

Hiddink's parents - mother Jo and father Gerrit - now live in his hometown of Warssevelde. Despite their advanced age, they closely monitor the progress of their son. Hiddink does not forget his parents. In an interview with journalists, Yo admits: “My son regularly calls me; Once a week we always talk to him on the phone. He shares the news, asks how my father and I are doing. And when there is an opportunity, he comes. Alone or with Elizabeth, his wife. My husband and I love her." Visit Hiddink and grandchildren, the sons of Gus - Mark and Michael, who live in Dotinchem. “They are also rare with us,” says Yo with a slightly sad smile. - Constantly busy at work! But when there is time, they try to get out.” By the way, Gus is not the only son in the Hiddink family. In addition to him, Gerret and Yo have five more sons - Wim, Hans, Rene, Arnold, Karel.

Personal life

Gus' fiancee is named Elizabeth. This dark-skinned Dutch woman moved to the Netherlands from Suriname at the age of 6. Elizabeth is a very erudite lady: she is interested in art, literature, history, including Russian. Largely thanks to his second half, Hiddink himself was drawn to Russian history - the coach is especially interested in the events that took place in our country at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Hiddink is very sensitive to his personal life, so he does not allow liberties on the part of journalists. Once, one of the Korean journalists asked something frank about Elizabeth. Gus swung to hit him in the face, but they were separated in time.

Hobbies

Our Dutch friend has many hobbies. One of them is the study foreign languages. He can easily be called a polyglot: Guus Hiddink, in addition to his native Dutch, is fluent in English, German, French and Spanish, speaks Italian and Portuguese a little worse, has basic knowledge of Korean and Japanese, and is currently studying Russian. . Hiddink can also be called a music lover: he likes various musical directions. In one of the interviews, the coach was asked if he likes rock. To which Gus replied: “Rock ... Well, yes, I love it. But not only. I'm also interested in the classics. For example, I really like Valery Gergiev. He worked in Holland, I saw him on TV with the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra and was impressed with the way he conducts. But, of course, I also listen to rock music. Once upon a time I listened very actively to Yu-Tu, now sometimes I turn on Deep Purple, County Crouse, Van Morrison ... ”Among other things, Guus Hiddink loves to ride a motorcycle. He even has his own Harley-Davidson.

Enemies

To put it mildly, Guus Hiddink's relationship with the head of the Russian Football Union, Vitaly Mutko, is not entirely warm. The head of the RFU does not have tender feelings for the Dutchman. Everyone knows the story of the contract, which gave rise to a lot of rumors and gossip in the media. Hiddink himself in this story tried to be quite restrained. And, answering questions about the prospects for further work, he said: “I like working in Russia. I will say this: if stability reigns in your football federation, if everyone in the RFU knows the scope of their duties and does their own thing without interfering in the activities of other departments, then Russia will have a great future.”

Companions

Dick Advocaat can be called a longtime friend and colleague of Guus Hiddink. It was he who replaced another legionnaire, Peterzhela, as the head coach of the St. Petersburg team Zenit. The fates of Hiddink and Advocate are inseparable. Both coached PSV Eindhoven, then Dick Advocaat became Hiddink's successor in South Korea. Both almost simultaneously went on a business trip to Russia. Dick Advocaat started his career as a football player in the out-of-pocket clubs in Holland and did not achieve great success as a player, but as a coach he achieved a lot. He, like Hiddink, led PSV Eindhoven to the championship. In 1992, he led the Dutch team to the semi-finals of the World Cup. But after a bad start qualifying tournament European Championship-96, Dick handed over the leadership of the national team to Guus Hiddink. And he went to PSV and made the club once again the champion of Holland.

In 1997, the lawyer's career continued in Scotland, and again successfully. In his first year on the job, he made Glasgow Rangers Scottish champions. In November 2002, Advocaat returned to the Dutch national team and again achieved success: he managed to take it to the final part of the 2004 European Championship, where the team reached the semi-finals. Already in 2005, he led the UAE team. However, in this hot country, he did not work much and six months later he inherited the South Korean national team from Guus Hiddink. But he failed to repeat the success of his countryman. At the 2006 World Championships, the Koreans did not show good result. Despite this, the Korean Football Association did not want to let the Dutchman go to Russia.

