Hans Dorjee (26 July 1941 – 25 July 2002) was a Dutch professional

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player and manager.

Playing career

Dorjee came through the youth system of hometown club

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to make his senior debut for the club aged only 17.Gentleman Hans Dorjee voelde zich miskend (Bio)
- Voetbal International He lost the 1962

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final with DHC to

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. He then was snapped up by Xerxes, where he played alongside Rob Jacobs,

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and

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only to return to Delft when Xerxes and DHC merged. The newly-formed club was dissolved a year later and Dorjee joined Holland Sport for which he scored the final goal of their existence and moved on to

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. He would never play a game for Haarlem after being injured in preseason.

Managerial career

Dorjee took up coaching after retiring as a player and won league titles with amateur sides –

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and Xerxes, as well as with

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clubs

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and DS'79. He also managed De Graafschap, with whom he suffered relegation from the

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, FC Vlaardingen and NAC.

PSV

The highlight of his professional career was being assistant to

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at PSV in the 1987-1990 seasons. Dorjee and Hiddink worked together for three full seasons and won the

and UEFA Champions Cup in 1988. He stayed at the club when Hiddink left in 1990 and was succeeded by

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, but Dorjee left the club in 1991.

Controversy at Feyenoord

He then was appointed manager of

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, but his time in charge was marred by heart problems and he was later dismissed after he accused the club of using and abusing him in a Dutch newspaper. He later was a manager at FC Oss – the Dutch Olympic team and appointed assistant to Hiddink again when Holland played at

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. He quit coaching in 1998 for medical reasons.

Personal life and death

While still at DHC, he married the daughter of a successful local butcher and they had two daughters. His wife suddenly died in 1967. Dorjee died in Delft on 25 July 2002 and got a

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(his third) during a game of tennis. He was going to celebrate his 61st birthday on 26 July, the day after his death.

Honours

Manager

Feyenoord * Johan Cruijff Shield:

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References

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