Chris Dekker (born 6 December 1945 in Westzaan, North Holland) is a retired football defender and midfielder from the Netherlands.
Playing career
Club
He played in
AZ Alkmaar's first ever squad after the merger between his club FC Zaanstreek and Alkmaar '54 and also played for NEC,
AFC DWS and
FC Amsterdam, before moving to
Belgium to play for Charleroi (1977–1981). When he returned to Holland in 1981 he signed for
Sparta Rotterdam and ended his career at
Fortuna Sittard (1982–1985). He also played for
Seiko SA in Hong Kong in the early 80s.
International
He earned one cap for the Netherlands national football team, when he replaced
Johan Neeskens on 27 March 1974 in a friendly against Austria.
[ Intl career stats - EU Football]
Managerial career
Dekker played his last match on 10 March 1985, and became a football manager, who coached Fortuna Sittard,
FC Eindhoven, United Arab Emirates outfit Al-Jazira, FC Den Bosch, Qatar U-17,
RBC Roosendaal,
[ Dekker aangesteld als coach van RBC - NRC ] Sparta Rotterdam
[ 'Chris Dekker trainer van Sparta' - Voetbal International ] and Fortuna Sittard
[ Fortuna Sittard verder met Chris Dekker - Voetbal International ] once again. He also was Academy boss at
Feyenoord.
[ Den Bosch laat Dekker naar Feyenoord gaan - Volkskrant ]
His most recent job was coach at his former youth club KFC.[ Chris Dekker en KFC praten over andere rol - Zaanse Sportkrant ]
See also
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Sparta Rotterdam season 2002–03
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