Frans Hoek

Quick Facts

Full Name	Frans Hoek
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 17, 1956(1956-10-17)
Age	68
Birthplace	Hoorn
Country	Netherlands
Horoscope	Libra

Frans Hoek Biography

Frans Hoek is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on October 17, 1956 in Hoorn, Netherlands.

Starting as an amateur goalkeeper at SV Always Forward, Hoek played in goal at FC Volendam from 1973 to 1985, and in 1977 he achieved top flight football for the first time in the club’s history. Two years later, Volendam were relegated. In 1983, Hoek and his teammates were promoted back to the Eredivisie, where they spent another two seasons. Hoek scored against Roda JC Kerkrade in September 1983. In 1985, Hoek ended his playing career as a goalkeeper, moving into coaching.

Hoek joined Ajax in 1986 as a coach, working under manager Johan Cruyff, and in 1991 became the goalkeeping coach of manager Louis van Gaal at the club. A young Edwin van der Sar was under the care of Hoek at Ajax. In between this, he also coached for two years the goalkeepers of his former club Volendam. In 1997, he followed van Gaal to Barcelona, where he oversaw the promotion of Víctor Valdés. He moved with van Gaal to the Netherlands national football team in 2000, and back to Barcelona again in 2002. From 2005 he was for four years the goalkeeping coach of the Poland national football team, under manager Leo Beenhakker, where he went to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Beenhakker had been the former head coach at Volendam, where Hoek spent his playing career. Following this, Hoek joined van Gaal again at Bayern Munich in 2010, where he received both the role of goalkeeping coach and an assistant coach. After van Gaal left Germany in 2011, the pair took over the Netherlands national football team (for the second time), going to UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland/Ukraine and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Frans Hoek Net Worth

Frans Hoek is one of the richest Association Football Player from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Frans Hoek 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Frans Hoek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrɑns ˈɦuk] ; born 17 October 1956) is a Dutch football coach and former player. As a player, he was a goalkeeper for FC Volendam for more than a decade, before going into coaching as an assistant to Louis van Gaal at club sides AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, FC Bayern Munich and Manchester United, and the Netherlands national team. He also worked for the Poland national team under fellow Dutchman Leo Beenhakker. He has worked with goalkeepers including Edwin van der Sar, Stanley Menzo, Víctor Valdés, Vítor Baía, Pepe Reina, Robert Enke, Łukasz Fabiański, Thomas Kraft, Michel Vorm and David de Gea. Hoek is widely regarded as one of world football’s foremost goalkeeping mentors.

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Fushih Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Frans Hoek celebrates birthday on October 17 of every year.