Nol de Ruiter (6 April 1940 – 21 May 2025) was a Dutch

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

coach and player, who played as a defender.

Playing career

Born in

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

, De Ruiter played football for local sides DOS, Velox and USV Elinkwijk. The three clubs merged in 1970 to form the professional

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion ...

. He played as a defender.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, De Ruiter began his coaching career. He managed a number of Dutch club sides including

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a professional football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadiu ...

SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

FC Wageningen FC Wageningen (before 1978 ''Wageningen'' and ''WVV Wageningen'') was a Dutch football club which was founded on 27 August 1911., The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium. History FC Wageningen spent most of its history in ...

BV Veendam Sportclub Veendam () was a Dutch professional association football club based in Veendam, province of Groningen. Founded on 4 September 1894 as Look-Out, it became P.J. Veendam in 1909, Veendam in 1910, SC Veendam in 1974, BV Veendam in 1997 ...

and

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

. As manager he led Utrecht to victory in the

1984–85 KNVB Cup The 1984-85 KNVB Cup 67th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 46 teams contested, beginning on 20 October 1984 and ending at the final on 6 June 1985. FC Utrecht beat Helmond Sport 1–0 and won the ...

. De Ruiter also managed the national sides of

the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

and

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

. De Ruiter died on 21 May 2025, at the age of 85.

References

External links

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Profile at Voetbal International
1940 births 2025 deaths 20th-century Dutch sportsmen Dutch men's footballers Footballers from Utrecht (city) Men's association football defenders Velox SC players DHSC (football club) players USV Elinkwijk players Dutch football managers Egypt national football team managers FC Den Bosch managers SC Cambuur managers FC Wageningen managers SC Veendam managers FC Utrecht managers ADO Den Haag managers Netherlands national football team managers SV SVV managers Dutch expatriate football managers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate football managers in Egypt {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub