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 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.

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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)

Origin

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co%20Adriaanse
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469750

Tags

• North Holland
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.