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
## Honours
### 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

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