Hans Gillhaus

Hans Gillhaus
Gillhaus in 2011
Personal information
Full name Johannes Paulus Gillhaus
Date of birth (1963-11-05) 5 November 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Helmond, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1987 Den Bosch 106 (45)
1987–1989 PSV 67 (23)
1989–1993 Aberdeen 78 (27)
1993–1995 Vitesse 54 (28)
1995–1996 Gamba Osaka 60 (28)
1996–1997 AZ 11 (1)
1998 FF Jaro 7 (2)
1998–1999 Den Bosch 17 (2)
Total 400 (156)
International career
1987–1994 Netherlands 9 (2)
1990 Scottish League 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johannes "Hans" Paulus Gillhaus (born 5 November 1963) is a Dutch retired professional footballer who played primarily as a left-sided forward.

During a 16-year professional career, he amassed Eredivisie totals of 348 games and 146 goals, mainly in representation of Den Bosch and PSV, also playing abroad in Scotland, Japan and Finland.

Gillhaus represented the Netherlands at the 1990 World Cup.

Club career

Early years and PSV

Born in Helmond, North Brabant, Gillhaus started playing professionally for FC Den Bosch, making his Eredivisie debuts in 1983–84 (12 games, three goals), then proceeding to score 33 league goals in his last two seasons combined.

In the 1987 summer, A.C. Milan bought Ruud Gullit from PSV Eindhoven for a world-record transfer fee £6,000,000, and that money was soon used in the acquisition of Gillhaus, Wim Kieft and Søren Lerby. The former netted 15 goals in only 26 games in his first season, helping the Philips club to a historic treble – he appeared 105 minutes in the campaign's European Cup final, a 0–0 penalty shootout win against S.L. Benfica.[1]

Aberdeen

With the arrival of Brazilian Romário, Gillhaus found himself relegated to a substitute role at PSV. In November 1989, he signed with Aberdeen for £650,000 (3,000,000) in todays money, made an immediate impact on his debut, scoring two goals (including an overhead kick) against Dunfermline Athletic in a 3–0 win at East End Park; this was followed in the next fixture by the game's only goal against Rangers, netting through a left-foot curling shot into the top corner at Pittodrie.[2]

While with Aberdeen, Gillhaus collected a Scottish Cup winners medal in 1989–90, scoring twice en route to the final against Celtic and starting in decisive match, another penalty shootout triumph.

Late career

Gillhaus left Aberdeen in early March 1993 after falling out of favour with manager Willie Miller, moving to Vitesse Arnhem for £300,000.[3] He scored a career-best 22 goals in his first full season, as they finished fourth and qualified to the UEFA Cup.

Aged 31, Gillhaus moved abroad again, signing for Gamba Osaka in the Japanese J-League. In 1998, he played in Finland with FF Jaro, and retired at the end of the following season at nearly 36 after helping first club Den Bosch return to the top flight.

International career

Gillhaus made his debut for Netherlands on 28 October 1987, in a UEFA Euro 1988 qualifier against Cyprus in Rotterdam (8–0 win), a game marred by the "bomb incident". In the same competition, on 16 December, he scored his only two goals for the national team in a 3–0 away win against Greece, but was not selected for the squad that competed in the final stages in Germany, eventually winning the tournament.[4]

Gillhaus was picked by manager Leo Beenhakker for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, appearing in three games (two starts) in an eventual round-of-16 exit.[5]

Post-playing career

Immediately after retiring from playing, Gillhaus returned to PSV and worked there as a scout for six years, after which he joined, in the same capacity, Chelsea.[6][7] On 23 August 2011, after also six years with the Blues, he was appointed director of football at S.V. Zulte Waregem.[8]

In March 2014, Gillhaus signed for Sunderland, co-ordinating its European scouting network.[9]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[10]
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Den Bosch 1983–84 Eredivisie 12 3 — — 12 3
1984–85 Eredivisie 26 9 — — 26 9
1985–86 Eredivisie 34 16 — — 34 16
1986–87 Eredivisie 34 17 — — 34 17
Total 106 45 — — 106 45
PSV 1987–88 Eredivisie 26 15 8 3 34 18
1988–89 Eredivisie 34 7 7 1 41 8
1989–90 Eredivisie 7 1 — — 2 0 9 1
Total 67 23 17 4 84 27
Aberdeen 1989–90 Scottish Premier Division 19 8 4 3 0 0 — 23 11
1990–91 Scottish Premier Division 35 14 1 0 3 0 4 1 43 15
1991–92 Scottish Premier Division 24 5 1 0 2 0 27 5
Total 78 27 6 3 5 0 4 1 93 31
Vitesse 1992–93 Eredivisie 12 6 0 0 — — 12 6
1993–94 Eredivisie 32 22 1 0 — 2 0 35 22
1994–95 Eredivisie 10 5 1 1 — 2 1 13 7
Total 54 33 2 1 — 4 1 60 35
Gamba Osaka 1995 J1 League 37 20 4 4 — — 41 24
1996 J1 League 23 8 4 2 13 4 — 40 14
Total 60 28 8 6 13 4 — 81 38
AZ 1996–97 Eredivisie 11 1 — — 11 1
Jaro 1998 Veikkausliiga 7 2 — 7 2
Den Bosch 1998–99 Eerste Divisie 17 2 — — 17 2
Career total 417 163 16 10 18 4 25 6 476 183
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup, Scottish Cup, Emperor's Cup, and Finnish Cup
  2. ^ Includes Dutch Super Cup, Scottish League Cup, J.League Cup, and Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Includes European Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup, and European Super Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[11]
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 1987 2 2
1988 0 0
1989 0 0
1990 5 0
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 0
1994 2 0
Total 9 2

Honours

PSV

Aberdeen

Den Bosch

References

  1. ^ James M. Ross (17 January 2008). "Champions' Cup 1987–88". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Legends: Hans Gillhaus". Aberdeen-Mad. 25 April 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. ^ Scottish Football: Gillhaus finally moves on; The Independent, 6 March 1993
  4. ^ "Hans Gillhaus – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. ^ Hans Gillhaus – FIFA competition record (archived)
  6. ^ Other management staff (reserves and academy) Archived 3 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine; Chelsea's official website
  7. ^ Chelsea's official website. "Our management staff". Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Voormalig PSV'er Hans Gillhaus aan de slag bij Belgisch Zulte Waregem" [Former PSV man Hans Gillhaus at the seat at Belgium's Zulte Waregem] (in Dutch). ED. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Former Chelsea man joins Sunderland team". Sunderland Echo. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Hans Gillhaus". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Hans Gillhaus". European Football. Retrieved 26 November 2015.