Adrie van Kraay
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adrianus Ambrosius Cornelis van Kraaij | ||
Date of birth | 1 August 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Eindhoven, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1982 | PSV Eindhoven | 309 | (5) |
1982–1984 | Waterschei Thor | 57 | (1) |
1984–1985 | FC Basel | 17 | (0) |
Total | 383 | (6) | |
International career | |||
1975–1979 | Netherlands | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Adrianus Ambrosius Cornelis van Kraaij (born 1 August 1953 in Eindhoven, North Brabant), commonly known as Adrie van Kraay, is a retired football central defender from the Netherlands.
Career
[edit]Van Kraaij represented his native country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, wearing the number four jersey. He played for PSV Eindhoven from 1971 until 1982, making 309 appearances and five scores for his club. At the end of his career, he had short spells at K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk of Belgium and FC Basel of Switzerland. From 2008 until 2010, Van Kraay was director of football at PSV Eindhoven, after Stan Valckx left the club.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bijzondere speler uitgelicht: Adrie van Kraaij". PSV.nl. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adrie van Kraaij.
- "Profile" (in German). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
- "PSV Profile" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Dutch men's footballers
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Netherlands men's international footballers
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1976 players
- PSV Eindhoven players
- K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk players
- FC Basel players
- Footballers from Eindhoven
- Eredivisie players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Living people
- Men's association football defenders
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- UEFA Europa League–winning players
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
- Dutch football defender stubs