Wim Rijsbergen


Wilhelmus "Wim" Gerardus Rijsbergen is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was last the manager of Solomon Islands' national team.

Playing career

Rijsbergen was born in Leiden, South Holland. Playing for Feyenoord Rotterdam, he was part of the Netherlands national football team which finished second in both the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. He later played in the North American Soccer League, for the New York Cosmos. Rijsbergen began his professional career at PEC Zwolle, and ended it in 1986 at FC Utrecht.

Managerial career

In 1999, he was appointed manager of Universidad Católica.
Rijsbergen, an assistant to Leo Beenhakker at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, assumed control of the Trinidad and Tobago national team in his own right following the World Cup. As of December 2007, he was suspended by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation for six months, through 4 June 2007 and replaced.
He was manager of Indonesia from 2011 to 2012, after which he stayed in Indonesia to become technical director. Rijsbergen joined the Solomon Islands and guided the island nation to a fourth place in group B in the 2019 Pacific Games.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
125 April 1976De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands1–05–0[UEFA Euro UEFA Euro 1976|1976 qualifying Group 5|UEFA Euro 1976 qualification]

Honors

As a player

PEC Zwolle
Feyenoord
New York Cosmos
Utrecht
Netherlands

As a manager

FC Volendam