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Theo Laseroms

( 1940 Births )

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Matheus Wilhelmus Theodorus "Theo" Laseroms (8 March 1940 – 25 April 1991) was a Dutch football player and manager. A defender, he made a name for himself when he played for Feyenoord. He gained six caps for the Netherlands national team. His grandson Mick van Buren is also a football player.

Club career

Laseroms, nicknamed De Tank or Theo de Tank, was famous for his sliding tackle. His career had started in 1956 at RBC Roosendaal, followed in 1958 by NAC Breda. In 1963, he switched to Sparta Rotterdam, with whom he won the KNVB Cup in 1966. In 1967, Laseroms signed with the Pittsburgh Phantoms of the newly created National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) while still under contract with Sparta Rotterdam. Sparta sued Pittsburgh in both the United States and the Netherlands and received $50,000 from the Phantoms.

In 1968 he moved to Feyenoord where he would form the defensive core alongside Rinus Israël. He played four seasons for Feijenoord through late sixties and early seventies. Laseroms was part of the team that won the European Cup in 1970 after a 2–1 final win over Celtic and in that same year the Intercontinental Cup against Argentinian club Estudiantes de La Plata. He also became champion twice with Feijenoord, in the seasons 1968–69 and 1970–71. In the seasons 1969–70 and 1971–72, Laseroms finished in second place with Feyenoord. The KNVB Cup was won in the 1968–69 season. He was part of the team that included Eddy Pieters Graafland, Eddy Treijtel, Piet Romeijn, Rinus Israël, Theo van Duivenbode, Franz Hasil, Wim Jansen, Willem van Hanegem, Henk Wery, Ove Kindvall and Coen Moulijn.

After leaving the club in 1972, he played for the Belgian club Gent for two more years.

International career

In April 1965, Laseroms made his first international appearance for the Netherlands against Northern Ireland.

Managerial career

Laseroms did an internship at AFC Ajax in Amsterdam in the 1975–76 season before obtaining his training diploma; a team then consisting of players such as Frank Arnesen, Søren Lerby, Tscheu La Ling and Ruud Geels and was coached by Rinus Michels in his second period. Laseroms then started a less successful coaching career with Heracles Almelo, Helmond Sport, Vlaardingen '74, Trabzonspor and clubs from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, among others.

Death

Laseroms died of heart attack on 25 April 1991, aged 51.

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