With his eventual hiring as Feyenoord manager, Koeman became the first to ever serve as both player and head coach at all teams of the so-called " traditional big three " of Dutch football: ( AFC Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord itself ) Moreover, he played and managed these teams in the same order.

Because everybody talked about Begiristain, Bakero, Guardiola, Stoichkov, and Koeman, but when we started none of us was a best player, then we became maybe the best team in the world, together with AC Milan in that period.

At some point, he became football's top scoring defender, with 134 goals in 451 matches ( that record was since broken by Dutch defender Ronald Koeman ).

Heitinga quickly established himself as a strong addition to the team and became first-choice player under coach Co Adriaanse and later Ronald Koeman until he suffered a serious knee injury which kept him on the sidelines for over six months.

Having retired as a player after his stint with Feyenoord, Koeman became member of the coaching staff of Guus Hiddink during the 1998 World Cup along with Johan Neeskens and Frank Rijkaard.

After a turbulent start, Ronald Koeman was instated as head coach, and the player became an integral part in the rebuilding of the team, making the right-winger position his own.

* 1963 – Ronald Koeman, Dutch footballer and manager

* March 21 – Ronald Koeman, Dutch football player and manager

Ibrahimović received little playing time under manager Co Adriaanse, but when Adriaanse was sacked on 29 November 2001, new coach Ronald Koeman inserted Ibrahimović into the starting lineup as Ajax won the 2001 – 02 Eredivisie title.

Ronald Koeman (, born 21 March 1963 in Zaandam, Noord-Holland ) is a former Dutch footballer, and the current manager of Feyenoord.

Koeman was appointed the manager of Ajax in 2001.

On 21 July 2011, Koeman was appointed manager of Feyenoord, signing a one-year contract with the historical Dutch club as replacement for outgoing trainer Mario Been.

He first made the bench as an unused substitute for Ajax in a 2 – 0 win at SBV Excelsior on 22 December 2002 when manager Ronald Koeman, troubled by an injury-filled squad, called him up, advised by Danny Blind, the then-coach of the Ajax youth squad.

After retiring from football as a player, Arveladze was appointed in July 2008 as assistant manager of AZ under head coach Louis van Gaal, and maintained his position also in the 2009 – 10 season under Ronald Koeman and Dick Advocaat.

After retiring from football as a player, Arveladze was appointed in July 2008 as assistant manager of AZ under head coach Louis van Gaal, and maintained his position also in the 2009 – 10 season under Ronald Koeman and Dick Advocaat.

He failed to be selected for the substitutes bench against Feyenoord in March 2002, which was due to a minor clash with manager Ronald Koeman, and Mido left for a short vacation in Cairo.

After Louis van Gaal turned down an offer to manage Feyenoord, the club sought out legendary former Barcelona defender Ronald Koeman, who had played for Feyenoord during the late nineteen nineties.

After the incident Villa did not contact Vlaar, to which coach Ronald Koeman set up a deadline for The Villans, which ended on July 23, 2012, however Villa was on a pre-season tour of the US and thus not able to respond.

At the request of Guus Hiddink, Neeskens, along with Frank Rijkaard and Ronald Koeman, acted as assistant coach for the Dutch national team during the qualifiers and finals of the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Both the German Lothar Matthäus and the Dutch Erwin Koeman failed to qualify for any tournaments.

He was signed by Ajax, and made a name for himself under Ronald Koeman.

Besides being a defender at the centreback position, Koeman was also known for his powerful right-footed freekicks and deadball ability where he scored many vital goals for the team, and it was from a free kick that he scored Barcelona's winning goal in the 1992 European Cup final.

Ronald Koeman currently holds the record for 25 consecutive successful penalty conversions in La Liga.

The club was then propelled back into success by the Koeman brothers, Ronald Koeman and his elder brother Erwin Koeman together with defending midfielder Jan van Dijk resulting in qualification to European football for the first time in the 1982 / 83 season.

However, after less than a year in England, he left Tottenham to sign for the Spanish club Barcelona for £ 3million, succeeding Ronald Koeman in the team.

He scored for Ajax during their 6 – 0 defeat of Willem II in February 2003, but Koeman again critiscised Mido, commenting negatively on his performance against Roda in the KNVB Cup.

