Bert Zuurman (born 16 March 1973) is a Dutch former football striker, who made his professional debut in the 1990–91 season for FC Groningen. Later on he played for Heracles Almelo, SC Heerenveen, BV Veendam, FC Eindhoven, FC Emmen, FC Zwolle, and TOP Oss.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 March 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Winschoten, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1993 | Groningen | 18 | (2) |
| 1993 | → Heracles (loan) | 15 | (4) |
| 1993–1996 | Heerenveen | 8 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | → Veendam (loan) | 43 | (16) |
| 1996–1998 | Veendam | 58 | (18) |
| 1998–2000 | Eindhoven | 49 | (23) |
| 2000 | → Emmen (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Emmen | 23 | (7) |
| 2001–2005 | Zwolle | 81 | (11) |
| 2005–2006 | TOP Oss | 25 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2013 | Zwolle (women) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Ozone | ||
| 2018–2019 | Rainbow AC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Winschoten, Groningen, Zuurman played professional football with SC Heerenveen, before spending four seasons with FC Zwolle.[3] Zuurman is a former U19 national player of The Netherlands. Zuurman holds a UEFA 'A' Licence.
After retiring from playing football, Zuurman became a manager and was appointed coach of FC Zwolle's women's team in 2010.[4]
Zuurman is now in India and is the coach of the Ozone Football Academy in Bangalore, India. Zuurman is the Head coach and Technical Director of Ozone FC, Bengaluru. OzoneFA, Bangalore runs a residential football academy and also their professional team, Ozone Football Club (Ozone FC, Bengaluru) now trains at the Bangalore Football Stadium; a stadium owned by the Karnataka State Football Association. Incidentally, the stadium also houses one of the four centres funded by the FIFA for the growth of youth football in India. The other centres are in Goa, West Bengal and Navi Mumbai.
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 3 November 2018
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
 Ozone
|
2016 | 2017 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50.00 | ||
| Total | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
Honours
editFC Zwolle
References
edit- ^ "Cv Bert Zuurman" (in Dutch). Voetbalfocus. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "Bert Zuurman". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "Zure gezichten met dank aan Bert Zuurman" [Sour faces thanks to Bert Zuurman] (in Dutch). Fries Dagblad. 10 November 2003.
- ^ "Zuurman fulltimer" [Zuurman full-time] (in Dutch). de Stentor. 5 July 2010.
External links
edit- (in Dutch) Profile
- Bert Zuurman Interview