Johan Ruijsink (born 21 December 1965) is a

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professional

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manager and coach who captained both the European and American teams at the

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. He captained the European team to draw the

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, and later won six events between 2007 and 2014, going undefeated as European captain. Ruijsink took over as American captain in 2017, and won the

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and 2019 Mosconi Cup events. Ruijsink is the only non-playing captain to win the

as a part of both the European and United States teams. Despite competing at 9 Mosconi Cup events, Ruijsink's only loss came as American captain to his European replacement

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at the 2017 Mosconi Cup.

Career

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and

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, and later

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players such as

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and Konstantin Stepanov. Ruijsink took control of the European team for the

in 2007. The European team won one event in the preceding ten years, and under Ruijsink won seven times between 2007 and 2014. In 2014, Ruijsink left his post as European captain, to be replaced by Swedish player

. Three years later for the 2017 event, Ruijsink took over as captain of the American team, losing 4–11 to successor Chamat. The following year, leading the American team (alongside vice-captain Jeremy Jones), and would defeat Chamat, and win the

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9–11. He took charge of the American team once more in

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winning 11–9. Despite this, he was not invited to retain the position for the 2020 Mosconi Cup, being replaced by Jones. , Ruijsink is the only person to captain both squads.

Achievements

Captain *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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