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{{Short description|Dutch footballer and manager (1956–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Pim Verbeek
| image       = PimVerbeek.jpg
| caption     = Verbeek as [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]'s head coach in September 2008
| fullname    = Peter Tim Dirk Verbeek
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=y|1956|3|12}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Netherlands - P. Verbeek - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway |url=https://us.soccerway.com/coaches/pim-verbeek/130161/ |website=us.soccerway.com |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=y|2019|11|28|1956|3|12}}
| death_place = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands
| position    = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]], [[midfielder]]
| years1 = 1974–1975 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = [[Sparta Rotterdam]]
| years2 = 1977–1980 | caps2 = | goals2 = | clubs2 = [[Sparta Rotterdam]]
| manageryears1  = 1981–1984 | managerclubs1  = [[DS '79]]
| manageryears2  = 1984–1987 | managerclubs2  = Unitas Gorinchem
| manageryears3  = 1987–1989 | managerclubs3  = [[De Graafschap]]
| manageryears4  = 1989      | managerclubs4  = [[Feyenoord]]
| manageryears5  = 1991–1992 | managerclubs5  = [[FC Wageningen|Wageningen]]
| manageryears6  = 1992–1993 | managerclubs6  = [[FC Groningen|Groningen]]
| manageryears7  = 1994–1997 | managerclubs7  = [[Fortuna Sittard]]
| manageryears8  = 1998–1999 | managerclubs8  = [[Omiya Ardija]]
| manageryears9  = 2001–2002 | managerclubs9  = [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] (assistant)
| manageryears10 = 2002–2003 | managerclubs10 = [[Jong PSV]]
| manageryears11 = 2003      | managerclubs11 = [[Kyoto Sanga FC|Kyoto Purple Sanga]]
| manageryears12 = 2004      | managerclubs12 = [[Netherlands Antilles national football team|Netherlands Antilles]]
| manageryears13 = 2004      | managerclubs13 = [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] (assistant)
| manageryears14 = 2005      | managerclubs14 = [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]] (assistant)
| manageryears15 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs15 = [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U-23]]
| manageryears16 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs16 = [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] (assistant)
| manageryears17 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs17 = [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
| manageryears18 = 2007–2010 | managerclubs18 = [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]
| manageryears19 = 2010–2014 | managerclubs19 = [[Morocco national under-23 football team|Morocco U-23]]
| manageryears20 = 2016–2019 | managerclubs20 = [[Oman national football team|Oman]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{medalCountry|{{fb|KOR}} <small>(as manager)</small>}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup|2007]]|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup squads#South Korea|Team]]}}
}}
'''Peter Tim Dirk "Pim" Verbeek''' (12 March 1956 – 28 November 2019) was a Dutch [[Association football|football]] manager who last coached the [[Oman national football team]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/verbeek-will-be-socceroos-coach/2007/12/06/1196812889741.html |title=Verbeek is new Socceroos coach |date=6 December 2007 |access-date=6 December 2007 |publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] }}</ref>

==Playing career==
As a player, Verbeek was a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] or a [[midfielder]] and spent his entire career at [[Sparta Rotterdam]]. He played there for two stints: from 1974 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1980.

==Managerial career==
[[File:Pim Verbeek (1989).jpg|thumb|left|Verbeek in 1989]]

===South Korea===
Verbeek was the assistant coach of the [[South Korea national football team|South Korean national team]] under [[Guus Hiddink]] at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] and also under [[Dick Advocaat]] at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]. Prior to this, he coached various teams in his home country, including [[De Graafschap]], [[FC Groningen|Groningen]], [[Fortuna Sittard]] and even [[Feyenoord]]. He also served as the assistant coach of the [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates national team]].

Verbeek began coaching South Korea on 26 June 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/south_korea/5116406.stm |title=South Korea name Verbeek as boss |publisher=BBC |date=26 June 2006 |access-date=6 December 2007 }}</ref> He led South Korea to a third-place finish at the [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]], guaranteeing them automatic qualification to the [[2011 AFC Asian Cup|next tournament]]. He left in July 2007.

===Australia===
Verbeek was linked to coaching the [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australian national team]] after he stated that he would welcome another job in Asia. He had previously been linked with the Socceroos in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=100083 |title=Verbeek plays his hand |access-date=19 November 2007 |date=6 December 2007 |first=David |last=Lewis |publisher=[[The World Game]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120094945/http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=100083 |archive-date=20 November 2007 }}</ref> On 6 December 2007, it was announced that Verbeek had secured his position as Australia's coach.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=101359 |title=Verbeek lands Socceroos job |date=6 December 2007 |access-date=6 December 2007 |publisher=[[The World Game]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208123527/http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=101359 |archive-date=8 December 2007 }}</ref> In his first World Cup qualifying match as head coach, he led Australia to a 3-0 win against Qatar at home.

Verbeek's poor opinion of the standard of the [[A-League]] was well-known, describing the performances of locally-based players [[Archie Thompson]] and [[Danny Allsopp]] against [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]] as "absolutely hopeless" and openly questioning the decision of [[Jason Culina]] to leave [[PSV Eindhoven]] and return home to play in Australia.<ref name=bag>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/24/2500041.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225203545/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/24/2500041.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2009|title = Verbeek unleashes on 'hopeless' Socceroos pair|website = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date = 24 February 2009}}</ref> When asked about possible improvements for the quality of football in the A-League, he said "Do you have an hour?" and "I am just being honest."<ref name=bag/>

