Wim Rijsbergen

Wilhelmus "Wim" Gerardus Rijsbergen (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɪlˈɦɛlmʏs (ˈʋɪm) ɣeːˈrɑrdʏs ˈrɛizbɛrɣə(n)]; born 18 January 1952) is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was last the manager of Solomon Islands' national team.

Wim Rijsbergen

Rijsbergen in 1978
Personal information
Full name	Wilhelmus Gerardus Rijsbergen
Date of birth	(1952-01-18) 18 January 1952 (age 73)
Place of birth	Leiden, Netherlands
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	VV Roodenburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1971	PEC Zwolle	26	(0)
1971–1978	Feyenoord	173	(1)
1978–1979	Bastia	24	(0)
1979–1983	New York Cosmos	86	(2)
1983–1984	Helmond Sport	21	(0)
1984–1986	Utrecht	18	(0)
Total		348	(3)
International career
1974–1978[1]	Netherlands	28	(1)
Managerial career
1986–1988	Ajax Amsterdam (youth coach)
1988–1989	DS'79 (youth coach)
1989–1991	VV Roodenburg
1991–1993	DWS
1993–1995	FC Volendam
1995–1997	NAC Breda
1997–1998	Groningen
1998–1999	Universidad Católica (youth coach)
1999–2001	Universidad Católica
2002	Al-Ittifaq
2003–2004	Club América (assistant)
2005–2006	Trinidad and Tobago (assistant)
2006–2007	Trinidad and Tobago
2010–2011	PSM Makassar
2011–2012	Indonesia
2012–2013	Indonesia (technical director)
2019	Solomon Islands
Medal record Men's football Representing  Netherlands FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1974 West Germany Runner-up 1978 Argentina European Championship 1976 Yugoslavia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Rijsbergen was born in Leiden, South Holland. Playing for Feyenoord Rotterdam, he was part of the Netherlands national football team which finished second in both the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. He later played in the North American Soccer League, for the New York Cosmos. Rijsbergen began his professional career at PEC Zwolle, and ended it in 1986 at FC Utrecht.

Managerial career

In 1999, he was appointed manager of Universidad Católica.^[2]

Rijsbergen, an assistant to Leo Beenhakker at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, assumed control of the Trinidad and Tobago national team in his own right following the World Cup.^[3] As of December 2007, he was suspended by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation for six (6) months, through 4 June 2007 and replaced.^[4]

He was manager of Indonesia from 2011 to 2012, after which he stayed in Indonesia to become technical director. Rijsbergen joined the Solomon Islands and guided the island nation to a fourth place in group B in the 2019 Pacific Games.

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Indonesia		July 2011	January 2012	11	2	3	6	018.18

Honors

As a player

PEC Zwolle

• Tweede Divisie runner up: 1970–71

Feyenoord

• Eredivisie: 1973–74
• UEFA Cup: 1973–74

New York Cosmos

• Soccer Bowl: 1980, 1982
• Soccer Bowl runner up: 1981

Utrecht

• KNVB Cup: 1984–85

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1974, 1978
• UEFA European Championship third place: 1976
• Tournoi de Paris: 1978^[5]

As a manager

FC Volendam

• KNVB Cup runner up: 1994–95