Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is one of those strikers who made defenders genuinely nervous — a Surinamese-born, Netherlands-raised forward who became one of the most feared goalscorers in European football during the late 1990s and 2000s. His time at Atletico Madrid and Chelsea was something else: that thunderous left foot, the way he'd strike from distance without hesitation, it was pure conviction. He won the La Liga top scorer title twice with Atletico, which tells you everything about his level. What I appreciate is that he didn't coast on his playing reputation — he moved into coaching and actually worked his way through lower-league management in England, earning his stripes the hard way. Not every ex-star does that.

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Name (English)

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Name (Japanese)

ジミー・フロイド・ハッセルバインク

Reading

じみー・ふろいど・はっせるばいんく

Born

March 27, 1972 (age 54)

Origin

Paramaribo, Suriname

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach / autobiographer / reality television participant / athlete

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Floyd%20Hasselbaink
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223176

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach
• autobiographer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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