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Ab Fafié
Personal information
Full name	Albert Fafié
Date of birth	4 March 1941
Place of birth	Rotterdam
Date of death	27 November 2012 (aged 71)
Position(s)	Left-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1963	Feijenoord
1963–1968	Xerxes
1968–1970	PSV
Managerial career
1981–1984	Feyenoord (assistant)
1984–1986	Feyenoord
1986	AEK Athens
1987	PAS Giannina
1988–1989	AA Gent
1990–1993	FC Utrecht
1994	AEK Larnaca
1995–1996	Go Ahead Eagles
1996–1997	Bandung Raya
1997–1998	Persija Jakarta
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ab Fafié (4 March 1941 – 27 November 2012) was a Dutch professional football player and manager.

Playing career

Club

Fafié made his debut for hometown club Feijenoord against Fortuna '54^[1] in 1959^[2] and also played for Rotterdam club Xerxes as well as for PSV. During an injury-hit spell he only played 13 games for the Eindhovenaren.^[3]^[4]

Managerial career

Fafié became assistant to Feyenoord manager Hans Kraay in 1981 and was named caretaker after Kraay's dismissal in 1983. He took charge in 1984 after Thijs Libregts was sacked and ended up third in the Eredivisie in both his seasons at the helm.^[5] He later managed a number of teams throughout Europe, including AEK Athens, AA Gent,^[6] FC Utrecht and Go Ahead Eagles where he had succeeded the dismissed Henk Ten Cate.^[7]^[4]

FC Utrecht

At Utrecht, he earned the nickname King Ab after steering them to European football with a fourth-placed finish in his first season.^[8] The club crashed out of next year's UEFA Cup to Spanish giants Real Madrid and after some less successful seasons, Fafié was given the sack in 1994.^[9]

He also had spells in charge at two Indonesian clubs^[10] and coached the final years of his life at amateur sides CVV, Overmaas, WSE and NBSVV.^[5]