When Advocaat had already signed a contract with Zenit St. Petersburg, the Koreans even went so far as to ask the Dutch specialist to combine work in St. Petersburg and Seoul. But Advocate is not Hiddink. He never works in two places at the same time. For him, the main task is only the championship, and he is not used to half measures. IN football world he is known as a very tough and blunt person. The management of all the clubs where Advocaat worked knows in advance that they are buying not at all a white and fluffy, but a very prickly and uncompromising creature. But this creature leads the clubs to victory.

Weaknesses

Despite a significant list of Hiddink's coaching achievements, it does not include the main one. The teams he trains have never occupied the highest lines in European and world rankings. The teams of Holland and South Korea took only fourth places at the World Championships in 1998 and 2002, respectively. In 2006, the Australian team he coached entered only 1/8 of the World Cup. The Russians, thanks to his instructions, entered the top four football teams Europe. Perhaps the Dutchman lacks tactical flexibility. His players win when the opposing team allows them to play their game. A striking example of this are last matches- Russia-Sweden and, especially, Russia-Holland. If his players are not allowed to turn around on the field, then this leads to such results as we saw in the Spain-Russia games.

Strengths

Gus has an innate sense of talent. He looked after one of the players who later played with him in the Korean team at the world championship in the Korean military championship, and found another in the lower semi-amateur league. Arriving in the Russian national team, Hiddink immediately made Arshavin a key player in the team and did not fail. Also, Gus's undeniable talent is the ability to inspire confidence in his wards. He makes them believe in themselves and their strength.

Merits and failures

There were no bright achievements in Hiddink's career as a football player. As a coach, he has achieved much more. In chronological order, his accomplishments are as follows:

1986/87 - Dutch Champion with PSV
1987/88 - Champions League winner with PSV
1987/88 - Dutch Champion with PSV
1987/88 - Dutch Cup winner with PSV
1988/89 - Dutch Champion with PSV
1988/89 - Dutch Cup winner with PSV
1989/90 - Dutch Cup winner with PSV
1998 - Winner of the Intercontinental Cup with Real Madrid
1998 - World Cup: fourth place with the Dutch team
2002 - World Cup: fourth place with the South Korean team
2002/03 - Dutch champion with PSV
2004/05 - Dutch champion with PSV
2004/05 - Dutch Cup winner with PSV
2005/06 - Dutch Champion with PSV
2006 - World Cup: 1/8 finals with the Australian team
2008 - Access to the semi-finals of the European Championship 2008 with the Russian team

His merits were especially highly appreciated in South Korea. After entering her team in the semi-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Hiddink became the first holder of the title of Honorary Citizen of Korea. He received a villa on Jeju Island as a gift, he has the right to free taxi rides in all cities of Korea. A Dutchman can fly for free on the two largest Korean airlines (Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines). The stadium in the city of Gwangju, which hosted several matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, was renamed in honor of Guus Hiddink.

Compromising evidence

Our Dutch friend at one time was not very clean when filling out tax returns, for which he paid the price. In 2006, a court in the Dutch city of Den Bosch sentenced the head coach of the Russian national football team to 6 months in prison with a suspended sentence of 2 years on probation for tax evasion (he was accused of tax evasion in the amount of almost 1.4 million euros). He will also have to pay the maximum possible fine for this kind of crime - 45,000 euros. The sentence turned out to be much milder than the punishment demanded by the prosecutor, who insisted on 10 months in prison. One of the reasons for this, according to the representative of the court, was that around the name of Hiddink "there was already enough negative publicity."

Hiddink was convicted of providing the Dutch tax authorities with incomplete and false information about his income from January 1 to August 26, 2003. In the court decision, his behavior is regarded as "unacceptable". It was found that Hiddink knowingly provided the tax authorities with false information about his place of residence in 2003. The court considered that he should have informed the tax authorities that during this period he actually lived not in Belgium, but in the Netherlands.

The dossier was prepared based on media materials
KM.RU July 1, 2008

Coached the same club for almost his entire career. But this is not at all a necessary success factor, as the Dutch specialist Guus Hiddink, who is today one of the most respected coaches in the world of football, readily proves.

