Leo Beenhakker

Leo Beenhakker (; 2 August 1942 – 10 April 2025) was a Dutch footballer and manager. He was nicknamed "Don Leo" while managing in Spain.

As a footballer, he played amateur football as a right winger for teams in the Netherlands, but he had to retire at 19 years old because of injuries. As a manager, he coached teams in the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico, and Turkey, as well as the national teams of the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Poland.

He is the only person to win the Eredivisie with as the manager of both Ajax and Feyenoord. While at Real Madrid, he won three La Liga titles in a row. and won the Copa del Rey in the 1988–89 season. He also managed the Netherlands at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Trinidad and Tobago at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup, and Poland at UEFA Euro 2008.

Beenhakker died in Rotterdam on 10 April 2025, at the age of 82.

Honours
Ajax
 Eredivisie: 1979–80, 1989–90

Real Madrid
 La Liga: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89
 Copa del Rey: 1988–89
 Supercopa de España: 1988, 1989 (won both Copa del Rey and La Liga)

Feyenoord
 Eredivisie: 1998–99
 Johan Cruyff Shield: 1999

Individual
60px Chaconia Medal, Gold Class: 2006
60px Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer's Cross: 2008
 Piłka Nożna Foreigner of the Year: 2006
 Piłka Nożna Man of the Year: 2007

References

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Category:1942 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:Footballers from Rotterdam
Category:Dutch footballers
Category:Dutch football managers
Category:Eredivisie managers
Category:AFC Ajax managers
Category:Real Madrid CF managers