Koos Waslander

Koos Waslander is a Dutch football coach and former player. He was most recently head coach of Dutch Tweede Klasse club RBC.

Career

Born in Rotterdam, Waslander played in the Netherlands and the United States for Excelsior, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, NAC Breda, PEC Zwolle and DS'79.
Waslander holds the record for the quickest goal in the Eredivisie, scoring after eight seconds.
With the Fort Lauderdale Strikers he was a Soccer Bowl '80 runner up. In the final, won 3-0 by New York Cosmos in September 1980, he entered the match as a substitute five minutes before half-time for the injured German striker Gerd Müller.

Coaching career

Waslander coached numerous teams in the Netherlands after his retirement, most notably VV Spijkenisse, Leonidas, and RBC. He also worked as an assistant and youth coach at NAC Breda.