Dutch association football player and coach

Ronald Koeman ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈroːnɑlt ˈkumɑn ] ( ) ; born 21 March 1963 ) is a dutch professional football coach and former musician, who was most recently the director of La Liga club Barcelona. He is the younger brother of his early external teammate Erwin Koeman and the son of erstwhile Dutch international Martin Koeman. Koeman was capable of playing both as a defender and as a midfielder ; he frequently played as a carpet sweeper, although he was equally known for his goalscoring, long–range tear, and accuracy from free kicks and penalties. Born in Zaandam, Koeman began his career at Groningen before transferring to the Netherlands ‘ most successful cabaret Ajax in 1983, where he won the national Eredivisie championship in 1984–85. He then joined Ajax ‘s rivals PSV Eindhoven in 1986, winning three back-to-back Eredivisie titles ( 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89 ) and the european Cup in 1988. Ronald Koeman is one of five european players to always win a soprano with their clubhouse and a cup with their national team in the like year. The other four players are his teammates Hans van Breukelen, Berry van Aerle, Gerald Vanenburg and Wim Kieft. In 1989, Koeman moved to Barcelona and became part of Johan Cruyff ‘s “ Dream team ”, helping the club win La Liga four years in a course between 1991 and 1994, and the 1991–92 european Cup, where he scored the winning finish of the final against Sampdoria.

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At international level, Koeman was one of the stars of the Netherlands national team, aboard Marco avant-garde Basten, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Dennis Bergkamp. During his career with the Netherlands, Koeman won UEFA Euro 1988 and played at the UEFA Euro 1992, 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, captaining the team at the latter. In his managerial career, Koeman has won three Eredivisie titles : doubly with Ajax ( 2001–02 and 2003–04 ) and once with PSV Eindhoven ( 2006–07 ). He is the only individual to have both played for and managed the “ Big Three “ of dutch football : Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord. [ 3 ] Abroad, he had spells in Portugal with Benfica and Spain with Valencia, coaching Los Ché to victory in the 2007–08 Copa del Rey, and managed Premier League clubs Southampton and Everton in the 2010s. He was the coach of the Netherlands national team between 2018 and 2020, finishing runner-up in the 2019 UEFA Nations League. In August 2020, he was appointed coach of Barcelona, with whom he won the 2020–21 Copa del Rey, but was sacked in October 2021, following a inadequate start to the new temper .

Club career [edit ]

Netherlands [edit ]

Koeman started his professional career at Groningen, making his debut at the long time of 17 years and 183 days in a 2–0 win over NEC in the Eredivisie. This made him the third-youngest actor in the club ‘s history, after Piet Wildschut and Bert de Voogt. [ 4 ] thirty-three goals from ninety appearances in his three seasons at the club saw the young defender called up by the Netherlands national team and earn a transfer to Eredivisie champions Ajax. After failing to defend their title in Koeman ‘s first season at the club, the Amsterdam team regained the backing in 1984–85. The postdate season saw Johan Cruyff take over as Ajax oral sex coach and, despite scoring 120 goals in 34 Eredivisie matches and winning the KNVB Cup, de Godenzonen could only finish irregular in the league behind rivals PSV Eindhoven .
In the summer of 1986, Koeman controversially transferred to PSV Eindhoven to play for Hans Kraay ‘s champions. Towards the end of the 1986–87 season, Kraay resigned and was replaced by Guus Hiddink, under the management of whom PSV overtook league leaders Ajax in the final weeks of the season to defend their league style. Koeman enjoyed further success with Hiddink and PSV in the follow seasons, as the team besides won the 1987–88 and 1988–89 Eredivisie titles and the clubhouse ‘s beginning, and to date alone, european Cup against Benfica in Stuttgart on 25 May 1988. PSV had besides won the KNVB Cup in both 1988 and 1989, making their successes in the two years trebles and doubles respectively. In his three seasons at PSV, Koeman scored 51 goals in 98 league appearances, averaging more than one goal every two matches. During 1987–88 season, he recorded the highest score temper of his cabaret career, with 21 goals scored in the league. [ 5 ]

Barcelona [edit ]

