Pierre van Hooijdonk
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Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk (born 29 November 1969) is a retired Dutch football
player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam
. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team
, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup
, Euro 2000
and Euro 2004
. He was noted for his spectacular free kicks.
lived in a small village nearby named Welberg. While playing in one of SC Welberg's youth squads he became familiar with the sport. His favourite team was NAC Breda
and he was already watching their games at a young age. When he was 11 years old he took part in a talent pool on the open day of the team and he impressed the NAC scouts. He was asked to join NAC, which he did and played mainly as a right midfielder. When he was 14 he was told he was not good enough for NAC and he switched to amateur side V.V. "Steenbergen". Here he switched to the striker position and he would play five years for the team, of which the last two seasons in their first team. His performances at V.V. "Steenbergen" were noticed by RBC Roosendaal scout Tiny van Dijk and he was brought into the team at amateur level.
was one of the teams. Van Hooijdonk did not hesitate and signed a contract at the team he supported as a kid.
s for Van Hooijdonk, a player whom they had sent away while he was playing in their youth squads. Returning at NAC gave him a good feeling and he was determined to show them what he was capable of. Van Hooijdonk succeeded in his goal and scored a total of 81 goals in four seasons, in which he played 115 matches. He helped the team to win promotion to the Eredivisie
in 1993. In his last season at this club, in December 1994, he was called up for the Netherlands
for the first time in his career. Not much later, in the 1994-95 winter break, Celtic
offered him a contract and made a deal with NAC for him to join them immediately, which he accepted.
right away and Van Hooijdonk was the only goalscorer in the final. Van Hooijdonk was popular among the fans, but had an argument with the club's president. As a result he ended up at the substitute bench and did not play for the majority of matches. The manager of the Dutch national team Guus Hiddink
told him he would not be selected for the national team as long as he was no regular first team player at Celtic. In total he scored 57 goals for the club in 68 appearances. He left Celtic over a wage dispute towards the end of the 1996/97 season, stating that the reputed £7,000 a week rise he was being offered might be "good enough for the homeless" to live on "but not for an international striker." He went on to join Nottingham Forest in a deal worth up to £4.5m.
on 11 March 1997. It was hoped the arrival of van Hooijdonk would kick-start their survival, but he scored just one goal in his eight games for them that season. Although only one of those games was lost, the other seven were drawn and Forest were relegated. He immediately pledged his future to helping the club regain their status.
The following season was an unqualified success, both for him and Forest. Forest won the title and promotion in a competitive league (facing stiff opposition from Sunderland, Charlton
and Middlesbrough
), with van Hooijdonk scoring 34 goals and building up a good partnership with strike partner Kevin Campbell
, who scored 23 times. He was a regular in the Dutch national squad
, and was named in the Dutch squad for 1998 FIFA World Cup
in France
where he scored as a substitute in the match against South Korea.
After the World Cup had finished he discovered that the promised strengthening to the Forest squad to enable them to cope back in the Premier League had not transpired, indeed that his strike partner Campbell (who had an ongoing back injury) had been sold to Trabzonspor
for £2.5m. The club had also announced that Scot Gemmill
was dropped from the first team for refusing to sign a new contract, and that club captain and terrace hero Colin Cooper
was being allowed to leave to the team promoted alongside them as runners up, Middlesbrough
. Van Hooijdonk asked for a transfer. The club's new owners refused. Van Hooijdonk announced that he had been told previously that he could leave the club at the end of the 1997/98 season if he so wished, that he felt betrayed by the club's owners who had failed to deliver on their promises to him regarding the strengthening of the team, and that he felt he could no longer play for his employers. His employers, desperate for a striker, refused to allow him to be transfer-listed again, so van Hooijdonk announced his intention to strike. He kept fit by training with his former club NAC Breda
.
