Koos Waslander

Koos Waslander (born 3 February 1957) is a Dutch football coach and former player. He was most recently head coach of Dutch Tweede Klasse club RBC.

Koos Waslander

Personal information
Date of birth	(1957-02-03) 3 February 1957 (age 68)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1980	Excelsior	33	(12)
1980	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	14	(1)
1980–1983	NAC	86	(13)
1983–1984	Excelsior	16	(1)
1984–1985	PEC Zwolle '82	26	(2)
1985–1987	Excelsior	31	(1)
1987–1988	DS'79	11	(1)
Total		217	(31)
Managerial career
1999–2000	DRL[1]
2000–2001	SV Slikkerveer[1]
2002–2003	RBC Roosendaal (assistant)[1]
2003–2004	VV Spijkenisse[1]
2004–2005	NAC Breda (U21)
2005–2006	NAC Breda (assistant)
2006–2007	NAC Breda (youth)
2007–2008	DOTO[2]
2009	SV Gouda (caretaker)[3]
2009	DOVO (caretaker)
2010–2012	BVCB[4]
2012–2013	Jong Ambon[5]
2013–2014	SCO '63[6]
2014–2015	Leonidas[7]
2016–2018	EDO[8]
2018	Overmaas[9]
2019–2021	RBC[1]
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Rotterdam, Waslander played in the Netherlands and the United States for Excelsior, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, NAC Breda, PEC Zwolle and DS'79.^[10][11]

Waslander holds the record for the quickest goal in the Eredivisie, scoring after eight seconds.^[12]

With the Fort Lauderdale Strikers he was a Soccer Bowl '80 runner up. In the final, won 3-0 by New York Cosmos in September 1980, he entered the match as a substitute five minutes before half-time for the injured German striker Gerd Müller.^[13]

Coaching career

Waslander coached numerous teams in the Netherlands after his retirement, most notably VV Spijkenisse,^[1] Leonidas,^[7] and RBC.^[1] He also worked as an assistant and youth coach at NAC Breda.