Photo: Knurftendans / FAL (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Goalkeepers rarely get poetic write-ups, but Patrick Lodewijks earns one from me. Three hundred seventy-four Eredivisie appearances across twenty years is the kind of stat that screams reliability over flash, and I have always valued the steady custodians more than the highlight-reel keepers. That he grew up in Eindhoven, in PSV country, feels fitting. What I admire most is the second act: becoming the goalkeeping coach for the Netherlands national team. Translating two decades of instinct into teaching the next generation is the hardest kind of leadership, and Lodewijks strikes me as a man who understood the position from the inside out.
Overview
Patrick Lodewijks (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpɛtrɪk ˈloːdəʋɛiks] ; born 21 February 1967) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the goalkeeping coach of the Netherlands national team. He played in 374 Eredivisie matches in a 20-year professional career, in representation of three clubs.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Patrick Lodewijks
- Name (Japanese)
- パトリック・ローデヴァイクス
- Reading
- ぱとりっく・ろーでゔぁいくす
- Born
- February 21, 1967 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
- Origin
- Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.