Martin Jol

Martin Jol is the kind of football lifer I genuinely respect. Born in The Hague in 1956, the towering Dutch midfielder logged over 400 career appearances and earned three caps for the Netherlands before turning to management across the Netherlands, Germany, and England. His Tottenham years left the strongest impression on me: an animated, combative touchline presence who got teams playing with real spirit. What I admire is the trajectory itself, a player who grinded out a long career and then rebuilt himself as a coach who crossed borders. That hard-earned, hands-on path always reads as authentic to me.

Name (English)

Martin Jol

Name (Japanese)

マルティン・ヨル

Reading

まるてぃん・よる

Born

January 16, 1956 (age 70)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey

Origin

The Hague, Netherlands

Height

184 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Jol
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310181

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

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