Hans van Breukelen

Hans van Breukelen fascinates me as a man who mastered two arenas. A towering goalkeeper out of Utrecht who logged 142 matches at FC Utrecht before building a long career, he later reinvented himself as a television presenter and even served as technical director of the Dutch FA. I have a soft spot for keepers turned commentators because they read the game from the last line of defence, where every mistake is final. That perspective breeds a rare composure and authority. What I value here is the versatility and nerve to leave the pitch and command a new stage entirely, succeeding on his own terms in both.

Name (English)

Hans van Breukelen

Name (Japanese)

ハンス・ファン・ブロイケレン

Reading

はんす・ふぁん・ぶろいけれん

Born

October 4, 1956 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

Origin

Utrecht, Netherlands

Height

188 cm

Occupation

television presenter / association football player / presenter

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.hansvanbreukelen.nl/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3

Tags

• television presenter
• association football player
• presenter

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.