Guus Hiddink flew home on a private jet, without really saying goodbye to the club that made him rich and the country that once idolized him.

The story of Hiddink's departure from Anji has caused bewilderment even among Dutch journalists. Not a single publication has explained the exact and reliable reasons for the coach's disagreement with the Dagestan club. Only one avaricious quote appeared in the media.
- Why did I leave? It has nothing to do with other clubs, there is no reason to talk about, - Hiddink told the publication "AD Sportwereld" and this statement was limited. However, it is quite likely that one day Grandpa Gus will write the whole truth about leaving Anji in his traditional column in De Telegraaf.

AGENT: MAYBE THE CLIENT TAKES A BREAK

Yesterday morning I managed to get through to Kees van Nieuwenhuisen, Gus's agent, and inquire about the coach's plans.

- Did Gus and Anji manage to break off relations? Or are there still issues to be resolved?
- I cannot comment.
- Is Gus going to end his coaching career or does he have the strength to work with some other club?
- First you need to solve urgent matters. It is possible that he will take a break from activities. True, we did not discuss this topic with him.

ASSISTANT: GUS DID NOT EXPLAIN ANYTHING

More talkative turned out to be Zeljko Petrovich, who worked as Gus's assistant at Anji. Just the other day it became known that he was also leaving the club.
“I decided to stay in Moscow for another week,” Petrovich admits. - I have many friends here, and what to hide - I love Moscow.
- How did you part with Hiddink?
- After the well-known decision, we, of course, met - two days in a row.
- Where is Gus now?
- On Thursday I flew from Moscow.
- You probably discussed leaving Anji. Can you explain why Gus took such an unexpected step?
- I can't, because I don't know the reasons. Gus quit his job at the club and I followed suit. We came to Anji together, worked hand in hand all this time, and I found it necessary to leave after Hiddink on the same day.
- But why did Gus decide to leave?
- But I simply don't know the answer to this question. I did not ask him, I considered it impossible for myself. I can only say that we have maintained excellent relations with everyone in the club. I don’t know what happened there last week, but I don’t think it’s right to ask questions either - I had a great time at Anji, but sometimes the moment of parting comes. The reasons are not so important. Maybe when in a couple of weeks we will meet with Gus in Holland in a calm atmosphere, we can discuss what happened. But now is definitely not the time.
During the three years that we spent at the club, "Anji" took first the fifth place, then the third, played in European competitions, reached the final of the Cup of the country, - Petrovich lists. - During this time, together, with the support of everyone - from Suleiman Kerimov to videographers, - we took the team to a completely new level. We are on the same level as the leading clubs - Zenit, CSKA, Spartak, Rubin. Now the club needs to take a new step. And it will be difficult to take this step. Although I do not exclude that Anji will become the champion in the near future.
- Did you manage to say goodbye to the players?
- Now is not the best time to say goodbye - the team has a game with Wings of the Soviets on its nose. You need to understand: Anji is more important than me, Anji is most important. I would like to express my gratitude through the newspaper to all those involved in the club: you are all wonderful and very serious people, it was very pleasant to work, I love you.
- In your opinion, is Rene Melensten the very person who can make Anji first?
- I have known Rene for only two weeks. But I sincerely hope for his success. I don't feel any envy or jealousy. It will take time. It's great if people from Anji think that he is capable of making the club a champion.
- What about your future? Will you wait where Gus will go?
- I have already worked as a head coach three times and would not refuse such an experience again. It is interesting to try yourself in a big club. But at the same time, I have nothing against being an assistant. Anyway, now I feel tired. I would like to take a few months off with my family. I also don’t want to work in troubled clubs... I don't want to kill myself.

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Guus Hiddink: biography, career, personal life

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Guus Hiddink is an outstanding Dutch coach with experience of working in many strong European clubs and several national teams, including the Russian national team. He stands out from other mentors with his extraordinary tactical formations with an emphasis on the individual skill of each player individually.

Biography

Guus Hiddink was born on November 8, 1946 in the Netherlands, in the city of Warsseveld. He grew up in a large family of teachers. As a child, his main hobby was football. G. Hiddink devoted all his beloved sport free timewhile managing to help parents.