Player career

Hiddink was born in Warsseveld in 1946, and it was there that his football career began. At first he was in football academy the club of the same name, and then played in its composition until the age of 21, when he was spotted by the larger Dutch club De Graafschap - it was there that he spent most of his career. Guus Hiddink, whose biography includes far from one club, in Grafshap was noted for playing about 300 matches for him and spent a total of 9 years there. But not in a row - already in 1970, the 24-year-old Hiddink moved to one of the strongest clubs in the country, PSV Eindhoven. However, there he only spent a whole year in vain, and in 1971 he again ended up in De Graafschap, for which he played another five years. But when he turned 30, the club's management did not consider that he was ready to continue to compete for a place in the first team, so Guus Hiddink went on loan to the United States - Washington Diplomats was waiting for him there, where he spent six months. After that, the player went on a one-year loan to the San Jose Earthquakes, again in the United States - it was Gus's longest departure abroad. He spent the rest of his career in Holland, moving to NEC in 1978. And only in 1981, at the age of 35, Hiddink returned to De Graafschap to end his career in his favorite club a year later.

Start of coaching

Guus Hiddink already knew then that he would be a coach, so he returned to De Graafschap not just as a player, but as a playing assistant coach. He sometimes took to the field, but most of the time he helped the club's then coach Hib Rijgrok. A year later, Hiddink was invited to the post of assistant coach at PSV, which was very flattering, because he had to work with then-famous coach Jan Reker. Hiddink spent four years in this position, and as a result was rewarded - after the dismissal of Reker, it was he who was offered the vacant position of head coach - this is how his coaching career began.

Favorite club of the coach

As you know, as a player, Guus Hiddink spent almost his entire career at De Graafschap, and today he is a fan of this club and worries about it. But as a manager, Hiddink has another favorite club - and that's PSV. The Dutch took the risk by appointing a coach with no actual work experience, because Hiddink was only an assistant, that is, he observed, helped, studied, but did not lead. As it turned out, the leadership of PSV did not fail - the coach held his position for more than three years, and during this time the club has achieved excellent results. For three years in a row, PSV won the Dutch championship and the same number of times in a row - the Dutch Cup. It was a real hegemony of the club in the home arena, and on the international one, too, everything turned out very well - in 1988, Hiddink led PSV to victory in the European Cup. But in 1990, Gus could not lead his club to the championship, so he was forced to leave it, but only to return in 2002 and spend another 4 unforgettable years. During this time, Hiddink won the Dutch championship three times and the Dutch Cup once, which made the fans incredibly happy. Twice he was recognized as the best coach in Holland - in 2005 and 2006. However, Guus Hiddink coached not only PSV, but also other clubs.

Other clubs in Hiddink

After leaving PSV in 1990, Hiddink went to Turkey to coach Galatasaray, but did not bring success to the club, so a year later he moved to Spain, where he took on Valencia, but even there for 3 years coaching he was not able to achieve decent results. Hiddink's first success after PSV was Real Madrid. In 1998, Gus was appointed to a coaching position, won the Club World Championship with cream, but failed in everything else, so he was fired, but did not remain without work. The post of coach Hiddink was offered by another Spanish “Real”, but not Madrid, but Betis. But even there, things did not work out for the Dutchman. It is also worth noting the arrival of Hiddink in 2009 at Chelsea, with whom the coach won the FA Cup, but nothing else remarkable happened, so he was fired less than a year later. And, of course, the club that flared up in the Russian arena after the injection of money, but almost immediately went out - "Anji". Guus Hiddink became both a coach and vice-president of the Makhachkala club in 2012, but already in 2013 he left both positions. So far, Hiddink has no longer coached at the club level, but he still had enough jobs in the national teams of different countries.

Hiddink as national coach

Guus Hiddink, whose photo on the Runet can most often be seen in the company of the Russian national team, also coached other national teams. Gus got his first experience with national teams when he left Valencia in 1994 - almost immediately he was appointed coach of his native Dutch team. As a result, he led the national team to the European Championship in 1996 and the World Championship in 1998, but he could not achieve serious success in the final stage, so he was forced to leave. Having missed the 2000 European Championship, Hiddink tried to make up for lost time, having achieved the entry of not the strongest South Korean team at the 2002 World Cup, brought it to an honorable fourth place, after which he left his post anyway. In 2006, the coach brought to the next national team of not the highest order - Australia, but here, too, luck left the Dutchman. From 2010 to 2011, he also managed the Turkish national team, but the results were frankly unsuccessful, so Hiddink did not even finalize before the contract expiration date. However, everyone knows that Gus is best known for coaching the Russian national team from 2006 to 2010.

