Dick Advocaat

Dick Advocaat is the football lifer I can't help but admire. Nicknamed The Little General after his mentor Rinus Michels, he built a globe-spanning career as both player and manager, even earning recognition as a Merited Coach of Russia. What strikes me is his sheer longevity, still taking national-team jobs well past an age when most retire to punditry. That kind of endurance isn't talent, it's obsession, and I mean that as the highest compliment. He has coached across continents and reinvented himself repeatedly. I see in Advocaat someone who simply cannot leave the game, and football is richer for that stubborn, lifelong devotion.

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Name (English)

Dick Advocaat

Name (Japanese)

ディック・アドフォカート

Reading

でぃっく・あどふぉかーと

Born

September 27, 1947 (age 79)

Origin

The Hague, Netherlands

Height

170 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

Awards & achievements

• Merited Coach of Russia

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Advocaat
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11949

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 27, 2026

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