In 1989, Koeman re-joined his former Ajax coach Johan Cruyff at Barcelona, where he became a penis of the celebrated “ Dream Team “. During his first gear season at the cabaret, Barcelona won the Copa del Rey, beating actual madrid 2–0 in the final. [ 6 ] Along with players such as Hristo Stoichkov, Romário, Pep Guardiola and Michael Laudrup, Koeman helped the club win La Liga four years in a row from 1991 to 1994. He scored the only goal of the 1992 european Cup Final with a free-kick from the edge of the 18-yard box against Sampdoria at Wembley Stadium to make Barça european champions for the first prison term in its history. [ 7 ] With this, he became the first gear player to score in two back-to-back finals of different european competitions, having scored Barcelona ‘s consolation goal in a 1–2 kill against Manchester United in the 1991 european Cup Winners ‘ Cup Final. Koeman was known for his knock-down right-footed free kicks and deadball ability where he scored many vital goals for the team. [ 8 ] One of his best strikes in La Liga came in the memorable 5–0 win over real Madrid in 1994, with his bending free kick making the scoreline 2–0. [ 9 ] Koeman was joint-top scorekeeper with eight goals in the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League, in which Barcelona were beaten 0–4 in the final examination by A.C. Milan at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. His nicknames while playing for Barcelona were Tintin, due to his physical similarity with Hergé ‘s fictional fictional character, and Floquet de Neu, after the celebrated albino gorilla in the Barcelona Zoo. [ 10 ]

rejoinder to the Netherlands and retirement [edit ]

After six years and over 200 appearances at Barcelona, Koeman left Spain to return to the Netherlands in 1995. In joining Feyenoord, he became one of the few players to represent all of Dutch football ‘s “ Big Three “. Koeman spent two seasons in Rotterdam, captaining Feyenoord to third- and second-place finishes in the Eredivisie respectively. Koeman ended his career with 193 league goals from 533 matches ( ahead of Daniel Passarella, who netted 182 goals in 556 matches ) during his career, more than any other defender in the history of football. [ 11 ]

International career [edit ]

Koeman in the Dutch national team in 1983 In April 1983, Koeman debuted for the Netherlands national team in a 3–0 friendly loss to Sweden in Utrecht. This match besides marked the first Oranje appearance for his elder brother Erwin. Ronald ‘s foremost external goal came in September of the lapp year, in a 3–0 victory of Iceland at Groningen ‘s Oosterpark Stadion. With the Netherlands ineffective to qualify for UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Koeman ‘s tournament debut came at Euro 1988 in West Germany, where Rinus Michels ‘ team defeated the hosts at the semi-final stage, with Koeman scoring a crucial penalty to equalize and make it 1–1. After this catch, Koeman provocatively pretended to wipe his buttocks with the shirt of Olaf Thon in movement of the home supporters. [ 12 ] In the final, the Netherlands defeated the Soviet Union 2–0 at Munich ‘s Olympiastadion to win the state ‘s alone major international trophy. This completed Koeman ‘s extraordinary 1988 after winning the treble with PSV. [ a ] [ 13 ] Both Koeman and his central defensive collaborator Frank Rijkaard were named in UEFA ‘s team of the Tournament. Koeman went on to represent his nation at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, vitamin a well as Euro 1992, and picked up a entire of 78 caps for the Netherlands, scoring 14 goals .

Managerial career [edit ]

early years [edit ]

Having retired as a musician after his stretch with Feyenoord, Koeman became a member of the Netherlands international coaching staff of Guus Hiddink during the 1998 World Cup along with Johan Neeskens and Frank Rijkaard. After the tournament, he was appointed the adjunct bus of Barcelona, and in 2000, he was handed his first managerial job as the lead coach of Vitesse, where he led the team to a UEFA Cup spot in his only season. [ 14 ]

ajax [edit ]

Koeman was appointed the director of Ajax in 2001. He won a domestic bivalent in 2001–02. Despite regaining the entitle in 2003–04, Ajax had fallen eight points behind rivals PSV in the Eredivisie. This position, coupled with Ajax being knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Auxerre, 3–2 on sum, led Koeman to resign the pursue day on 25 February 2005. [ 15 ]

Benfica [edit ]

