Stanislaus "Stan" Henricus Christina Valckx (born 20 October 1963) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Valckx was born in

Arcen Arcen (; li, Árse) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. In 2010, it became part of the municipality of Venlo. Previously, it had been part of the municipality of Arcen en Velden and the seat of the town hall (). In 2001, Arcen had 18 ...

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. After starting professionally with

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, followin ...

( second division), he moved in 1988 to

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 ...

club

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, wh ...

, being instrumental in the conquest of three leagues and two Dutch Cups – in the 1991–92 season, he scored four goals in 28 matches as the team renewed their domestic supremacy. In 1992, Valckx, aged 28, moved abroad, to

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, helping the Lisbon side to the

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three years later, although he did not play in the final against C.S. Marítimo as in October 1994 he had already returned to his country and PSV, where he won one more league and another domestic cup before retiring in June 2000 at nearly 37 years of age, with more than 500 official appearances to his credit.

International career

Valckx earned 20

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for the

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, and was picked for the squad which appeared at the

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. He contributed with four games, in a quarter-final elimination at the hands of eventual champions

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. Valckx made his debut for his country on 26 September 1990, in a friendly against

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(0–0).

Honours

Club

PSV *

: 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1999–00 *

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: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1995–96 * Johan Cruijff Schaal:

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, 1998 *

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: Runner-up 1988 * Intercontinental Cup: Runner-up 1988 Sporting *

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: 1994–95

Post-playing career

Subsequently, Valckx began working as a technical director at PSV, a post he occupied for several years. In 2008, he got into a conflict with general manager Jan Reker about the influence and role of player agent

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at the club; the following year, in the same capacity, he joined China's Shanghai Shenhua FC. In August 2010, Valckx was appointed

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from

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. Four years later, he returned to VVV as a technical advisor.Valckx keert als adviseur terug op het oude nest (Valckx returns to the old nest as a consultant)

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, 4 June 2014

References

External links

Beijen profile
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valckx, Stan 1963 births Living people People from Arcen en Velden Dutch footballers Association football defenders Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players VVV-Venlo players PSV Eindhoven players Primeira Liga players Sporting CP footballers Netherlands international footballers 1994 FIFA World Cup players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands)