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.jpg) van Tiggelen in 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Adrianus Andreas van Tiggelen | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1957-06-16)16 June 1957 (age 67) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left back | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1978–1983 | Sparta Rotterdam | 161 | (13) | |||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Groningen | 97 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 1986–1991 | Anderlecht | 144 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | PSV | 72 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Dordrecht'90 | 31 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Total | 505 | (26) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1992[1] | Netherlands | 56 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Adrianus Andreas "Adri" van Tiggelen (born 16 June 1957) is a retired Dutchfootballer who played as aleft back.
His career in football was intimately connected toSparta Rotterdam, in which he began as a professional footballer, going on to manage the side in several categories and capacities, but he also played with great success in Belgium forAnderlecht.
Van Tiggelen appeared nearly 60 times for theNetherlands, representing the nation at the1990 World Cup and twoEuropean Championships, being a starter in the team that wonEuro 1988.
Born inOud-Beijerland,South Holland, van Tiggelen – nicknamed "De Spijker" (nail) – started his professional career withSparta Rotterdam, making hisEredivisie debut on 30 August 1978, in a 1–0 home in against neighboursFeyenoord. During his five-year spell at the club, he was an undisputed starter, also finding the net every season (for a total of 13 league goals).
In 1983, van Tiggelen signed with fellow league sideFC Groningen and remained there for three years, managing to again maintain top level status in every season. Afterwards, he had his first abroad experience, as he joinedR.S.C. Anderlecht in neighbouring Belgium, where he also appeared regularly (as first-choice).
Aged 34, van Tiggelen returned to his own country, moving toPSV Eindhoven. The veteran marker still managed to collect nearly 100 official appearances, playing 26 games as the side won the1991–92 national championship. He saw out his career at 38, after one season – and again in the top division – withDordrecht'90; his last game ended 5–1, at home againstFC Volendam.
Van Tiggelen then returned to his first club, mainly serving as assistant manager and youth trainer. In 2005, he had his first head coach experience, and finishedthe season in the second position, helping Sparta return to the first division.
The second spell as head manager – still with Sparta – occurred in late 2007, following the dismissal ofGert Aandewiel. Subsequently, van Tiggelen was part ofFoeke Booy's coaching staff.
Van Tiggelen earned 56 caps for theNetherlands national football team, going scoreless in the process. His debut came at age 26, as he appeared in a friendly withBelgium on 21 September 1983 (1–1).
From 1986 onwards, van Tiggelen was an automatic first-choice in the national team's setup: he played in every match and minute atUEFA Euro 1988, which the Netherlands won, and also represented the nation at the1990 FIFA World Cup andEuro 1992, retiring from international play following the side's elimination against eventual winnersDenmark in the latter competition; he was aged 35, and formed in previous years an efficient fullback partnership withBerry van Aerle (also his club mate from 1991 to 1994).
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