Hans van der Pluijm

Hans van der Pluijm is a Dutch football coach and former player who coaches Singida BS. in Tanzania.

Playing career

A former goalkeeper, he played almost 20 years for Den Bosch between 1967 and 1986. He made 66 Eredivisie games for them and was succeeded between the posts by another Den Bosch legend, Jan van Grinsven.

After retiring, van der Pluijm was the manager of Den Bosch until 1995. He then spent a season with Excelsior and has worked in Afrika since 1999. He was manager in Ghana, Ethiopia and Tanzania and married a Ghanaian woman.
His best achievement as a coach/manager was the final of the Dutch Cup in 1991, which Den Bosch lost 1–0.