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Louis van Gaal – Football Research Archive

Club career

331

34 goals, as Wikidata records them (competitions not stated); 1 spell without figures

Premier League in this archive

0

No team sheets held for this person

International caps

–Not held

None recorded on Wikidata

Matches managed in this archive

76

1 head coach tenure at clubs held

Profile

Wikidata item: Q207431
Date of birth: 8 Aug 1951
Place of birth: Amsterdam
Citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Position: midfielder
Height: 185 cm
Preferred foot: Not held

Photo: Congres in Beeld from Eindhoven, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Background removed and margins trimmed by the archive. All photo credits.

Source: Wikidata (CC0), revision 2551956086, checked 15 Oct 2026, 17:31 BST. Identified by Wikidata's own head-coach statement.

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Louis van Gaal

Louis van Gaal

PlayerHead coachNationality Kingdom of the NetherlandsAge 75 (born 8 Aug 1951)Position midfielder

Sources Wikidata, WikipediaUpdated 15 Oct 2026, 17:31 BSTItem Q207431

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