Johan Boskamp

Club

His former clubs as a player include RVV HOV, Feyenoord, Holland Sport, RWD Molenbeek (with whom he won the Belgian First Division in 1975) and Lierse. He also won the 1970 Intercontinental Cup with Feyenoord. Boskamp was voted Belgian Golden Shoe winner in 1975.

International

He was part of the Dutch team for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, making one substitute appearance against Scotland.

Later, Boskamp became a manager, and coached Belgian clubs Lierse, Dender, Beveren, Kortrijk, Anderlecht and Gent. He then moved to Georgia in 1999 to manage Dinamo Tbilisi, as well as the Georgia national team. After a return to Belgium with Genk, he moved to the Middle East and managed the United Arab Emirates side Al Wasl, and the Kuwaiti club Kazma. He became manager of English side Stoke City for the 2005–06 season. Stoke's Icelandic board wanted the club to start mounting a serious attempt at gaining promotion to the Premier League, and so decided a change in style was required, with Boskamp replacing Tony Pulis. He brought in a number of foreign players, which included Carl Hoefkens, Hannes Sigurðsson, Junior N'Galula and Martin Kolář, as well as domestically-based players such as Marlon Broomes, Paul Gallagher, Mamady Sidibe, Peter Sweeney and Luke Chadwick. He also broke the club record transfer fee with a £950,000 signing of Standard Liège striker Sambégou Bangoura. However, results were often poor, and after a number of heavy home defeats to Watford, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Cardiff City, supporters began asking questions. Bangoura then went on a good run of form scoring seven goals in six matches, as Stoke won six matches in November and December to give them a platform to build on going into the new year. But, in one of those wins away at Coventry City, Boskamp and his assistant Jan de Koning and director of football John Rudge were involved in an argument,…

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Player

Feyenoord

Eredivisie: 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74 KNVB Cup: 1968-69 Intercontinental Cup: 1970 UEFA Cup: 1974 Intertoto Cup: 1967, 1968, 1973 RWD Molenbeek

Belgian First Division: 1974–75 Jules Pappaert Cup: 1975 Amsterdam Tournament: 1975

International

Netherlands

FIFA World Cup: 1978 (runners-up)

Individual

Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 1974-75, 1977-78 Belgian Golden Shoe: 1975

Manager

SK Beveren

Second Division: 1990-91 RSC Anderlecht

Belgian First Division: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 Dinamo Tbilisi

Umaglesi Liga: 1998–99 Racing Genk

Belgian Cup: 1999–2000