Role Football player | Years Team Name Hans Croon | |
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Date of birth (1936-05-25)25 May 1936 Date of death 5 February 1985(1985-02-05) (aged 48) Died February 5, 1985, Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Hans Croon (25 May 1936 – 5 February 1985) was a Dutch football manager who won the 1976 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final with R.S.C. Anderlecht.
As well as Anderlecht, Croon coached in the Netherlands and Belgium with DWS, VER, HVC, FC Volendam, K.S.V. Waregem, Lierse S.K. and NEC. His Anderlecht side won the 1976 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with a 4–2 victory over West Ham United on 5 May 1976 at Heysel Stadium in Brussels. He moved to NEC Nijmegen, and coached the team until 1979.
He died in February 1985 at the age of 48 following a car crash.
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