Guus Hiddink started his playing career at early age in the city club "Varsseveld", where he was assigned to the position of a midfielder. After leaving school, he was enrolled in the Central Institute of Sports Coaches in Overvin, where he was one of the best students and graduated with honors in 1966.

Professional career

After graduation, Guus Hiddink signed a contract with the football club De Graafschap from Doetinchem, at the same time being the coach of a team for children who are underdeveloped. He served as a child mentor until 1984, combining this work with professional activities football player.

In 1969, the footballer helped De Graafschap advance to the first division of the Dutch championship, after which he moved to Washington Diplomats from the North American football league... Later Guus Hiddink signed a contract with San Jose Earthquakes, and some time later he played for the NEC club from Nijmengem. Gus in 1981 with honors was accepted back to "De Graafschap", in which he ended his football career a few years later. Guus Hiddink has played 500 matches and 80 goals in his 15 years of work.

Coaching work

Since 1981, after returning to De Graafschap, Guus Hiddink has been an assistant coach. He moved to the same position in 1984 at PSV, where in 1987 he was promoted to head coach. Under him, the most titled Dutch club won the Dutch championship three times and the Dutch Cup three times, as well as in 1988 the European Champions Cup (later reformed into the UEFA Champions League). In 1990, Gus signed an agreement with turkish club Fenerbahce, and next year he was already the head coach of the Spanish team Valencia.

In 1995 he received an invitation to lead the Netherlands national team. In 1998, the World Cup was held in France, in which the Dutch team finished fourth in a tough struggle, losing to Croatia in the third place match.

After the World Cup, Guus Hiddink headed Real Madrid, with which he soon took the Intercontinental Cup. But due to disagreements with the club's management, in 2000 he had to leave first for Real Betis, and six months later - for the South Korean national team. What seemed to all skeptics a regression, in fact, turned out to be the most correct decision for the coach. In 2002, at the World Cup, held in South Korea, under the mentorship of Guus Hiddink, the national team came in fourth, which is still the country's highest football achievement.

After this success, the mentor returned to work at PSV, where in 4 years he helped the club win three more national championships, one Cup and one Dutch Super Cup.

In 2005, Gus was invited to the Australian national team, which he led to the 1/8 finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, where they lost to the future winner, the Italian national team, in the very end of the match due to a highly controversial penalty.

At the personal request of Roman Abramovich, he was appointed head coach of the Russian national football team in 2006. The mentor's salary was about 7 million euros. Together with the Russian national team, Guus Hiddink created a sensation at Euro 2008. In the heavy group, Russia advanced to the playoffs from second place, which brought the team in the quarterfinals to one of the tournament favorites - the Netherlands. But Guus Hiddink found the necessary tactical formation, and his team won with a score of 3: 1. This caused jubilation throughout the country. Despite the fact that Spain defeated Russia in the semifinals, the national team led by Gus shared the third place with Turkey. But since the mentor failed to bring the national team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the coach announced the end of work with the team.

After that, he signed with Chelsea, with which he won the FA Cup in 2009. G. Hiddink left the post after being defeated in the Champions League semifinals by Barcelona.

In 2010, the Turkish Football Federation agreed with Guus Hiddink on an agreement to work with their national team. He was faced with the task of reaching Euro 2012, but the team did not win the play-offs with Croatia and missed this tournament. Guus Hiddink announced his retirement immediately after his absence.

Then he signed a contract with Anji, which, under his leadership, took third place in the Russian championship.

After that, Guus Hiddink's career began to decline. At first, he was unable to lead the Netherlands national team to Euro 2016, then failed the season at Chelsea, the team finished only tenth in the English Championship.

Life after coaching career

Guus Hiddink now lives and works in the United States. He is an analyst at Fox Sports USA.

He meets the Dutch citizen Elizabeth Pinas, who is several decades younger than him.