Gus Ivanovich

The news that the eminent Dutch specialist will become the coach of the Russian national team has become a real boom - everyone was waiting for a miracle from Hiddink. And he did this miracle - at the championship of the year, the Russian team reached the semi-finals and received a bronze medal - everyone has been dreaming of such success for a long time. Since the team performed amazingly, Hiddink's contract was extended for another two years. But happiness could not last forever - Hiddink could not get the Russian team to the 2010 World Cup, as the Russians could not beat the Slovenes in the play-offs. After that, Gus Ivanovich, as he was called in Russia, announced his intention to leave the national team. He was noted for many interesting incidents, for example, when he received - the duet "Sisters Zaitseva" even made the number "Guus Hiddink after his release", which literally blew up the Internet. But Hiddink in Russia will be remembered primarily for his sensational work with the national team at the 2008 European Championship.

Where is Hiddink now?

The last place of work of the Dutch specialist was Anji Makhachkala - so where is Guus Hiddink now, who is he coaching? After he left Anji in 2013, Gus took a break and retired from coaching. They even began to talk about the fact that Hiddink could end his coaching career, because he is already 67 years old, and this is a considerable age, which is difficult to combine with the stress that is inevitable in such a position. But Hiddink denied these rumors by signing a contract with the Dutch national team, which will enter into force in August 2014, after the completion of the World Cup in Brazil. This means that it is Gus who will prepare the Dutch for the European Championship 2016.

Gus' achievements

As a result, Guus Hiddink collected an impressive number of awards during his career - he won the Dutch championship six times, 4 times - the Dutch Cup, once he got the national Super Cup, as well as the European Cup, FA Cup and Intercontinental Cup. With the national teams of Holland and South Korea, he took fourth place at the World Championships, and with the Russian team - a bronze medal at the European Championship.

But it is no less interesting to consider it in comparison with two other foreign coaches. Moreover, the backbone of this team, formed Gus Hiddink, lasted almost all eight years - from the selection of Euro 2008 to the qualification of Euro 2016.

GUS HIDDINK

Russian national team under Guus Hiddink: 22 wins, 7 draws, 10 losses. The goal difference is 66-39.
In official matches: 18 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses. Goal difference: 46-23.
Best Match: Russia - the Netherlands - 3:1 (Euro 2008).
Worst Match: Slovenia - Russia - 1:0 (playoffs of the 2010 World Cup qualification).

The first foreigner at the head of the Russian national team remains the most successful so far. Guus Hiddink we must best achievement- bronze medals of Euro-2008. In addition, he also has the highest percentage of wins - 56. And in official matches, even higher - 62%. The Dutchman was at the helm of the national team for two qualifying rounds, having spent 39 meetings with the team - only Oleg Romantsev, who led the national team twice, from 1994 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2002. Hiddink is also the most successful national team coach in final tournaments world and European forums. On his account 3 victories - more than the same Romantsev.

Hiddink suffered his first defeat at the head of the Russian national team more than a year after his appointment. In general, the time of his leadership was the most stable. The lion's share of defeats fell on those matches where our team objectively was not a favorite. Twice they lost big to the Spaniards at the same triumphant Euro, twice they failed to cope with Germany in the selection for the South African World Cup, lost to the British at Wembley. For all these defeats, it was difficult to blame Hiddink. In official matches, the national team did not win in the status of a favorite only twice. First, Israel in the selection for Euro 2008, which almost crossed out all the efforts - thanks to the Croats for helping out. The second fiasco was also the last, since there was no one to save. Having lost to Slovenia in the second leg of the 2010 World Cup qualifying playoffs, he said goodbye to the national team.

DICK LAWYER

Russian national team under Dick Advocaat: 12 wins, 8 draws, 4 losses. The goal difference is 32-13.
In official matches: 8 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses.
Best Match: Czech Republic - Russia - 1: 4 (Euro 2012).
Worst Match: Greece - Russia - 1:0 (Euro 2012).

