Co Adriaanse

Co Adriaanse is the kind of football lifer I find quietly compelling. A centre-back turned manager, born in Amsterdam in 1947, he came up through Dutch football's famously cerebral culture and clearly carried that tactical literacy into coaching. I have a soft spot for defenders who become managers; they tend to value structure, discipline, and reading the game over flashy attacking instinct. The data on him is thin here, but the arc itself tells a story of someone who stayed in the sport his whole life, translating hard-won playing experience into shaping others. That kind of longevity earns my respect more than any single highlight ever could.

Name (English)

Co Adriaanse

Name (Japanese)

コー・アドリアーンセ

Reading

こー・あどりあーんせ

Born

July 21, 1947 (age 79)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

Origin

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BB

Tags

• North Holland
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.