Because of his behaviour Van Hooijdonk received criticism both from fans and from his teammates, not least from new club captain Steve Stone
and manager Dave Bassett
. The club refused to listen to offers for him, as they needed a top striker and the stand-off lasted until early November when he, realising that he had no choice, agreed to return. By this time the club was again in relegation trouble being bottom of the league without a win in nine games, having a striker would have helped. He played sporadically between then and the end of the season, outlasting Dave Bassett and Steve Stone. He scored 6 goals in his 18 starts in the Premier League, including his first goal in his third game back against Forest's fierce rivals Derby County
, helping them to a draw. Infamously after this goal most of his teammates refused to celebrate alongside him, instead going to Scot Gemmill
, the man who crossed the ball to him. He also scored a last minute home equaliser against rivals Liverpool
with a trademark free-kick that protected Forest's proud unbeaten home run against them that goes back to the 1980s. Forest ended the 1998/99 Premier League season bottom and relegated.
in a £3.5m move to continue his career after and did much to convince his critics of his goal-scoring abilities when he helped the Arnhem
team to a UEFA Cup
spot with 25 goals in one season. He also returned into the Dutch national team in this period. Van Hooijdonk then signed a three year deal for Benfica in 2000 where he joined up with one of the former Celtic F.C.
'three amigos' Jorge Cadete
. He eventually only played one season for them with 19 goals. At Benfica he faced the same structural problems as he faced at Nottingham Forest and the team used three different managers throughout the season. The new chairman at the club had no faith in Van Hooijdonk and he was set back into their second team. Benfica were planning on selling him to another foreign club, but all Van Hooijdonk wanted was to return to his home country. At the end of the 2000/01 season, he signed for his fourth Dutch club, Feyenoord Rotterdam
.
, Rangers
, PSV Eindhoven, Inter Milan
and Borussia Dortmund
. Just before the final, a group of Feyenoord fans called the Black and White Brothers recorded a song about van Hooijdonk called "Put your hands up for Pi-air" which charted in the Dutch music charts and referred to van Hooijdonk's free-kicks and goals.
) by fans. He wore the number 17 the same number that he worn for the national team
.
He won the Süper Lig title in 2003-04 (first championship in his career) and again the following year in 2004-05 with Fenerbahçe.
of the 2005/06 season, he signed for another former club, Feyenoord, where he scored 8 goals in 37 appearances.
On 17 October 2006 Van Hooijdonk announced his retirement at the end of the 2006-07 season. On 13 May 2007 he eventually played his final professional match after a draw with Feyenoord against FC Groningen in the play-offs, having played 550 games (335 goals) in the highest leagues in 18 seasons of professional football.
.
Nottingham Forest
Feyenoord
Fenerbahçe
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...
. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
, Euro 2000
2000 UEFA European Football Championship
The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organized by UEFA, association football's governing body in Europe....
and Euro 2004
2004 UEFA European Football Championship
The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, better known as Euro 2004, was the 12th European Football Championship, a quadrennial football tournament for European national teams. It was hosted in Portugal, for the first time, between 12 June and 4 July 2004, following its selection by UEFA, in...
. He was noted for his spectacular free kicks.
Early years
As a child, Van Hooijdonk who was born in SteenbergenSteenbergen
Steenbergen can mean:*Steenbergen, a town and municipality in North Brabant, the Netherlands*Steenbergen , a hamlet in the south of Drenthe, the Netherlands*Steenbergen , a hamlet in the north of Drenthe, the Netherlands...
lived in a small village nearby named Welberg. While playing in one of SC Welberg's youth squads he became familiar with the sport. His favourite team was NAC Breda
NAC Breda
NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...
and he was already watching their games at a young age. When he was 11 years old he took part in a talent pool on the open day of the team and he impressed the NAC scouts. He was asked to join NAC, which he did and played mainly as a right midfielder. When he was 14 he was told he was not good enough for NAC and he switched to amateur side V.V. "Steenbergen". Here he switched to the striker position and he would play five years for the team, of which the last two seasons in their first team. His performances at V.V. "Steenbergen" were noticed by RBC Roosendaal scout Tiny van Dijk and he was brought into the team at amateur level.
First steps in professional football
As RBC were facing financial trouble in these days they were forced to use youth players faster than other teams and in the 1988-89 season Van Hooijdonk was brought in as a substitute for a few times and soon scored three goals, which resulted in more appearances throughout the season. Because RBC's main striker suffered from an injury Van Hooijdonk played almost the whole second half of the season, scoring a total of six goals in 32 matches. He signed his first professional contract and his final breakthrough came in the following season in which he became a key player for the team, scoring 27 times in 37 matches. Several teams showed interest and NAC BredaNAC Breda
NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...
was one of the teams. Van Hooijdonk did not hesitate and signed a contract at the team he supported as a kid.
