Hans Smit

Hans Smit
Personal information
Full name Hans-Peter Van Sprew Smit
Date of birth (1958-06-29) June 29, 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Jakarta, Indonesia[1]
Position(s) Sweeper, Midfielder
Youth career
Years Team
? UP Fighting Maroons
Managerial career
1981–? De La Salle Santiago Zobel
1996 Philippines (assistant)
? Kaya
? National Capital Region (youth)
?– DLSU Lady Booters
2008 Philippines (women's)
For the Dutch-American professor, see Hans Smit (professor).

Hans-Peter Van Sprew Smit[1] (born June 29, 1958) is an Indonesian-born Filipino football coach. He was assistant coach of the Philippine national football team which participated at the 1996 Tiger Cup.[2][3][4]

He is the current head coach of the DLSU Lady Booters which plays in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), as well as at the PFF Women's League.

Early life and education

Smit was born as an Indonesian citizen in Jakarta, Indonesia but moved to the Philippines at age 6.[1] Smit attended the University of the Philippines for his college and pursued a sports major program after considering to pursue a course in Human Resource Management and Mass Communication.[5] He represented his school as a varsity player at the UAAP Football Championships.[6] He voluntarily chose to drop out from the university to focus on his coaching career.[5]

Coaching career

Smit started his coaching career in football at age 21 making him the youngest football coach in the country at that time. He began his coaching career with the newly formed De La Salle Santiago Zobel School football team in 1981.He also became the youngest Athletic Director in the country when he initiated a varsity program for the Alabang-based De La Salle Santiago Zobel School.[1] Smit coached the schools' boys' team.[6][7]

Among the other teams Smit had coached is Kaya and the National Capital Region youth team.[6]

Smit led the DLSU Lady Booters to the top of its group at the elimination round of the UAAP Season 77 football tournament in 2015.[8] In 2016, he served as the first head coach of the team at the PFF Women's League mentoring the team in the 2016-17 season.[9] He guided the team in its 3–0 win against OutKast on their first match of the second round of the league's season which assured them of the league title.[10]

Smit also organizes football festivals, leagues and national championships. He is an official Match Commissioner for the Philippine Football Federation and certified by the Asian Football Confederation.[1]

International

Smit had a brief stint as head coach of the Philippine women's national team in 2008. He replaced Marlon Maro who last led the team at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games.[11] Smit led the team at the 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers. He was replaced by Joey Villarino the same year who was first tasked to guide the team at the 2008 AFF Women's Championship.[12]

Personal life

Smit is married to Carmencita Carlos Smit a natural-born Filipino and has four children who are all likewise born Filipino.[1]

Naturalization

A bill was filed on March 17, 2015 before the Senate by Senators Pia and Alan Cayetano regarding the granting of Philippine citizenship to Hans Smit for staying more than 50 years in the country and for his contribution to Philippine football.[1]

On June 6, 2016, the bill was approved in the Senate in the third and final reading, in time for the 16th Congress' sine die adjournment.[13] On July 21, 2016, Smit became a naturalized Filipino citizen with the lapsing into law of the bill now known as Republic Act No. 10914, which was regarding his naturalization.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cayetano, Pia; Cayetano, Allan. "An Act Granting Philippine Citizenship to Hans-Peter Smith" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Three charged with corruption in recent Tiger Cup tournament". Singapore: Manila Standard. 21 September 1996. Retrieved 24 March 2015. ... Told the Manila Standard that he was informed by RP coach Hans Smit that it was his (Smit) players led by Saluria who reported the case...
  3. ^ Perez, Jonathan (11 June 2011). "RP out of step with a football-crazy world". GMA News. Retrieved 24 March 2015. That's not how the rest of the world thinks, according to former Philippine national team coach Hans Smit, an Indonesian citizen with roots in Holland, a world football power.
  4. ^ Amigo, Ismael (7 September 1996). "Filipinos face Singaporeans Today". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 26 March 2015. ... ,said Hans Smit, assistant RP coach
  5. ^ a b Smit, Hans; Jamlang, Jing (10 October 2013). "Pilot". Hans On (Podcast). Season 1. Episode 1 (in English and Filipino). New Media Factory TV. Event occurs at 15:19-15:50, 20:50-21:20, 24:24-24:40. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b c Olivares, Rick (4 February 2008). "Bleachers' Brew #93 Who's afraid of Hans Smit?". Bleachers' Brew. Business Mirror. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  7. ^ Runes, Jason (12 May 2014). "Four head coaches who redefined Lasallian sports". The LaSallian. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  8. ^ Co, Adrian Stewart (25 February 2015). "DLSU secures top spot in UAAP football". Panay News. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  9. ^ "PFF Women's League - Season 2016-2017 Teams - De La Salle University (DLSU)". Facebook. Pinay Futbol. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  10. ^ Montayre, Mia (20 October 2017). "PFFWL Roundup: Second round opening win virtually guarantees La Salle league title". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  11. ^ Tupas, Cedelf (2 February 2002). "PFF eyes Fegidero as RP XI coach". Visayan Star. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  12. ^ Tupas, Cedelf (9 October 2008). "Lady booters open bid vs Singapore". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Senate adjourns sine die, approves 2 bills". Senate of the Philippines. June 6, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  14. ^ "Indon football coach gets Filipino citizenship". Manila Bulletin. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.