Select players known for their extraordinary skill in this special form of kicking ability have been Mehmet Scholl, Didier Drogba, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronald Koeman, Zico, Johan Neeskens, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Andrea Pirlo, Roberto Carlos, Juninho, Marcos Assunção, Shunsuke Nakamura, Rivaldo, Rogério Ceni, Alessandro Del Piero, Wesley Sneijder, Sebastian Larsson, Juan Román Riquelme, David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho, Sejad Salihović, Nolberto Solano and Siniša Mihajlović.

On 15 November 2006, he was not included in Péter Várhidi's provisional 25-man squad for Euro 2008 qualifiers, but featured in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stages, as Hungary was now managed by Erwin Koeman.

On 5 December 2009 AZ announced that Koeman no longer was in charge of AZ, after losing 7 of the first 16 games in the Dutch competition.

On 5 December 2009, AZ announced that Koeman no longer was in charge of AZ, after losing 7 of the first 16 games in the Dutch competition.

Ronald Koeman has however kept de Vrij as captain, despite Mathijsen being more experienced on international and club level.

The victory was marred by the reaction of Dutch captain Koeman who wiped the shirt of Olaf Thon, given to him after the match, on his backside in front of the German fans.

However later in the second half with the game locked at 0 – 0 David Platt was fouled by Ronald Koeman as he raced in on goal.

Coupled with Ajax being knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Auxerre, 3 – 2 on aggregate, lead Koeman to resign the following day on 25 February 2005.

Ekelund was an instant hit at Southampton's The Dell stadium with his skills on the ball, forming a great understanding with English midfielder Matthew Le Tissier, who Ekelund later described as being on level with Ronald Koeman and Romário.

" New coach Ronald Koeman went on to capture Ajax's 28th Eredivisie title.

Sonck never really made it in Amsterdam, partly because he was playing on the right wing a lot under coach Ronald Koeman.

Blind was head coach at Ajax from 14 March 2005 ( appointed as successor to Ronald Koeman ) until 10 May 2006, after only 422 days in charge.

Ronald Koeman, succeeded Louis van Gaal after the 2008 – 09 season.

Cruyff introduced players like Josep Guardiola, José Mari Bakero, Txiki Beguiristain, Goikoetxea, Ronald Koeman, Michael Laudrup, Romário, and Hristo Stoichkov.

Ronald Koeman has said that Feyenoord was the better side over the two legs but missed a scoring striker, referring to John Guidetti, the loaned player from Manchester City one season earlier.

Gullit joined the DWS club after his move, and came to the attention of the Dutch youth team, where he played alongside such future greats as Erwin Koeman, Ronald Koeman and Wim Kieft.

PSV garnered many honours in the football arena and have been credited as the club where many successful players such as Ruud Gullit, Hans van Breukelen, Gerald Vanenburg, Romário, Eric Gerets, Ronald Koeman, Ronaldo, Luc Nilis, Wim Kieft, Jaap Stam, Boudewijn Zenden, Arthur Numan, Wim Jonk, Danko Lazović, Balázs Dzsudzsák, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Phillip Cocu, Ibrahim Afellay, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Park Ji-Sung, Jefferson Farfán, Heurelho Gomes, Alex, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Mateja Kežman, and Arjen Robben made their name.

While playing at FC Barcelona, Dutch football player Ronald Koeman was nicknamed Floquet de Neu because of his blond hair.

He was one of the restricted three foreign players allowed in the team, alongside Dutch defender Ronald Koeman and Bulgarian striker Hristo Stoichkov, who were the pillars of Barça coach Johan Cruyff's Dream Team, along with rising stars Pep Guardiola, Bakero, and Begiristain.

At Euro 88, Matthäus captained the team and scored a penalty against the Netherlands ( the eventual winners ) in the semi-final to give his team a 1 – 0 lead, but Ronald Koeman leveled the score with a penalty, and then Marco van Basten slid in the winning goal in the final minutes.

Ronald Koeman converted the spot-kick to level the match.

However England hit back with a string of counter attacks, with Platt heading just wide and Tony Adams having a shot cleared off the line by Erwin Koeman, while Tony Dorigo hit a post with a 35-yard free-kick after 25 minutes.

Koeman scored at the second attempt.

He was part of the Dutch side that won Euro 1988 with a 2 – 0 win in the final over the Soviet Union, playing at center-back alongside Ronald Koeman.

He had previously served as an assistant coach, along with Johan Neeskens and Ronald Koeman under the managerial tenure of Guus Hiddink.