Back at NAC
NAC paid 400,000 guilderGuilder
Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch gulden — from Old Dutch for 'golden'. The guilder originated as a gold coin but has been a common name for a silver or base metal coin for some centuries...
s for Van Hooijdonk, a player whom they had sent away while he was playing in their youth squads. Returning at NAC gave him a good feeling and he was determined to show them what he was capable of. Van Hooijdonk succeeded in his goal and scored a total of 81 goals in four seasons, in which he played 115 matches. He helped the team to win promotion to the Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
in 1993. In his last season at this club, in December 1994, he was called up for the Netherlands
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
for the first time in his career. Not much later, in the 1994-95 winter break, Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
offered him a contract and made a deal with NAC for him to join them immediately, which he accepted.
Celtic
When Van Hooijdonk arrived at Celtic they had not won any trophies in six years. However with Van Hooijdonk Celtic won the Scottish CupScottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
right away and Van Hooijdonk was the only goalscorer in the final. Van Hooijdonk was popular among the fans, but had an argument with the club's president. As a result he ended up at the substitute bench and did not play for the majority of matches. The manager of the Dutch national team Guus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink is a Dutch football manager and former player. He was the most recently manager of the Turkish national football team. He is considered to be one of the best managers of his generation and was the best-paid coach in international football in 2009...
told him he would not be selected for the national team as long as he was no regular first team player at Celtic. In total he scored 57 goals for the club in 68 appearances. He left Celtic over a wage dispute towards the end of the 1996/97 season, stating that the reputed £7,000 a week rise he was being offered might be "good enough for the homeless" to live on "but not for an international striker." He went on to join Nottingham Forest in a deal worth up to £4.5m.
Nottingham Forest
Van Hooijdonk arrived as Forest were in deep relegation trouble, struggling to maintain their position in the Premier League. He made his debut for Forest in a 1-1 draw against BlackburnBlackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
on 11 March 1997. It was hoped the arrival of van Hooijdonk would kick-start their survival, but he scored just one goal in his eight games for them that season. Although only one of those games was lost, the other seven were drawn and Forest were relegated. He immediately pledged his future to helping the club regain their status.
The following season was an unqualified success, both for him and Forest. Forest won the title and promotion in a competitive league (facing stiff opposition from Sunderland, Charlton
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
and Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
), with van Hooijdonk scoring 34 goals and building up a good partnership with strike partner Kevin Campbell
Kevin Campbell (footballer)
Kevin Joseph Campbell is an English former football player who played as a striker.-Playing career:Campbell began his career as a trainee with Arsenal, joining the club on schoolboy forms in 1985...
, who scored 23 times. He was a regular in the Dutch national squad
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
, and was named in the Dutch squad for 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
where he scored as a substitute in the match against South Korea.
After the World Cup had finished he discovered that the promised strengthening to the Forest squad to enable them to cope back in the Premier League had not transpired, indeed that his strike partner Campbell (who had an ongoing back injury) had been sold to Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
for £2.5m. The club had also announced that Scot Gemmill
Scot Gemmill
Scotland 'Scot' Gemmill is a Scottish ex professional association footballer who is now a UEFA A Licensed Coach. He is currently helping to coach the Scotland Under 19 Team. He played as a midfielder, most recently for the New Zealand Knights...
was dropped from the first team for refusing to sign a new contract, and that club captain and terrace hero Colin Cooper
Colin Cooper
Colin Terence Cooper is an English former footballer, who spent most of his career at Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest. Cooper is part of the Middlesbrough coaching staff after leaving his role of assistant manager at Bradford City.-Playing career:He played as a centre back, but was equally...
was being allowed to leave to the team promoted alongside them as runners up, Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
. Van Hooijdonk asked for a transfer. The club's new owners refused. Van Hooijdonk announced that he had been told previously that he could leave the club at the end of the 1997/98 season if he so wished, that he felt betrayed by the club's owners who had failed to deliver on their promises to him regarding the strengthening of the team, and that he felt he could no longer play for his employers. His employers, desperate for a striker, refused to allow him to be transfer-listed again, so van Hooijdonk announced his intention to strike. He kept fit by training with his former club NAC Breda
NAC Breda
NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...