Work period Dick Advocaat got pretty short. He knew very well Russian football, players of the national team and did not bother himself with experiments, relying on approximately the same squad and trying to squeeze the maximum out of it. In qualifying for Euro 2012, this was generally successful. Although the group - thanks to Hiddink, who significantly increased the rating of the team, got passable. There was no longer any England or Germany - only Ireland, Armenia and Slovakia. On the last one they stumbled, for which Roman Shirokov later called it "collective farm". However, that only defeat for the cycle remained the only one, so it was not difficult to leave the group with 70% of victories.

Dick Advocaat was not particularly successful friendly matches in which the team looked amorphous. In them, the statistics were worse than in the official ones - 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. However, on the eve of Euro 2012, the national team defeated Italy in sparring, impressing everyone. So there is an exception to this rule. As in the case of Hiddink, the team seemed to take “their” points regularly. But the same two misfires on two not the strongest rivals eventually cost the Advocate his place. And again, for the first time, it worked out, the home defeat from the Slovaks did not become critical. But when at the Euro the team limply lost in the decisive meeting to the Greeks, nothing could save Dick. Although with his 62% of victories in official matches, he caught up with Hiddink and is well ahead of Capello.

FABIO CAPELLO

Russian national team with: 15 wins, 10 draws, 4 losses. Goal difference - 49-19.
In official matches: 8 wins, 5 draws, 4 losses. Goal difference - 28-11.
Best Match: Russia - Portugal - 1:0 (Euro 2012 qualification).
Worst Match: Algeria - Russia - 1: 1 (World Cup 2014).

If we take the statistics of only official meetings, then 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses is a very modest result for a team that claims first place in the qualifying group and access to the playoffs of the world and European forums. The percentage of wins is only 47, that is, less than half. Under Advocate and Hiddink, it was significantly more, and most importantly, defeats happened less frequently.

The Italian started for health, but then a complete regression began, which will not be replaced by an upswing. Having shown a 100% result at the start of the qualifying round in 2012, the national team Capello won half of the matches in 2013 and only one (!) game out of seven in 2014. So the September victory over Luxembourg remains the only one in the last 8 official games. Against the backdrop of the stability of Hiddink and Lawyer, the Capello team is clearly losing. The Dutch lost a couple of key matches to inferior opponents in strength and did not solve the maximum problem. In the last cycle, Don Fabio seems to have repeated their path - all the same standard two misfires, non-critical with Northern Ireland and tragic at the World Cup. This time they lost to an equal opponent, Belgium, but the Algerians and Koreans, although they did not concede, did not get decisive points. However, Capello began the new qualification rather in the style of the predecessors of foreigners. Then we had a good tradition to fill up the beginning of the selection, then change the coach ( Byshovets, Gazzaev, Yartsev). . But the draw with Moldova and the defeat against Austria (and this is only after the first 4 rounds of qualification) are already seriously disrupting the schedule that we are used to with foreign coaches.

Guus Hiddink is one of the brightest representatives of the Dutch coaching school, he has successfully worked both with club teams and with national teams.

Guus Hiddink

• Country - Holland.
• Born: November 8, 1946.

Biography and career of Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink was born in the small Dutch town of Varseveld in an ordinary family, where, in addition to him, there were five children, and, interestingly, all boys.

Guus Hiddink - footballer

Career Hiddink - football player, to put it mildly, was not outstanding. After joining amateur club Varssveld, he soon moved to Dutch top division club De Graafschap, where he spent most of his career playing as a midfielder.

In 1970, one of the flagships of Dutch football, PSV, became interested in Hiddink, but he could not gain a foothold in the base of the club, and returned two years later. Then there were two seasons in MLS - in the Washington Diplomats and San Jose Earthquakes, homecoming, first to NEC, and then to his native De Grafschap, where Guus Hiddink ended his playing career.

Guus Hiddink coaching career

Guus Hiddink has a reputation for being somewhat of a lucky guy (one of his nicknames is "The Lucky Dutchman"), and many people have the impression that he was successful almost everywhere he worked. Actually it is not.

As head coach, Guus Hiddink has worked with seven clubs and five national teams. And the balance was not always positive. We will not go far - under his leadership, the Dutch team could not qualify for Euro 2016, where almost half of the participants in the qualifying tournament now fall.

