Phillip Cocu

Phillip John-William Cocu (October 29, 1970-December 15, 2025)was a Dutch professional football manager and former midfielder who was most recently the manager of Vitesse.

Early life

 Cocu was born in Eindhoven but raised in Zevenaar, playing youth football for local clubs DCS and De Graafschap. After a year at AFC '34, he started his professional career at AZ. In 1990, Cocu moved to Vitesse. A broken fibula disrupted his first season, but he became a first-team regular in the following four seasons. In 1995, he joined PSV, where he won the KNVB Cup and the Eredivisie title in 1997. Cocu played for Barcelona between 1998 and 2004. There, he would become club captain, win La Liga in 1999 and play two Champions League semi-finals. He left the club in 2004 as club record holder for the most league appearances by a foreign player. During Cocu's second stint at PSV, he won another three Eredivisie titles and reached the Champions League semi-finals. After a year at Al Jazira, Cocu retired from professional football. 
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAZ1988–89Eerste Divisie15421––1751989–90Eerste Divisie35410––364Total50831––539Vitesse1990–91Eredivisie8000––801991–92Eredivisie33320––3531992–93Eredivisie3462161–4281993–94Eredivisie33111020–36111994–95Eredivisie2951120–326Total1372562101–15328PSV1995–96Eredivisie29124282–41161996–97Eredivisie3482041104191997–98Eredivisie32115361124417Total95311151842212642Barcelona1998–99La Liga361240502047121999–2000La Liga35620142205382000–01La Liga35370131–5542001–02La Liga34200160–5022002–03La Liga29300102–3952003–04La Liga3655071–486Total205311806564029237PSV2004–05Eredivisie29631133–45102005–06Eredivisie331042811046132006–07Eredivisie327207011428Total9423932842113331Al Jazira2007–08UAE Football League174–174Career total59812247111211583774151

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNetherlands199692199760199815219997020001302001812002712003912004131200572200670Total10110

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cocu goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Phillip CocuNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  4 June 1996  De Kuip, Rotterdam   3–1 3–1  Friendly2  9 October 1996  Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands   5–1 7–1  1998 FIFA World Cup qualification3  20 June 1998  Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France   1–0 5–0  1998 FIFA World Cup4  25 June 1998  Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France   1–0 2–2  1998 FIFA World Cup5  5 September 2001  Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands   3–0 5–0  2002 FIFA World Cup qualification6  16 October 2002  Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria   2–0 3–0  UEFA Euro 2004 qualification7  6 September 2003  De Kuip, Rotterdam  3–1 3–1  UEFA Euro 2004 qualification8  17 November 2004  Mini Estadi, Barcelona, Spain   1–0 3–0  2006 FIFA World Cup qualification9  26 March 2005  Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest, Romania   1–0 2–0  2006 FIFA World Cup qualification10  8 June 2005  Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland   3–0 4–0  2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure			TeamNatFromToRecord				PSV (caretaker)12 March 20122 July 2012
		PSV1 July 201322 June 2018
	Fenerbahçe	22 June 201828 October 2018
	Derby County5 July 201914 November 2020Vitesse27 September 202211 November 2023Total
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Honours
Player
PSV
Eredivisie: 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
KNVB Cup: 1995–96, 2004–05
Johan Cruyff Shield: 1996, 1997

Barcelona
La Liga: 1998–99

Al Jazira
Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2007

Manager
PSV
Eredivisie: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
KNVB Cup: 2011–12
Johan Cruyff Shield: 2015, 2016

Individual
Rinus Michels Award: 2015, 2018

References

Category:1970 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Eindhoven
Category:Dutch football managers
Category:Eredivisie managers
Category:FC Barcelona players