.
Because of his behaviour Van Hooijdonk received criticism both from fans and from his teammates, not least from new club captain Steve Stone
Steve Stone (footballer)
Steven Brian "Steve" Stone is an English former footballer and now part of the coaching staff at Newcastle United.-Club career:...
and manager Dave Bassett
Dave Bassett
David Bassett , also frequently known by his nickname of Harry, is an English football manager and a former player....
. The club refused to listen to offers for him, as they needed a top striker and the stand-off lasted until early November when he, realising that he had no choice, agreed to return. By this time the club was again in relegation trouble being bottom of the league without a win in nine games, having a striker would have helped. He played sporadically between then and the end of the season, outlasting Dave Bassett and Steve Stone. He scored 6 goals in his 18 starts in the Premier League, including his first goal in his third game back against Forest's fierce rivals Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
, helping them to a draw. Infamously after this goal most of his teammates refused to celebrate alongside him, instead going to Scot Gemmill
Scot Gemmill
Scotland 'Scot' Gemmill is a Scottish ex professional association footballer who is now a UEFA A Licensed Coach. He is currently helping to coach the Scotland Under 19 Team. He played as a midfielder, most recently for the New Zealand Knights...
, the man who crossed the ball to him. He also scored a last minute home equaliser against rivals Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
with a trademark free-kick that protected Forest's proud unbeaten home run against them that goes back to the 1980s. Forest ended the 1998/99 Premier League season bottom and relegated.
Football nomad
At the end of the 1998/99 season he returned to the Netherlands with Vitesse ArnhemVitesse Arnhem
Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on 14 May 1892. Vitesse has had considerable success in the Eredivisie, and featured in the UEFA Cup competition, but has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands...
in a £3.5m move to continue his career after and did much to convince his critics of his goal-scoring abilities when he helped the Arnhem
Arnhem
Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...
team to a UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
spot with 25 goals in one season. He also returned into the Dutch national team in this period. Van Hooijdonk then signed a three year deal for Benfica in 2000 where he joined up with one of the former Celtic F.C.
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
'three amigos' Jorge Cadete
Jorge Cadete
Jorge Paulo Cadete Santos Reis , known as Cadete, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a striker....
. He eventually only played one season for them with 19 goals. At Benfica he faced the same structural problems as he faced at Nottingham Forest and the team used three different managers throughout the season. The new chairman at the club had no faith in Van Hooijdonk and he was set back into their second team. Benfica were planning on selling him to another foreign club, but all Van Hooijdonk wanted was to return to his home country. At the end of the 2000/01 season, he signed for his fourth Dutch club, Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...
.
UEFA Cup winner
While at Feyenoord, he will always be remembered for his free kick abilities and his integral part in the UEFA Cup 2001-02 win. He scored two goals in the final and his performances helped Feyenoord beat FreiburgSC Freiburg
Sport-Club Freiburg, commonly known as SC Freiburg, is a German association football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. SC Freiburg has played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, since their promotion in 2009...
, Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
, PSV Eindhoven, Inter Milan
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
and Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
. Just before the final, a group of Feyenoord fans called the Black and White Brothers recorded a song about van Hooijdonk called "Put your hands up for Pi-air" which charted in the Dutch music charts and referred to van Hooijdonk's free-kicks and goals.
Fenerbahçe
Never one to settle down, van Hooijdonk joined Fenerbahçe SK at the beginning of the 2003-04 season where he featured in 52 games for the Turkish club and scored 32 goals (24 in his first season). He was nicknamed Aziz Pierre (means Saint Pierre in TurkishTurkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
) by fans. He wore the number 17 the same number that he worn for the national team
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
.
He won the Süper Lig title in 2003-04 (first championship in his career) and again the following year in 2004-05 with Fenerbahçe.
The final years
In mid-2005, he signed again for his former club, NAC, playing 17 games but scoring only 5 goals. During the winter transfer windowTransfer window
The transfer window is the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other countries into their playing staff. Such a transfer is completed by registering the player into the new club through FIFA...
of the 2005/06 season, he signed for another former club, Feyenoord, where he scored 8 goals in 37 appearances.