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Guus Hiddink is a Dutch coach and footballer, coached the national teams of Russia, the Netherlands, Turkey, Australia, and South Korea. Gus was born on November 8, 1946 in the Dutch city of Warsseveld in a large family of two teachers Gerrit and Jo, in which five more sons were raised: Wim, Hans, Rene, Arnold and Karel. Since childhood, the boy was fond of football, while he managed to help his parents with household chores. Gus learned to milk a cow, to handle horses.

In his youth, he began his football career at the local club Varsseveld, where Hiddink played as a midfielder. After high school, he entered the Central Institute of Sports Coaches in the city of Overven, which he graduated with honors in 1966.

Football

Hiddink began his sports biography as a professional football player. In 1967, Gus signed an agreement with football team Dootinchem club "De Graafschap", while remaining the coach of the youth team of a special school for children with developmental delay. Gus worked as a school teacher until 1984. Soon, the midfielder was entrusted with the duties of assistant coach of the main team.

In 1969, the Doetinham club won the second league tournament and secured a place in the first division. After ten years at De Graafschap, Gus became a member of the Washington Diplomats and San Jose Earthquakes in the North American Football League, and also played for the Neymegen club NEK. In 1981 he returned to the De Graafschap club for two years. Guus Hiddink's achievements as a midfielder - 500 matches and 80 goals scored in 15 years of his career.

Coaching career

Hiddink officially began his coaching career in 1981 at the Doetinchem club. In 1984 he moved to PSV, where in 1987 he was promoted to head coach. Led by Hiddink, the team became the champion of the Netherlands three times and the country's Cup three times. In 1988 the club won the European Cup. In 1990, Gus received an invitation to coaching from the Istanbul club Fenerbahce, and a year later he became the head coach of the Spanish Valencia.

In 1995, Hiddink returned to his homeland and headed the national team. Under the guidance of the head coach, the team finished fourth in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. From the same year, the coach was in charge of Real Madrid, which immediately won the Intercontinental Cup. But the president of the club pursued his own interests and lobbied certain players, which was contrary to Hiddink's policies.

Long disputes forced the coach to move to Betis in a year and leave Spain a year later. Leading the South Korean national team, Gus propelled the team to fourth place in the 2002 World Cup, which was the team's biggest achievement ever.

In 2002, Hiddink returned to the Netherlands and headed the PSV team for four years. Under Guus Hiddink, the club's footballers became the first in the national tournament three times, won the Dutch Cup and Super Cup. While working in Holland, the coach provided technical consultations with the South Korean Football Association. In 2005, the coach became the head of the Australia national team, which immediately reached the World Cup final.

In 2006, Guus Hiddink was invited to lead the Russian national team on the initiative. The contract, according to which Hiddink's salary was 7 million euros per year, was signed for 4 seasons. The coach worked with the players on a schedule that included periodic departures from the Dutchman to his homeland. In Russia, Hiddink was treated warmly, many football fans called the coach of the national team "Hiddink Guus Ivanovich". Photos of the coach of the Russian national team were printed on flags, souvenirs, posters, and gift nesting dolls.

In 2008 russian team sensationally took third place in the European Championship, losing to Spain with a score of 3: 0.

Guus Hiddink at Chelsea

After the return of the players to their homeland, a program was organized with their participation, in which artists from the Comedy Club and the Fabrika group performed. In the qualifying competition for the 2010 World Cup, the national team was defeated, and Guus Hiddink left his post as head coach.

In 2009, in addition to working in Russia, Hiddink oversaw the English club Chelsea and led him to the first place in the FA Cup.

Guus Hiddink - main coach "Anji"

In 2010, Gus took over as the head coach of the Turkish national team, two years later he moved to the Dagestani club Anji, which he helped to win third place in the Russian Cup. Since 2014, he has headed the Netherlands national team for two years.

Personal life

In the mid-60s, Guus Hiddink married Ina Bemkes, the same age, who gave the footballer two sons - Michael (born 1969) and Mark (born 1972).

In the 2000s, the coach began to officially date his girlfriend Elizabeth Pinas, his junior by several decades. With his first wife, Gus remained on friendly terms, but he never married Elizabeth, but simply calls her a friend.

