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| Full name | Johannes-Franciscus Bonfrère | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1946-06-15)15 June 1946 (age 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Eijsden,Limburg,Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1985 | MVV | 335 | (50) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | MVV | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | MVV | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Verbroedering Geel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Nigeria Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Verbroedering Geel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Qatar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Al-Wahda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Al-Wahda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Al Ahly | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Dalian Shide | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Al-Wahda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Henan Jianye | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Baoding Yingli ETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Johannes-Franciscus Bonfrère (born 15 June 1946) is a Dutchfootballcoach and formermidfielder who spent his playing career withMVV Maastricht. In a long coaching career Bonfrère managed several teams in Africa and Asia. He guidedNigeria to their victory in the1996 Olympic Games.
Between 1963 and 1985 Bonfrère scored 50 goals in 335 league appearances forMVV Maastricht, his only club.[1]
Bonfrère ledNigeria national football team to the1996 Summer Olympics gold medal inAtlanta, Georgia.[2] He was the coach ofAl Ahly in Egypt in 2002/03 where he lost the league at the final match with a difference of two points. His contract was terminated after that.
He also ledNigeria to the2000 African Cup of Nations co-hosted byNigeria andGhana. Bonfrère led the Nigerian team to the finals, where they lost toCameroon by penalties.
On 7 June 2018, Jo was offered a 3 bedroom apartment by the Nigerian government as part of the promise made by late General Sanni Abacha after winning the gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics for Nigeria.
He was hired to coach theSouth Korea national football team in June 2004 to replaceHumberto Coelho, who was forced to quit after a draw with theMaldives national football team in aFIFA World Cup qualification. The Dutch coach got off to a promising start by crushing a highly rated German squad of World Cup stars such asMichael Ballack andOliver Kahn, 3–1, with a young Korean team in a friendly match in December 2004. In 2005, South Korea qualified for the2006 FIFA World Cup under him, but a string of disappointing losses thereafter fueled fan and media ire against Bonfrère.[3] He resigned on 23 August that year after poor results in theEast Asian Football Championship and a World Cup qualifier loss againstSaudi Arabia.Korea Football Association then hiredDick Advocaat as its third Dutch coach, and Advocaat angered his predecessor by saying he will be anotherGuus Hiddink, not Bonfrère.
Bonfrère joined formerChinese Super League championsDalian Shide on a one-year contract in the 2007 league season. Despite the team finishing fifth in the league, they were never in contention to win the title and opted not to extend his contract. On 29 June 2011, anotherChinese Super League clubHenan Construction announced that Bonfrère would lead the team on a 1+1 contract and fight for staying in the Super League.[citation needed]
In February 2015, Bonfrère was added to the MVV youth team staff.[4]
On 25 May 2017,China League One clubBaoding Yingli ETS signed a one-year contract with Bonfrère.[5]
Jo Bonfrère international tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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