On 17 October 2006 Van Hooijdonk announced his retirement at the end of the 2006-07 season. On 13 May 2007 he eventually played his final professional match after a draw with Feyenoord against FC Groningen in the play-offs, having played 550 games (335 goals) in the highest leagues in 18 seasons of professional football.
Victim of fraud
It was reported on 29 May 2008 that van Hooijdonk had been a victim of fraud and had lost £2,000,000 to a scam, which involved him investing in a Chinese textile company which did not exist. Dutch police said the scam was worth 'many millions of euro'.Pundit
Van Hooijdonk is currently part of the pundit team for the Dutch pay-tv broadcaster Eredivisie LiveEredivisie Live
Eredivisie Live is a Dutch pay-tv channel which holds the exclusive rights for the live matches of the Eredivisie, the highest national football division....
.
Honours
CelticCeltic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
- Scottish CupScottish CupThe Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
: 1994-95Scottish Cup 1994-95The 1994–95 Scottish Cup was the 110th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic after defeating Airdrieonians in the final.-First round:-Replays:-Second round:-Replays:-Third round:...
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
- Football League ChampionshipFootball League ChampionshipThe Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
: 1997-98
Feyenoord
- UEFA Cup: 2001-022002 UEFA Cup FinalThe 2002 UEFA Cup Final was a football match played on 8 May 2002, between Feyenoord of the Netherlands and Borussia Dortmund of Germany. Feyenoord won the match 3–2. It was the 31st UEFA Cup Final and was held in the Feijenoord Stadion, which is the home ground of Feyenoord...
- UEFA Super Cup Runner-up: 20022002 UEFA Super CupThe 2002 UEFA Super Cup was played on August 30, 2002 between Real Madrid of Spain and Feyenoord of the Netherlands. Real Madrid qualified by beating Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final. Feyenoord had made it to the Super Cup after beating Borussia Dortmund in the 2002 UEFA Cup...
Fenerbahçe
- Süper Lig: 2003-04, 2004-05
Club
| Club | League | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||||
| Celtic FC | Scottish Premier League Scottish Premier League The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland... |
1994-95 Scottish Premier Division 1994–95 The 1994–95 Scottish Premier Division season began on 13 August 1994 and was the first season of the new-look ten team league.-Overview:... |
14 | 4 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1995–96 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 41 | 32 | ||||||||||
| 1996–97 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 16 | |||||||||
| Total | 69 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 52 | |||||||||
| Nottingham Forest | Premier League | 1996-97 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | ||||||||
| Division 1 Football League First Division The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship.... |
1997–98 | 42 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | – | 47 | 34 | |||||||||
| Premier League | 1998–99 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 22 | 6 | |||||||||
| Total | 71 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Vitesse | Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... |
1999-00 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | 36 | 28 | |
| Total | 29 | 25 | 3 | 1 | SL Benfica SL Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica , commonly known as simply Benfica or occasionally as Benfica Lisbon, is a Portuguese multi-sports club based in Lisbon. Although they successfully compete in a number of different sports, Benfica is mostly known for its association football team... | Portuguese Liga Portuguese Liga The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system... |
2000-01 | 30 | 19 | ? | ? | – | 2 | 2 | 32 | 21 | |||
| Total | 30 | 19 | ? | ? | Feyenoord | Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... |
2001-02 Eredivisie 2001-02 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2001/2002 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax alson won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, so finalists FC Utrecht could play in the UEFA Cup... |
33 | 24 | 1 | 0 | – | 12 | 9 | 46 | 33 | |||
| 2002-03 Eredivisie 2002-03 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2002/2003 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 FC Zwolle remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs... |
28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | 33 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Total | 61 | 52 | 1 | 0 | Fenerbahçe | Süper Lig | 2003-04 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 25 | ||||
| 2004-05 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | 26 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Total | 53 | 32 | 5 | 2 | NAC Breda NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of... | Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... |
2005-06 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 20 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |– | 20 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Feyenoord | Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... |
2005-06 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2006-07 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 32 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Total | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | Pierre's playing profile (from CelticTalk.org The Ultimate Celtic Forum)
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