Guus Hiddink

**Guus Hiddink** (born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch football player turned manager.

## Russia

Hiddink is better known as a trainer. He is a very successful trainer. He trained the Russia national team, and Zenit St. Petersburg club. He also coached the Netherlands national team (Oranje, Orange) and won several tournaments. He is generally considered one of the greatest football trainers of all time.
After he made the Russian National team almost World Champion (even defeating the renowned Dutch team) he became a national Russian hero.

He got a statue in Moscow and several newborn boys in Russia were given "Guus" as a first name to honour him.

## South Korea

Hiddink has coached the Korea Republic national team in the early 2000s. He managed to get the team in the semi-finals for the first time in South Korean football history. For this, the South Koreans built a stadium in his honour. It was build in the cityn of Gwangju and was named "_Guus Hiddink Stadium_".

## Chelsea

Hiddink coached the British club Chelsea in 2009. He succeeded their former coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. He did a much better job and thanks to Hiddink Chelsea made many victories. Commentators said that Hiddink: "_had rejuvenated Chelsea following Scolari's departure_". Hiddink won the FA Cup with Chelsea that year, beating Everton 2-1 in the final.

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="9"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|PSV Eindhoven|16 March 1987|30 June 1990|align=left||||
|align=left|Fenerbahçe|1 July 1990|13 March 1991|align=left||||
|align=left|Valencia|1 July 1991|30 November 1993|align=left||||
|align=left|Valencia|26 March 1994|30 June 1994|align=left||||
|align=left|Netherlands|1 January 1995|12 July 1998|align=left||||
|align=left|Real Madrid|10 July 1998|24 February 1999|align=left||||
|align=left|Real Betis|1 February 2000|31 May 2000|align=left||||
|align=left|South Korea|1 January 2001|8 July 2002|align=left||||
|align=left|PSV Eindhoven|1 August 2002|30 June 2006|align=left||||
|align=left|Australia|22 July 2005|9 July 2006|align=left||||
|align=left|Russia|10 July 2006|30 June 2010|align=left||||
|align=left|Chelsea|16 February 2009|31 May 2009|align=left||||
|align=left|Turkey|1 August 2010|16 November 2011|align=left||||
|align=left|Anzhi Makhachkala|17 February 2012|22 July 2013|align=left||||
|align=left|Netherlands|1 August 2014|30 June 2015|align=left||||
|align=left|Chelsea|19 December 2015|15 May 2016|align=left||||
|align=left|China U21/U23|10 September 2018|20 September 2019|align=left||||
|align=left|Curaçao|22 August 2020|9 September 2021|align=left||||

### Player

**De Graafschap**
- Tweede Divisie: 1969

**San Jose Earthquakes**
- North American Soccer League Southern Division: runner-up 1977

### Manager

**PSV Eindhoven**
- Eredivisie: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
- KNVB Cup: 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 2004–05
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 2003
- European Cup: 1987–88

**Netherlands**
- FIFA World Cup Fourth place: 1998

**Real Madrid**
- Intercontinental Cup: 1998

**South Korea**
- FIFA World Cup Fourth place: 2002

**Russia**
- UEFA European Championship Semi-finalist: 2008

**Chelsea**
- FA Cup: 2008–09

**Individual**
- Order of Sport Merit: Cheongnyong Medal
- AFC Coach of the Year: 2002
- World Soccer World Manager of the Year: 2002
- Dutch Sports Coach of the Year (all sports): 2002, 2005
- Rinus Michels Award: 2005, 2006
- Coach of the Year in Russia: 2008
- In 2005 Hiddink received an honorary doctorate by the University of Seoul
- The De Graafschap mascot is named Guus in honor of Hiddink who was previously associated with the team as a player and as a manager.
- The Gwangju World Cup Stadium was renamed the Guus Hiddink Stadium in honor of Hiddink's performance at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Hiddink was named an Honorary Citizen of South Korea after reaching the 2002 FIFA World Cup semi-finals.
- Hiddink was named an honorary citizen of Seoul after reaching the 2002 FIFA World Cup semi-finals.
- Hiddink was named an honorary citizen of Eindhoven after winning his sixth Eredivisie title with PSV in 2006.
- Hiddink was put on a stamp by Australia Post following the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Hiddink was given a lifetime achievement award by the Royal Dutch Football Association in 2007. It was only the third such award ever given following those received by Rinus Michels and Johan Cruijff.
- Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade: 2009

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Guus Hiddink
- **image**: Guus Hiddink 2012.jpg
- **caption**: Hiddink in 2012
- **full name**: Guus Hiddink
- **birth place**: Varsseveld, Netherlands
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthclubs1**: SC Varsseveld
- **years1**: 1967–1970
- **clubs1**: De Graafschap
- **years2**: 1970–1972
- **clubs2**: PSV Eindhoven
- **caps2**: 30
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1972–1977
- **clubs3**: De Graafschap
- **caps3**: 130
- **goals3**: 9
- **years4**: 1977–1981
- **clubs4**: NEC (football club), NEC Nijmegen
- **caps4**: 104
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 1978
- **clubs5**: → Washington Diplomats (loan)
- **caps5**: 13
- **goals5**: 4
- **years6**: 1980
- **clubs6**: → San Jose Earthquakes (1974–88), San Jose Earthquakes (loan)
- **caps6**: 15
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 1981–1982
- **clubs7**: De Graafschap
- **caps7**: 25
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 317
- **totalgoals**: 16
- **manageryears1**: 1983–1987
- **managerclubs1**: PSV Eindhoven, PSV (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 1987–1990
- **managerclubs2**: PSV Eindhoven, PSV
- **manageryears3**: 1990–1991
- **managerclubs3**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
- **manageryears4**: 1991–1993
- **managerclubs4**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **manageryears5**: 1994
- **managerclubs5**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **manageryears6**: 1995–1998
- **managerclubs6**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **manageryears7**: 1998–1999
- **managerclubs7**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **manageryears8**: 2000
- **managerclubs8**: Real Betis
- **manageryears9**: 2001–2002
- **managerclubs9**: Korea Republic national football team, South Korea
- **manageryears10**: 2002–2006
- **managerclubs10**: PSV Eindhoven, PSV
- **manageryears11**: 2005–2006
- **managerclubs11**: Australia national association football team, Australia
- **manageryears12**: 2006–2010
- **managerclubs12**: Russia national football team, Russia
- **manageryears13**: 2009
- **managerclubs13**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea (interim)
- **manageryears14**: 2010–2011
- **managerclubs14**: Turkey national football team, Turkey
- **manageryears15**: 2012–2013
- **managerclubs15**: FC Anzhi Makhachkala, Anzhi Makhachkala
- **manageryears16**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs16**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **manageryears17**: 2015–2016
- **managerclubs17**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea (interim)
- **manageryears18**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs18**: China national under-23 football team, China U21
- **manageryears19**: 2020–2021
- **managerclubs19**: Curaçao national football team, Curaçao
- **manageryears20**: 2021–2022
- **managerclubs20**: Curaçao national football team, Curaçao (technical director)
- **managerclubs21**: Australia national association football team, Australia (assistant)
- **manageryears21**: 2022
- **medaltemplates**: <small>(as manager)</small>