Under Verbeek, the Socceroos were the second country (apart from the hosts) to qualify for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] after a 0-0 draw against Qatar in June 2009, less than an hour after [[Japan national football team|Japan]] had qualified.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/808/australia/2009/06/06/1309418/australia-qualify-for-2010-world-cup-with-draw-against-qatar |title=Australia Qualify For 2010 World Cup With Draw Against Qatar |date=6 June 2009}}</ref>

Australia lost 0-4 to [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in their opening match of the 2010 World Cup. In that match, Verbeek chose to start the match without a recognised striker. He was heavily criticised by the Australian media for refusing to play attacking players [[Joshua Kennedy|Josh Kennedy]], [[Mark Bresciano]] and [[Harry Kewell]], all of whom were proven goal-scorers at international level.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/world-cup-2010/bresciano-axed-valeri-steps-in-for-socceroos-showdown-with-germany/story-fn4l4sip-1225879006732 |title=Verbeek shocks by leaving Kewell, Kennedy and Bresciano out of starting lineup |date=13 June 2010 |first=David |last=Lewis}}</ref> Australia then drew 1-1 with [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] and defeated [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]] 2-1. They ended their group with four points, equal with Ghana, but finished only third due to a worse goal difference and were eliminated, with Verbeek departing shortly after.

===Morocco===
On 8 April 2010, Verbeek was appointed as the technical director for Morocco's youth teams. His primary role was to identify and develop young talents for the [[Morocco national football team|Moroccan national team]], which had failed to qualify for the World Cup finals and the Africa Cup of Nations in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/987047/Verbeek-heading-to-Morocco |title=Verbeek heading to Morocco |date=4 October 2010 |access-date=24 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323030733/http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/987047/Verbeek-heading-to-Morocco |archive-date=23 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He helped establish a new generation that would be considered as the best Moroccan side in the 21st century by nurturing a young, talented squad. At the [[2011 CAF U-23 Championship]] on home soil, Verbeek's [[Morocco national under-23 football team|U-23 team]] became runners-up, overcoming many giants like [[Algeria national under-23 football team|Algeria]] and [[Egypt national under-23 football team|Egypt]]. This success earned Morocco qualification to the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012 Summer Olympics]], in which Verbeek was praised. Although the Atlas Lions could not succeed in a tough [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group D|group]], a number of players became noticed by the world, such as [[Nordin Amrabat]] and [[Yassine Bounou]], who would go on to represent Morocco at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]. After the Olympics, Verbeek left Morocco.

Many of Verbeek’s talents would form the backbone of the Moroccan squad that reached the Semi Finals of the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]], becoming the first African side to do so.

===Oman===
He was appointed as the [[Oman national football team|Omani national team]]'s coach in 2016 after their failure to qualify for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]. Under his guidance, many young talented players emerged, in which Oman would eventually win the [[23rd Arabian Gulf Cup]] held in [[Kuwait]], which was also the country's second ever Gulf Cup and Verbeek's first ever international trophy.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/oman-win-gulf-cup-2018-uae-beaten-penalty-shootout-180106110912696.html | title=Oman win Gulf Cup 2018, UAE beaten in penalty shootout }}</ref>

However, it was the [[2019 AFC Asian Cup]] that became Verbeek's biggest success in his coaching career. Despite losing to [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]] and [[Japan national football team|Japan]] by a single goal, Oman defeated [[Turkmenistan national football team|Turkmenistan]] 3-1, reaching the knockout stages for the first time ever. It became the greatest success in the history of Omani football.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/oman-make-history-as-group-stage-ends|title=Oman make history as group stage ends}}</ref> After Oman's Asian Cup journey ended in the round of 16 with a 2-0 loss to [[Iran national football team|Iran]], Verbeek announced that he would retire from coaching for good.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/ex-socceroos-boss-verbeek-calls-an-end-to-coaching-career|title=Ex-Socceroos boss Verbeek calls an end to coaching career}}</ref>

===Return to Sparta Rotterdam===
On 12 February 2019, [[Sparta Rotterdam]] announced that they had reached an agreement with Verbeek about joining the club as a member of the board. He held that position until his death.<ref>[https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/pim-verbeek-completeert-bestuur-sparta-rotterdam/ PIM VERBEEK COMPLETEERT BESTUUR SPARTA ROTTERDAM], sparta-rotterdam.nl, 12 February 2019</ref>

==Managerial style==
Verbeek usually employed two holding midfielders and a sole striker up front. His teams usually played conservatively with a slow tempo, built up play gradually and heavily relied on crosses and team passes.

==Personal life and death==
Verbeek's brother [[Robert Verbeek|Robert]] is also a football coach. However, they are not related to yet another coach, [[Gertjan Verbeek]], who also coached Feyenoord.

He died on 28 November 2019 at 63, after a four-year battle with cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/nov/29/an-amazing-human-being-tributes-flow-for-former-socceroos-coach-pim-verbeek|title='An amazing human being': tributes flow for former Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek|website=The Guardian|date=28 November 2019|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
<ref>[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=1218 J.League Data Site]{{in lang|ja}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align="left"|[[FC Groningen|Groningen]]
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|1993
{{WDL|22|5|8|9}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Fortuna Sittard]]
|align="left"|1994
|align="left"|1997
{{WDL|70|16|25|29}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Omiya Ardija]]
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|1999
{{WDL|36|18|1|17}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Kyoto Sanga FC|Kyoto Purple Sanga]]
|align="left"|2003
|align="left"|2003
{{WDL|16|4|4|8}}
|-
|align="left"|[[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|align="left"|2006
|align="left"|2007
{{WDL|17|6|6|5}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]
|align="left"|2007
|align="left"|2010
{{WDL|33|18|9|6}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Oman national football team|Oman]]
|align="left"|2016
|align="left"|2019
{{WDL|23|12|5|6}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|217|79|58|80}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{J.League manager}}

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