Huub stevens biography

Hubertus Jozef Margaretha "Huub" Stevens is a Dutch former professional football manager and player.
Playing career.
Huub Stevens was born on November 29, 1953 in Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands.

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Huub Stevens

Hubertus Jozef Margaretha "Huub" Stevens (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦyp ˈsteː.və(n)s]; born 29 November 1953) is a former Dutch professional football manager and player.

Playing career

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Stevens was born in Sittard. He played for Fortuna Sittard and PSV. With PSV, he won the Eredivisie three times, the KNVB Cup once and the UEFA Cup in 1978. He also played for the Netherlands national team. He played 18 matches and scored one goal. With the team he played in the 1980 European Championship finals.

Managerial career

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He started his career as head of youth development at PSV. In 1993 Stevens became the manager of Roda JC Kerkrade. From October 1996 to June 2002, he managed German Bundesliga club Schalke 04,^[2] With them he won the UEFA Cup in 1997 and the DFB-Pokal in 2001 and 2002. In 1999, Schalke fans picked Stevens as manager of the century.^[3]

Then Stevens was manager of Hertha BSC,^[4]. He was sacked on 4 December 2003.^[5] He went to 1. FC Köln, which he mana

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Huub Stevens presents biography

PSV luminaries
The Philips Stadium was filled Tuesday afternoon with PSV luminaries who all played an important role in Steven's career, such as Rijvers and Ploegsma, as well as teammate Willy van der Kuijlen, and his wife Toos. Stevens, one of the most respected defenders in PSV history, played nearly three hundred (league) duels in red and white.

Never Give Up
The 62-year-old Limburger won many titles including the UEFA Cup in 1978. Later, he also served as youth coach and head coach at Philips Stadium. The book 'Huub Stevens - Never Give Up' takes you through Stevens' rich career, via Roda JC Kerkrade, among others, to his heyday in Germany, where he won the UEFA Cup with Schalke 04. In this biography written by Bert Nederlof, Stevens talks candidly about his impressive and hectic career, in which 'never giving up' was essential.

Lots of media attention for the book launch of 'Never Give Up' | © PSV Me
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