Frans Hoek
Hoek in goal for FC Volendam in 1977
Personal information
Full name Franciscus Petrus Theodorus Hoek[1]
Date of birth (1956-10-17) 17 October 1956
Place of birth Hoorn, Netherlands
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1966–1973 Always Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1985 Volendam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Franciscus Petrus Theodorus Hoek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrɑns ˈɦuk]; born 17 October 1956) is a Dutch football coach and former player. As a player, he was a goalkeeper for Volendam for more than a decade, before going into coaching as an assistant to Louis van Gaal at club sides Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, as well as the Netherlands national team. He also worked for the Poland national team under fellow Dutchman Leo Beenhakker. He has worked with goalkeepers including Edwin van der Sar, Stanley Menzo, Víctor Valdés, Vítor Baía, Pepe Reina, Robert Enke, Łukasz Fabiański, Thomas Kraft, Michel Vorm and David de Gea.[2] Hoek is widely regarded as one of world football's foremost goalkeeping mentors.[3][4][5][6]

Playing career

What are the needs, the demands for the goalkeeper at this moment in the game? It's always about what the game asks from the goalkeeper. All the clubs where I worked I made a profile out of the information I got out of the games, a profile of the ideal goalkeeper for that club, and when you have that profile - that's the base, that's the vision, that's the philosophy - you have to find a way... How can I work with this goalkeeper to the profile that is needed for this club.

— Frans Hoek on the "Hoek Method"[2]

Starting as an amateur goalkeeper at SV Always Forward, Hoek played in goal at Volendam from 1973 to 1985, and in 1977 he achieved top flight football for the first time in the club's history. Two years later, Volendam were relegated. In 1983, Hoek and his teammates were promoted back to the Eredivisie, where they spent another two seasons. Hoek scored against Roda JC in September 1983. In 1985, Hoek ended his playing career as a goalkeeper, moving into coaching.[7]

Coaching career

Hoek joined Ajax in 1986 as a coach, working under manager Johan Cruyff, and in 1991 became the goalkeeping coach of manager Louis van Gaal at the club. A young Edwin van der Sar was under the care of Hoek at Ajax. In between this, he also coached for two years the goalkeepers of his former club Volendam. In 1997, he followed van Gaal to Barcelona, where he oversaw the promotion of Víctor Valdés. He moved with van Gaal to the Netherlands national football team in 2000, and back to Barcelona again in 2002. From 2005, he was for four years the goalkeeping coach of the Poland national football team, under manager Leo Beenhakker, where he went to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Beenhakker had been the former head coach at Volendam, where Hoek spent his playing career. Following this, Hoek joined van Gaal again at Bayern Munich in 2010, where he received both the role of goalkeeping coach and an assistant coach. After van Gaal left Germany in 2011, the pair took over the Netherlands national football team (for the second time), going to UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland/Ukraine and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[8]

Hoek again teamed up with van Gaal at Manchester United in the summer of 2014, replacing Chris Woods as the club's chief goalkeeping coach. Ryan Giggs became assistant manager, Albert Stuivenberg was added as assistant coach, and Marcel Bout was appointed as an assistant coach and chief opposition scout; the latter previously worked with Hoek at Bayern Munich.[9]

Hoek also trains other professional goalkeeping coaches, and advises and lectures for FIFA, UEFA and the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), among others, on goalkeeping. He previously advised Manchester United (before becoming chief goalkeeping coach), LA Galaxy and the Danish Football Association (DBU).[10] His coaching style is known within the game as the "Hoek Method".[11]

As of 2021, he is the technical director and senior advisor of U.S. club Orange County.

References

  1. ↑ "Franciscus Petrus Theodorus Hoek". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 Bajkowski, Simon (21 May 2014). "What can United expect from Frans Hoek?". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hoek on goalkeeping II". 2014. UEFA. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Goalkeeper coaching: Frans Hoek". 2014. World Football Academy. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Frans Hoek: "Goalkeeping distribution"". 2014. InsideSoccer. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  6. ↑ Marshall, Adam (24 May 2014). "Van Gaal's guys: Frans Hoek". ManUtd.com. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "International activities". 2014. Frans Hoek Coaching. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  8. ↑ Mogan, Tony (19 May 2014). "Who Are Manchester United's New Coaches Frans Hoek and Marcel Bout?". International Business Times (IBT). Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Louis van Gaal named Manchester United FC manager". 19 May 2014. Manchester United FC. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Home: Frans Hoek". 2014. Frans Hoek (website). Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  11. ↑ Hoek, Frans. "Frans Hoek | USA". 11 January 2014. Frans Hoek. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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