Jan Wouters

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Multiple issues Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Jan Jacobus Wouters (born 17 July 1960) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. He played as a defensive midfielder and was Dutch Footballer of the Year in 1990.

Career

Wouters played for several clubs including PSV, Utrecht, Bayern Munich and Ajax. He was also a Netherlands international team member (70 caps, four goals) and was hugely influential in 1988 when the Netherlands won the European Football Championship.

He was a coach of Scottish Premier League club Rangers under Dick Advocaat and then Alex McLeish. He left Rangers at the end of the 2005–06 season, along with McLeish and Andy Watson.

Wouters is infamous to England supporters after elbowing Paul Gascoigne and fracturing his cheekbone during a World Cup qualifier in 1993 at Wembley Stadium. Gascoigne was forced to wear a Phantom of the Opera style facemask to protect his fractured cheekbone until his injury healed. The following day, the Daily Mirror labelled Wouters a "Dutch thug". The match was drawn 2–2 and damaged England's hopes of qualifying for the 1994 World Cup finals in the United States, despite England leading the match 2–0.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name=voetbalstats_ere>Template:Cite web</ref>

Club	Season	League<ref name=voetbalstats_ere />			National Cup		Other		Continental<ref name="voetbalstats_eur">Template:Cite web</ref>		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Utrecht	1980–81	Eredivisie	19	1	2	0	—		—		21	1
	1981–82		31	4	8	2	—		2Template:Efn	0	43	6
	1982–83		27	6	1	0	—		1Template:Efn	0	29	6
	1983–84		31	4	2	1	—		—		33	5
	1984–85		25	1	6	1	—		—		31	2
	1985–86		33	5	1	0	—		2Template:Efn	0	36	5
	Total		166<ref name=voetbalstats_ere />	21<ref name=voetbalstats_ere />	20	4	—		5<ref name="voetbalstats_eur" />	0<ref name="voetbalstats_eur" />	193	25
Ajax	1986–87	Eredivisie	32	4	7	0	—		9Template:Efn	1	48	5
	1987–88		28	4	1	0	2Template:Efn	0	7Template:Efn	0	36	4
	1988–89		22	1	4	0	—		1Template:Efn	0	27	0
	1989–90		28	7	4	1	—		2Template:Efn	1	34	7
	1990–91		30	5	2	1	—		— Template:Efn		32	6
	1991–92		11	2	—		—		4Template:Efn	0	14	1
	Total<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>		151<ref name=voetbalstats_ere />	23<ref name=voetbalstats_ere />	18	2	2	0	23<ref name="voetbalstats_eur" />	2<ref name="voetbalstats_eur" />	194	23
Bayern Munich	1991–92	Bundesliga	17	1	—		—		—		17	1
	1992–93		33	4	2	0	—		—		35	4
	1993–94		16	1	4	1	—		4Template:Efn	0	24	2
	Total		68	6	6	1	—		4	0	76	7
PSV	1993–94	Eredivisie	10	1	1	0	—		—		11	1
	1994–95		22	1	1	0	—		2Template:Efn	0	25	1
	1995–96		20	3	4	0	—		3Template:Efn	0	27	3
	Total		52<ref name="voetbalstats_ere" />	5<ref name="voetbalstats_ere" />	6	0	—		5<ref name="voetbalstats_eur" />	0<ref name="voetbalstats_eur" />	63	5
Career total			437	55	50	7	2	0	37	2	524	60

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=voetbalstats>Template:Cite web</ref>

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	1982	1	0
	1983	0	0
	1984	0	0
	1985	0	0
	1986	7	0
	1987	3	0
	1988	10	1
	1989	5	2
	1990	11	0
	1991	6	0
	1992	13	1
	1993	7	0
	1994	7	0
Total		70	4

Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wouters goal.

List of international goals scored by Jan Wouters<ref name=voetbalstats />

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	24 May 1988	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Template:Fb	1–0	1–2	Friendly
2	4 January 1989	Tel Aviv, Israel	Template:Fb	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3	6 September 1989	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Template:Fb	2–0	2–2	Friendly
4	25 March 1992	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Template:Fb	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Utrecht

• KNVB Cup: 1984–85

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1989–90
• KNVB Cup: 1986–87
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87
• UEFA Cup: 1991–92

Bayern Munich<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Bundesliga: 1993–94

PSV

• KNVB Cup: 1995–96

Netherlands

• UEFA European Championship: 1988

Individual

• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1989–90
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1992–93<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In popular culture

Wouters was repeatedly referenced in a Saturday Night Live sketch on 4 February 2023 featuring James Austin Johnson as a British rapper named Milly Pounds.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

External links

• profile Jan Wouters Template:In lang
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