Marinus "Rinus" David Israël (born 19 March 1942) is a Dutch former professional

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player and manager who is currently a scout. Nicknamed "Iron Rinus", he formed a solid defence line at Feyenoord with

Theo Laseroms Matheus Wilhelmus Theodorus "Theo" Laseroms (8 March 1940 – 25 April 1991) was a Dutch football defender who made a name for himself when he played for Feijenoord. He gained six caps for the Netherlands national team. Club career Laseroms, ...

Club career

During his career he played for DWS (1962–66),

Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

(1966–74), Excelsior Rotterdam (1974–75) and

PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch association football, football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 Ere ...

(1975–82). Israël achieved his greatest success at club level with Feyenoord, where he won three

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

titles, a

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, a

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and a

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. He scored one of the two Feyenoord's goals in the

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against

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International career

He also played 47 matches and scored 3 goals for the

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from 1964 to 1974, and he played three matches for Holland in the

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, including the Second round victories against

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and

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Honours

Player

;DWS *

: 1963–64 ;Feijenoord *

: 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74 *

: 1968–69 * Intercontinental Cup: 1970 *

: 1969–70 *

: 1973–74 ;Individual *

Dutch Footballer of the Year The title Dutch Footballer of the Year ( Dutch: ''Voetballer van het Jaar'') has been awarded in the Netherlands since 1984. The award is determined by a poll of Dutch professional footballers playing in the First ( Eredivisie) and Second ( Eerste D ...

: 1970, 1975

Manager

;Al-Wahda FC *

UAE League The UAE Pro League ( ar, دوري المحترفين الإماراتي), known for sponsorship reasons as the ADNOC Pro League, is the top professional football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first team to win the title was Al O ...

: 2000–01 ;ADO Den Haag *

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as t ...

: 2002–03

References

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