 Boskamp in 1978 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Johannes Boskamp | ||
| Date of birth | (1948-10-21)21 October 1948 (age 77) | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1955–1965 | RVV HOV | ||
| 1965–1966 | Feyenoord | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1974 | Feyenoord | 102 | (14) |
| 1969–1970 | →Holland Sport (loan) | 31 | (7) |
| 1974–1982 | RWD Molenbeek | 238 | (36) |
| 1982–1984 | Lierse | 60 | (3) |
| Total | 431 | (60) | |
| International career | |||
| 1978 | Netherlands | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1981 | RWDM | ||
| 1984–1987 | Lierse | ||
| 1988–1989 | Verbr. Denderhoutem | ||
| 1989–1992 | Beveren | ||
| 1992–1993 | Kortrijk | ||
| 1993–1997 | Anderlecht | ||
| 1997–1998 | Gent | ||
| 1999 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| 1999 | Georgia | ||
| 2000–2001 | Genk | ||
| 2001–2002 | Al Wasl | ||
| 2004–2005 | Kazma | ||
| 2005–2006 | Stoke City | ||
| 2006 | Standard Liège | ||
| 2007–2009 | Dender | ||
| 2009 | Beveren | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Johannes "Johan/Jan" Boskamp (born 21 October 1948) is a Dutch formerfootball player and manager.
He played the majority of his career for hometown clubFeyenoord and Belgian sideRWDM, and managed primarily in the Belgian leagues. Currently, he is a regularsports commentator on two Dutch and Belgian football television programs. He is commonly addressed as "Jan" in the Netherlands and "Johan" in Belgium.
His former clubs as a player include RVV HOV,Feyenoord,Holland Sport,RWD Molenbeek (with whom he won the Belgian First Division in 1975) andLierse. Boskamp was furthermore votedBelgian Golden Shoe winner in 1975.
He was part of theDutch team for the1978 FIFA World Cup, making one substitute appearance againstScotland.[1] He also won the1970 Intercontinental Cup with Feyenoord.
Later, Boskamp became a manager, and coachedBelgian clubsLierse,Dender,Beveren,Kortrijk,Anderlecht andGent. He then moved toGeorgia in 1999 to manageDinamo Tbilisi, as well as theGeorgia national team. After a return to Belgium withGenk, he moved to the Middle East and managed theUnited Arab Emirates sideAl Wasl, and theKuwaiti clubKazma.[2]
He became manager of English sideStoke City for the2005–06 season.[3][4] Stoke's Icelandic board wanted the club to start mounting a serious attempt at gaining promotion to thePremier League, and so decided a change in style was required, with Boskamp replacingTony Pulis. He brought in a number of foreign players, which includedCarl Hoefkens,Hannes Sigurðsson,Junior N'Galula andMartin Kolář, as well as domestically-based players such asMarlon Broomes,Paul Gallagher,Mamady Sidibe,Peter Sweeney andLuke Chadwick. He also broke the club record transfer fee with a £950,000 signing ofStandard Liège strikerSambégou Bangoura. However, results were often poor, and after a number of heavy home defeats toWatford,Wolverhampton Wanderers andCardiff 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.[4] But, in one of those wins away atCoventry City, Boskamp and his assistantJan de Koning and director of footballJohn Rudge were involved in an argument, which led to Boskamp almost resigning.[4][5]
Stoke began 2006 in terrible form, winning just one match in ten, and scoring a mere six goals in that time.[4] Bangoura had been away on international duty with Guinea, and failed to return to the club at the agreed date, which caused the shortage of goals; with Stoke's season fizzling out, with no chance of promotion, Boskamp was not offered a new contract byGunnar Gíslason.[6] With the Icelandic board failing to gain promotion to thePremier League, and with debts now at around £5 million, chairmanGunnar Gíslason put the club up for sale, and he sold the club back to former chairmanPeter Coates.[7][8] Coates then re-appointedTony Pulis as manager, who had spent the season withPlymouth Argyle.[9]
Boskamp was then briefly manager atStandard Liège in 2006.[10] In November 2007, he became coach of anotherBelgian club:Dender. On 19 May 2009, he quitDender after an argument with his coaching assistant Patrick Asselman, who was subsequently named as his replacement.[11]
In June 2009, Boskamp signed withBeveren,[12] but was sacked in December 2009 after poor results.[13]
In June 2024, Boskamp put an end to his career as an analyst and Standaard Uitgeverij published in collaboration with Boskamp's partner the autobiographyBoskamp - Mijn leven (Boskamp - My Life).
Source:[14]
| Club | Season | League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | ||
| Feyenoord | 1966–67 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 |
| 1967–68 | Eredivisie | 15 | 2 | |
| 1968–69 | Eredivisie | 10 | 0 | |
| 1969–70 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | |
| 1970–71 | Eredivisie | 22 | 2 | |
| 1971–72 | Eredivisie | 21 | 4 | |
| 1972–73 | Eredivisie | 5 | 1 | |
| 1973–74 | Eredivisie | 28 | 5 | |
| Total | 102 | 14 | ||
| Holland Sport (loan) | 1969–70 | Eredivisie | 31 | 7 |
| RWD Molenbeek | 1974–75 | Belgian First Division | 33 | 5 |
| 1975–76 | Belgian First Division | 32 | 6 | |
| 1976–77 | Belgian First Division | 28 | 4 | |
| 1977–78 | Belgian First Division | 30 | 7 | |
| 1978–79 | Belgian First Division | 32 | 6 | |
| 1979–80 | Belgian First Division | 28 | 2 | |
| 1980–81 | Belgian First Division | 26 | 3 | |
| 1981–82 | Belgian First Division | 29 | 3 | |
| Total | 238 | 36 | ||
| Lierse | 1982–83 | Belgian First Division | 29 | 2 |
| 1983–84 | Belgian First Division | 31 | 1 | |
| Total | 60 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 431 | 60 | ||
Source:[14]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Stoke City[15] | 29 June 2005 | 1 May 2006 | 51 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 035.3 |
Feyenoord[16]
RWD Molenbeek
SK Beveren[23]
RSC Anderlecht[24]
Dinamo Tbilisi[25]
Racing Genk[26]
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