Hans van Breukelen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hans van Breukelen
Occupation	Television Presenter
Date Of Birth	Oct 4, 1956(1956-10-04)
Age	68
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	Utrecht
Horoscope	Libra

Hans van Breukelen Biography

Hans van Breukelen is one of the most popular and richest Television Presenter who was born on October 4, 1956 in Utrecht, Netherlands. Johannes Franciscus van Breukelen, also known as Hans (Dutch pronunciation: [hans fan]bro:k@l@n]; was born on 4 October 1956). He is a former goalkeeper for the Dutch Football Association. He is currently the technical director for the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB).

Van Breukelen’s international debut was made against West Germany on October 11, 1980. He played in qualifying matches for the 1982 World Cup and Euro 1984, but the Dutch team did not qualify for any of these tournaments. Van Breukelen struggled with his form in the Euro 1988 qualifiers and coach Rinus Michels replaced him with Joop Hiele, the goalkeeper, before the 1987 qualification match against Hungary. Van Breukelen was back as the first choice in the next match. He conceded just one goal during the eight matches of the qualification round. This was the first major tournament in the Netherlands since 1980. The Netherlands made it through Euro 1988 with a narrow victory over West Germany, but they managed to defeat their rivals in the semi-finals (2-1). Van Breukelen stated that beating the Germans was more important than the European Championship Final. After defeating the Soviet Union in the final, the Netherlands became the European champions (2-0). Van Breukelen was penalized in that match but saved Igor Belanov’s attempt to win the next one. He was later named the best goalkeeper in the tournament.

In the 1983–84 season, Van Breukelen played 36 league matches, keeping 11 clean sheets in the process. The team ended third, six points behind title winners Liverpool. In the UEFA Cup, Nottingham Forest were beaten in the semi- finals against Anderlecht. During the season, Nottingham Forest and Van Breukelen had increasing arguments about his frequent international call-ups. Not willing to sacrifice his spot in the Dutch team, he decided to leave England after the 1983–84 season.

The subsequent public (and media) mockery resulted in difficult times for Van Breukelen, but he recovered in time for the 1987–88 season; the high point of his career. That year, PSV won the league title for the third time in a row, it won the KNVB Cup and the European Cup. In the European Cup final against Benfica, the match remained goalless so penalties had to decide the outcome. After PSV converted their sixth penalty, Benfica’s Antonio Veloso’s low kick in the left corner was parried away by Van Breukelen; a save that brought PSV the European Cup victory. For his performances, he also won the Dutch Goalkeeper of the Year award in 1988; an award he would win four times in total. In the 1988–89 season, PSV won the double yet again. Van Breukelen and PSV also won the Dutch cup in 1990 and two more league titles in 1991 and 1992.

Van Breukelen began his career in FC Utrecht’s reserve team. He quickly rose to become the third goalkeeper for the club, behind Jan Stroomberg and Blagoje Istatov. Van Breukelen was made his debut on 20 March 1977 after he was selected to replace Istanov during the match against Sparta. Utrecht lost this match 3-0 away. Later, he would be the first-choice for the sticks for four more years.

Hans van Breukelen Net Worth

Hans van Breukelen is one of the richest Television Presenter from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hans van Breukelen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Van Breukelen was born in Utrecht. He started playing club football in 1964 at the amateur team BVC de Bilt. At age 17, he was selected for the first BVC team. Van Breukelen was then transferred to FC Utrecht a few months later. He studied to be a teacher in his youth. After signing for FC Utrecht he completed his studies in pedagogy, and taught at schools.

Van Breukelen was born in De Bilt and played in the BVC youth academy. He moved to FC Utrecht in 1976 and played 142 matches. Van Breukelen left Nottingham Forest after two years and moved to PSV Eindhoven, in 1984. He won six league titles with PSV and three domestic cups. Van Breukelen won the European Cup in 1988 as part of the Treble. He saved Benfica’s sixth penalty during the shoot-out. He was also named Goalkeeper of Year in the Netherlands four times.

In the 1980–81 season, Utrecht reached the third place (its highest ever position to date) and a year later, Van Breukelen and his team reached the KNVB Cup final. In 1982, FC Utrecht was facing bankruptcy and were willing to sell Van Breukelen in order to raise funds. Initially, there was no sign of a transfer and he played two matches in the 1982–83 season. But in September, Van Breukelen was eventually signed by Nottingham Forest. In total, he played 142 Eredivisie games for the club.

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Van Breukelen returned to his role as an entrepreneur and in 2000, he founded his own company HvB Management, specialized in conducting lectures and trainings for businesses. Later, Van Breukelen also co-founded two other companies. In October 2001, Van Breukelen got his coaching diploma ‘Trainer Coach I’, which enabled him to become an assistant-manager at a professional club or a manager at an amateur club. Since 2005, he served as the director of Sports and Technology, a Dutch foundation working on innovation in the two areas. In July 2010, Van Breukelen joined the PSV Eindhoven board of directors. His appointment was endorsed by the ‘Vereniging PSV’ (association PSV), who have a partial say in the board membership. After his disappointment with PSV’s football performances in 2013, Van Breukelen hoped to instigate a change of management direction and club culture. He contacted Guus Hiddink, several other former PSV players and sponsors to aid his cause.

Facts & Trivia

Hans Ranked on the list of most popular Television Presenter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Hans van Breukelen celebrates birthday on October 4 of every year.

In June 2016, van Breukelen was appointed technical director of the Dutch FA.