Therefore, my story will not be a chronological enumeration of teams headed by Guus Hiddink, I will only tell about the main milestones of his nevertheless glorious coaching career.

"PSV"

1987-1990, 2002-2006

In 1982, Guus Hiddink joined the De Graafschap coaching staff, moved to the PSV headquarters two years later, and in 1987 took over the team. And the time of Hiddink's work is inscribed in the history of PSV in golden letters. In the first season, the team under his leadership won the championship, the Dutch Cup and the European Cup. By the way, the only time in its history.

Hiddink debugged the game in defense, which he led on the field - in 34 matches the team conceded only 28 goals (for Erdivize, where the score is 4:3 in almost every round, the result is outstanding), and the attack relied more on improvisation. As a result, in the matches of the championship, the PSV players sent 117 goals to the rivals' goal (Ajax became the second in this indicator - 78), and the striker of the team Wim Kieft with 29 goals became top scorer tournament.

At the same time, Hiddink acquired a reputation for being lucky. The fact is that PSV won the Champions Cup without winning a single victory in the last five matches and scoring only two goals in them! How so, you ask? Yes, it's very simple - the quarter-finals with Bordeaux and the semi-finals with Real ended in the same way - 1:1 away and 0:0 at home, i.e. PSV went further through the away goals rule, and in the final against Benfica, which also ended with a score of 0: 0, Hiddink's team won in the penalty shoot-out.

Then there was a "golden double" in the 1988-1989 season and the Dutch Cup, won in 1990, after which Guus Hiddink left the club.

Hiddink's second arrival at PSV came in 2002, and the club then won three league titles in a row. Moreover, Hiddink once again created a sensation, bringing PSV to the semi-finals of the 2004-2005 Champions League. Speaking of Hiddink's luck. I propose a game - in the course of my story I will note cases of his luck and bad luck, and you decide for yourself whether he is really lucky.

So, the first semi-final match against Milan ended in a 2-0 victory for the Italians. In response home match PSV managed to close this gap, and everything went to extra time. But in the first added minute, Massimo Ambrosini still managed to score a goal. In the remaining time, Philippe Cocu hit the gates of Milan for the third time, but this did not save PSV.

Holland national team

1994 – 1998, 2014-2015

After failures with Fenerbahce and Valencia, Guus Hiddink received an offer to lead the Dutch team, which was going through better times. However, a good generation was growing up among the Dutch, and a coach was needed who would be able to give results with this team.

At Euro 1996, the Dutch were eliminated from the quarter-final stage, losing to France on penalties. However, the team was still damp, its hour was to come to an end.

And this hour has come - at that World Cup the Dutch team demonstrated best football, confidently taking first place in the group, and beating the strong teams of Yugoslavia and Argentina in the playoffs. Semi-final with reigning champions world by the Brazilians, which became a real decoration of the tournament, ended in a draw 1:1, and the penalty was more accurately performed by Brazilian football players.

And how do you like Guus Hiddink's "luck" - relegation from two major tournaments in a row as a result of football roulette?

As I said above, under the leadership of Hiddink, the Dutch could not overcome the qualifying barrier for the European Championship in 2016. Towards the end of his career, the Maestro noticeably passed. I understand that the Dutch national team now has perhaps the worst generation of footballers in the last half century, but letting the teams of the Czech Republic, Iceland and Turkey go ahead, despite the fact that the Czechs and Turks are also going through hard times, is a clear overkill.

"Real Madrid

1998 – 1999

But back to the late 90s. Immediately after the French World Cup, Guus Hiddink headed Real Madrid. In principle, this page in his career could be omitted, but work in the "royal" club, whatever its results, should be noted.

At the time of Hiddink's arrival, Real Madrid were the reigning Champions League winners, but Barcelona owned the league title, and the Dutchman had the task of returning him to the Santiago Bernabeu. Plus, of course, a successful performance in the Champions League.

However, by February, the gap in the championship from the Catalans was 11 points, and Hiddink was fired from his post as head coach of Real Madrid. The only trophy he managed to win was the Intercontinental Cup.