Guus Hiddink now

For several years the coach has been on a well-deserved rest, but he constantly monitors the events taking place in the world of football. Guus Hiddink now works as an expert on the Fox Sport USA sports channel. In 2017, on the instructions of the channel, he attended the Confederations Cup, in connection with which he arrived in St. Petersburg.

In an interview with Russian media, Guus Hiddink spoke positively about command staff the Russian national team that took part in the Confederations Cup tournament in the Russian Federation, and also wished the women's team success at the European Championship. In his spare time from football, Gus visited an oncology center for children.

Achievements

Six-time Eredivisie champion
Four-time Dutch Cup Winner
Winner of the European Champions Cup - 1987
Real Madrid Club - Winner of the Intercontinental Cup - 1998
4th place for the Netherlands national team at the 1998 World Cup
Fourth place for the South Korean national team at the 2002 World Cup
Dutch Super Cup Winner - 2003
Third place of the Russian team at the European Championship - 2008
Chelsea Club won the 2009 FA Cup

Biography

Guus Hiddink was born on November 8, 1946 in the Netherlands, in the city of Warsseveld. He grew up in a large family of teachers. As a child, his main hobby was football. G. Hiddink devoted all his free time to his favorite sport, while managing to help his parents.

Guus Hiddink started his playing career at an early age at the city club "Warsseveld", where he was assigned to the position of midfielder. After leaving school, he was enrolled in the Central Institute of Sports Coaches in Overvin, where he was one of the best students and graduated with honors in 1966.

Professional career

After graduation, Guus Hiddink signed a contract with the football club De Graafschap from Doetinchem, at the same time being the coach of a team for children who are underdeveloped. He stayed as a child mentor until 1984, combining this work with the professional activity of a football player.

In 1969, the footballer helped De Graafschap advance to the first division of the Dutch championship, after which he moved to the Washington Diplomats from the North American Football League. Later Guus Hiddink signed a contract with San Jose Earthquakes, and some time later he played for the NEC club from Nijmengem. Gus in 1981 with honors was accepted back to "De Graafschap", in which he ended his football career a few years later. Guus Hiddink has played 500 matches and 80 goals in his 15 years of work.

Coaching work

Since 1981, after returning to De Graafschap, Guus Hiddink has been an assistant coach. He moved to the same position in 1984 at PSV, where in 1987 he was promoted to head coach. Under him, the most titled Dutch club won the Dutch championship three times and the Dutch Cup three times, as well as in 1988 the European Champions Cup (later reformed into the UEFA Champions League). In 1990, Gus signed an agreement with the Turkish club Fenerbahce, and the following year he was already the head coach of the Spanish team Valencia.

After this success, the mentor returned to work at PSV, where in 4 years he helped the club win three more national championships, one Cup and one Dutch Super Cup.

After that, he signed with Chelsea, with which he won the FA Cup in 2009. G. Hiddink left the post after being defeated in the Champions League semifinals by Barcelona.

Then he signed a contract with Anji, which, under his leadership, took third place in the Russian championship.

Life after coaching career

Guus Hiddink now lives and works in the United States. He is an analyst at Fox Sports USA.

He meets the Dutch citizen Elizabeth Pinas, who is several decades younger than him.

But it is equally interesting to consider her in comparison with two other foreign coaches. Moreover, the backbone of this team, formed Guus Hiddink, held out for almost all eight years - from the selection of Euro 2008 to the qualification of Euro 2016.

GUS HIDDINK

The Russian national team under Guus Hiddink: 22 wins, 7 draws, 10 losses. The goal difference is 66-39.
In official matches: 18 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses. Goal difference: 46-23.
Best match: Russia - Netherlands - 3: 1 (Euro 2008).
Worst match: Slovenia - Russia - 1: 0 (playoff qualification for the 2010 World Cup).

The first foreigner at the head of the Russian national team remains the most successful so far. Guus Hiddink we must best achievement - bronze medals of Euro 2008. In addition, he has the highest percentage of victories - 56. And in official matches it is even higher - 62%. The Dutchman had two qualifying rounds at the helm of the national team, having spent 39 meetings with the team - only more Oleg Romantsev, who led the national team twice, from 1994 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2002. Hiddink is also the most successful national team coach in final tournaments world and European forums. On his account 3 victories - more than that of the same Romantsev.

