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 (; ) 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 1884 inhab ...

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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 association football, football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

(

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), he moved in 1988 to

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

club

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

, 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

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side to the

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three years later, although he did not play in the final against

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M (), commonly known as Marítimo or Marítimo da Madeira, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Established in 1910, Marítimo is best known for its football team ...

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 The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national football ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

, 1998 *

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: Runner-up

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: Runner-up

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 Vlado Lemić at the club; the following year, in the same capacity, he joined China's

Shanghai Shenhua FC Shanghai Shenhua Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, that competes in . Shanghai Shenhua plays its home matches at the Shanghai Stadium, located within Xuhui District. The owner of Shanghai Shenhua is ...

. In August 2010, Valckx was appointed

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Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. They currently compete in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system, ...

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 Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands) Dutch men's footballers Men's association football defenders Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players VVV-Venlo players PSV Eindhoven players Primeira Liga players Sporting CP footballers Netherlands men's international footballers 1994 FIFA World Cup players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Dutch sports executives and administrators Association football executives Wisła Kraków non-playing staff Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Poland 20th-century Dutch sportsmen VVV-Venlo non-playing staff