South Korea national team

2001-2002

Hiddink spent another year in Spain, coaching Betis, after which he led the South Korean national team. The South Koreans hosted the World Cup (together with Japan) and they needed a coach who could solve the problem of getting out of the group (before that, the South Koreans made it to the finals of the World Cup five times, and invariably left the tournament after the first round).

I must say that Guus Hiddink thoroughly approached the mission entrusted to him. Realizing that his wards had few trump cards, he took up something that could be thoroughly improved - physical readiness.

Three months before the start of the championship, South Korean footballers began a focused preparation for the tournament - a case that has no analogues in the history of football! Nutritionists, masseurs, special fitness trainers all worked towards the same goal.

And, I must say, it was achieved. The way the South Koreans played the first five matches of the tournament was to be seen - non-stop movement, acceleration, jerking and struggle. Such a game even gave rise to a joke that Hiddink, they say, changes all field players during the break - anyway, for Europeans, all Koreans look the same.

Jokes aside, but the result - victories over the national teams of Portugal, Italy and Spain, and reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup was impressive. “Yes, there was help from the referees,” experienced fans will remember. Yes, there was, and about this.

But there was something else too. It was 0:1 in the 1/8 final match against Italy, when Hiddink threw more and more forwards on the field, brought their number to five, which eventually allowed the score to be equalized. Did the judges beat the penalty for the players of the Spanish national team in the quarterfinals?

So Hiddink gave a result, and this result has surpassed even bold expectations and is unlikely to be repeated in the foreseeable future.

Australian national team

2005 – 2006

They decided to use the South Korean experience in Australia. The national team of this country for a long time smashed its rivals in Oceania (this was before the Australians moved to the Asian Football Confederation), but invariably lost in play-offs to representatives South America. A specific goal was set for the Dutch specialist - to lead the team to the final part of the World Cup.

And Hiddink coped with this task. The national teams of Australia and Uruguay in the play-offs exchanged home victories with a score of 1:0, and the Australians won on penalties. How else? After all, they were led by "lucky" Hiddink.

In the final part of the championship, the Australian team started the match with Japan and was losing 0:1 until the 84th minute. However, then the substitutions made by Hiddink played - a double of Tim Cahill and John Aloisi brought the Australians their first victory in the world championships. Losing to the Brazilian team and drawing with Croatia, the Australian team reached the playoffs, where they met with the Italian team.

Most of the second half, the Australians played in the majority, but already in stoppage time, the Spanish referee Luis Medina Contalejo "invented" a penalty, which he converted.

Again, the discrepancy with the image of "lucky Hiddink." But in the quarterfinals, the winner of this pair was waiting for the Ukrainian team, which was quite tough for the "golden generation" of Australian football.

Russian team

2006-2010

While still a coach of the Australian national team, Guus Hiddink signed a contract with the Russian Football Union, becoming the first foreign coach in the history of the Russian team. I spoke in detail about his activities in this post in the article "", I see no reason to repeat myself, I will focus on the main merits of the Dutchman.

First, as in the case of South Korea, Hiddink immediately decided on the concept of the team's game. Realizing that our players are few technically superior, he relied on speed, significantly rejuvenating the team. At the same time, the Dutchman had to, as they say, cut to the quick, refusing the services of smart, technical, not far from fast football players - Dmitry Loskov. Vladislav Radimov, and a little later - Yegor Titov.

Secondly, he expanded the circle of candidates for the national team. Under Hiddink, the players saw that in order to get into the national team you need to play football well, and no matter where you do it. Pavel Pogrebnyak, for example, was called up to the national team from the provincial Tom.

Thirdly, the Dutch specialist's "unblurred" view allowed him to make seemingly paradoxical decisions, which, nevertheless, gave results, such as the use of Yuri Zhirkov as a defender.

In the end, after several painful matches, we finally saw how the Russian team plays football. The apotheosis of the qualifying tournament for Euro 2008 was a home victory over the England team, when Roman Pavlyuchenko, who had been replaced by the Dutchman, turned the course of the unsuccessful match for us.

But the Russian football players behaved in their "best" traditions, losing away to Israel, which had already lost its chances. Now we had to count on the guest victory of the Croatian national team, which had already secured a place in the group, over the British. This time luck was on the side of Hiddink and Russia - the Croats won and we went to the European Championship.