Hiddink suffered his first defeat at the head of the Russian national team more than a year after his appointment. In general, the time of his leadership was the most stable. The lion's share of defeats fell on those matches where our team was objectively not the favorite. Twice they lost to the Spaniards at the same triumphant Euro, twice failed to cope with Germany in the selection for the South African World Cup, lost to the British at Wembley. It was difficult to blame Hiddink for all these defeats. In official matches, the national team did not win as a favorite only twice. First, Israel was in the selection for Euro 2008, which almost canceled out all efforts - thanks to the Croats for helping out. The second fiasco was also the last, since there was no one to save. Having lost to Slovenia in the second leg of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, he said goodbye to the national team.

DICK ATTORNEY

Russian national team under Dick Advocaat: 12 wins, 8 draws, 4 losses. The goal difference is 32-13.
In official matches: 8 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses.
Best match: Czech Republic - Russia - 1: 4 (Euro 2012).
Worst match: Greece - Russia - 1: 0 (Euro 2012).

Work period Dick Advocaat got pretty short. He knew perfectly well russian football, the players of the national team did not bother himself with experiments, relying on approximately the same composition and trying to squeeze the maximum out of it. In the qualification of Euro 2012 it was generally successful. Although the group - thanks to Hiddink, who significantly increased the team's rating - got a passable one. There was no longer any England or Germany - only Ireland, Armenia and Slovakia. They stumbled on the last one, for which Roman Shirokov later he named it "collective farm". However, that only defeat for the cycle remained the only one, so it was not difficult to leave the group with 70% of victories.

Dick Advocaat was not particularly successful friendly matches, in which the team looked amorphous. In them, the statistics were worse than in the official ones - 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. However, on the eve of Euro 2012, the national team defeated Italy in sparring, impressed everyone. So there was an exception to this rule too. As in Hiddink's time, the team seemed to take “their” points properly. But the same two misfires on two not very strong opponents eventually cost the Advocate his place. And again the first time it worked out, home defeat from the Slovaks did not become critical. But when at the Euro the team was weak-willed in a decisive match to the Greeks, nothing could save Dick. Although with his 62% of victories in official matches, he caught up with Hiddink and is significantly ahead of Capello.

FABIO CAPELLO

Russian national team with: 15 wins, 10 draws, 4 losses. The goal difference is 49-19.
In official matches: 8 wins, 5 draws, 4 losses. The goal difference is 28-11.
Best match: Russia - Portugal - 1: 0 (Euro 2012 qualification).
Worst match: Algeria - Russia - 1: 1 (World Cup 2014).

If we take the statistics of official meetings only, then 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses are a very modest result for a team claiming first place in selection group and entering the playoffs of the world and European forums. The percentage of victories is only 47, that is, less than half. Under Advocaat and Hiddink, it was noticeably more, and most importantly, defeats happened less often.

The Italian started for his health, but then a continuous regression began, which will in no way be replaced by the rise. Having shown a 100% result at the start of the qualifying cycle in 2012, the national team Capello won half of the matches in 2013 and only one (!) game out of seven in 2014. So the September victory over Luxembourg remains the only one in the last 8 official games. Against the background of the stability of Hiddink and Advocaat, Capello's national team is clearly losing. The Dutch lost a couple of key matches to their inferior rivals and did not solve the maximum problem. In the last cycle, Don Fabio seemed to repeat their path - all the same standard two misfires, uncritical with Northern Ireland and tragic at the World Championships. This time they lost to their equal rival, Belgium, but although they did not concede to the Algerians and Koreans, they lacked decisive points. However, Capello's new qualifications began rather in the style of foreigners' predecessors. Then we had a good tradition of failing the start of the selection, then changing the coach ( Byshovets, Gazzaeva, Yartseva). ... But the draw with Moldova and the defeat from Austria (and this is only after the first 4 rounds of qualification) are already seriously violating the schedule that we are used to with foreign coaches.