Pim Verbeek: Australia coach at World Cup 2010

May 27, 2010 - PRLog -- PIM VERBEEK
AGE: 54.
NATIONALITY: Dutch.
WORLD CUP EXPERIENCE: 2002 Assistant, South Korea.
PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE: 1981–84 Sparta Rotterdam, 1987–89 De Graafschap, 1989–91 Feyenoord, 1991–92 FC Wageningen, 1992–19 FC Groningen, 1994–97 Fortuna Sittard, 1998–2000 Omiya Ardija, 2000–02 Assistant, South Korea, 2002–03 PSV Eindhoven reserves, 2003 Kyoto Purple Sanga, 2004 Dutch Antilles, 2004 Borussia Monchengladbach, assistant, 2005 UAE assistant, 2005–2006 Assitant, South Korea, 2006–2007 South Korea, 2007– Australia.

He was linked to coaching Australia after he said he would welcome another job in Asia and had previously been linked with the Socceroos coaching role in 2005.

Verbeek has brought a pragmatic approach to the team, built on a solid defence, but also with capabilities going forward on the flanks.

Highly respected by the players, Verbeek has instilled a strong sense of team in what is a highly motivated and focused unit.

During a post match interview which followed the 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Qatar, Verbeek promised to sing the Australian national anthem Advance Australia Fair live on television, on the condition that the Socceroos qualify for the World Cup.

This was in response to a query from a commentator about Verbeek’s knowledge of the words to the anthem, in reference to former assistant Johan Neeskens, a Dutchman who sang the Australian national anthem before each match of the 2006 World Cup.

Verbeek will move on after the World Cup in South Africa 2010, as manager of the Moroccan Olympic, U20 and the U17 teams.

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