It still remains the brightest page in its history. Hiddink once again proved himself a master of preparing the team for a short tournament. In the quarterfinals, our team knocked out the compatriots of their head coach, the Dutch, from the tournament. Then Hiddink at the pre-match press conference said:

"I don't mind being the traitor."

These words were remembered to him for a long time at home, although Hus himself apologized, saying that the word "betrayal" was inappropriate in this situation.

But the most important, in my opinion, the merit of Hiddink as coach of the Russian national team is that we, the fans, finally believed in the team, that the Russian team can play football. This was especially evident in the qualifying round of the 2010 World Cup, when our team competed with the German national team. As a result, we lost both matches to the Germans and took second place in the group, but I remember this feeling “We can!” well.

And in the "Maribor shame", I believe, the fault lies entirely with the players. All Russian fans should thank Gus Ivanovich, as we called him, for the first time we saw the Russian team play (and win) in the playoffs of a major tournament.

Chelsea

In the middle of the 2008-2009 season, Luis Felipe Scolari was fired from the post of head coach of Chelsea and Roman Abramovich offered Hiddink to lead the team until the end of the season. The Dutchman worked with the Russian national team, but the RFU gave the go-ahead to combine posts, since it was Abramovich who provided the financial side of the contract of the Russian Football Union with the Dutchman.

With Chelsea, Guus Hiddink won the FA Cup, and also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, where, on aggregate (0:0 away and 1:1 at home), he lost to Barcelona in one of the most scandalous confrontations of recent times. Remember when the Norwegian referee Erik Hauge missed four (some even counted six) penalties against the Catalans.

What, put a plus sign in the column "bad luck"?

End of career

After that, Hiddink worked with Anji Makhachkala and the Turkish national team, but without much success, and ended his career at Chelsea, where he served as head coach in 2016 after the dismissal of Jose Mourinho.

Titles of Guus Hiddink

1. Six-time Dutch champion.
2. Four-time winner of the Dutch Cup.
3. Dutch Super Cup winner.
4. FA Cup Winner.
5. Winner of the European Champions Cup.
6. Winner of the Intercontinental Cup.
7. Fourth place at the World Championships - 2 times.
8. Bronze medalist of the European Championship.

Family and personal life of Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink lived with his official wife, Ine Bemkes, for 30 years, and now he maintains only friendly relations, although formally their marriage has not broken up (divorce in Holland is quite an expensive pleasure). Gus and Ine have two adult sons, Mark and Michael.

Hiddink lives with a Dutchwoman of Surinamese origin Elizabeth Pinas, whom he met during his work in South Korea.

• Throughout his career as a football player, Guus Hiddink has not won a single trophy.
• Guus Hiddink has an honorary sports title"Honored Coach of Russia".
• After the success of the Russian national team at Euro 2008, Guus Hiddink gained immense popularity in our country, children were even named after him. And in the Crimea, a monument to Guus Hiddink was opened, and they did it even before the quarterfinal match with the Dutch.
• The popularity of Gus received a response from humorists - the Comedy Club showed the country the skits “Guus Hiddink and his translator” and “Guus Hiddink after his release”, and in the program “ A big difference"Sang "Guus Hiddink's Song".
• And in Russia they filmed about him documentary, which is called: “Hiddink. Gus Ivanovich.

• But that's nothing compared to South Korea. For his success at the World Cup, Gus received the title of Honorary Citizen of this country, a luxurious villa on one of the islands, the right to free travel in all South Korean cities, and free flights on planes of two South Korean airlines. A stadium in the city of Gwangju was also named after him, and the most zealous fans urged Hiddink to run for president.
• In addition to his native language, Guus Hiddink speaks English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, and can also speak South Korean, Japanese and Russian.
• Being the coach of Real Madrid, Guus Hiddink promised to shave off his mustache if the club won the Intercontinental Cup, and he kept his promise.
• In September 2006, Guus Hiddink was found guilty of tax evasion. In the Netherlands, a court sentenced him to a fine of 45,000 euros and 6 months of probation.

Well, at the end of my story, I propose to estimate the balance of Guus Hiddink's luck and answer the question, what was the key to his success - luck or skill? I answered this question a long time ago and unequivocally - skill.

After all, one bare luck in coaching will not go far.