In June 2005, Koeman took up the vacant status at portuguese champions Benfica, following the passing of Giovanni Trapattoni. [ 16 ] On 13 August, he won the 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against Vitória de Setúbal with a single goal by Nuno Gomes. [ 17 ] The team finished the Primeira Liga in third place ( behind rivals Porto and Sporting CP ) and was knocked out of the Taça de Portugal in the quarter-finals by Vitória de Guimarães. This, along with an propose from PSV, sufficed for the coach to leave one class before the end of his contract. Under Koeman, Benfica did reach the quarter-finals of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League ; eliminating Manchester United in the final plot of the group stage and Liverpool in the foremost knockout stage, [ 18 ] [ 19 ] before losing to Barcelona on an aggregate score of 0–2, who ended up winning the trophy .

PSV Eindhoven [edit ]

In the 2006–07 season, Koeman served as point coach of PSV, as successor to Guus Hiddink. PSV dominated the first season half, keeping competitors AZ Alkmaar and Ajax at a reasonable distance, and PSV seemed about destined to become champions again. PSV, however, suffered in the second half of the season, besides because of injuries of players Jefferson Farfán, Alex and Ibrahim Afellay, obtaining only 19 out 39 potential points. [ 20 ] Alkmaar and Ajax regained their momentum, making for a close finish, with all three teams tied at 72 points before the survive contest day. Alkmaar played struggling Excelsior in their final examination equal, but did not manage to win. Ajax played at Willem II, but did not score enough goals ; it was PSV finally who triumphed, winning at home 5–1 against Vitesse, and thereby becoming Eredivisie champions, one goal ahead of Ajax. For the second straight season he guided a team to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, this time defeating another english cabaret in the shape of Arsenal in the first hard stage by an aggregate seduce of 2–1, [ 21 ] before losing 4–0 on aggregate to eventual runner-up Liverpool in the quarter-finals. [ 22 ]

valencia [edit ]

On 31 October 2007, Koeman agreed to be the fresh coach of Valencia after the dismissal of Quique Sánchez Flores, starting on 5 November 2007. [ 23 ] With Valencia, he won the 2007–08 Copa del Rey, a tournament he previously won as a actor with Barcelona. [ 24 ] This was Valencia ‘s first Copa del Rey since 1999. [ 25 ] The remainder of his tenure at Valencia would prove disappoint : the team would slump to 15th in the league, merely two points above the delegating zone, a well as finishing bottom of their Champions League group. A 1–5 kill by Athletic Bilbao would prove the final examination straw for Koeman ‘s prison term with Valencia. He was sacked the following day, on 21 April 2008. [ 25 ]

AZ Alkmaar [edit ]

Koeman was appointed coach of AZ Alkmaar on 18 May 2009, [ 26 ] after Louis van Gaal, who won the 2008–09 Eredivisie with Alkmaar, joined Bayern Munich. On 5 December 2009, Alkmaar announced that Koeman no farseeing was in charge of the club, after losing 7 of the foremost 16 games in the dutch competition. [ 27 ]

Feyenoord [edit ]

Koeman with Feyenoord in 2012 On 21 July 2011, Koeman was appointed director of Feyenoord, signing a annual compress with the dutch club as refilling for outgoing flight simulator Mario Been. [ 28 ] Through this date, Koeman notably became the first individual always to serve as both player and head coach at all teams of the alleged “ traditional big three ” of Dutch football – Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord. [ 29 ] furthermore, he has completed this in the lapp order as player and as coach. At the begin of 2012, it was announced that his contract was extended. In February 2014, Koeman announced that he would leave his position at Feyenoord at the end of the 2013–14 season to pursue other ambitions. [ 30 ]

Southampton [edit ]

Koeman as director of Southampton in September 2014 In June 2014, Koeman was announced as the successor for Southampton coach Mauricio Pochettino, signing a three-year deal with the club. His brother Erwin was appointed adjunct director. [ 31 ] In his beginning six Premier League games in charge of the golf club, Koeman managed four wins, a draw and a kill, propelling Southampton to second place in the league standings and resulting in Koeman being named Premier League Manager of the Month for September. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] In January 2015, Southampton won all three of their matches, including a first acquire at Manchester United since 1988, and Koeman was again named Manager of the Month. [ 34 ] He led Southampton to a seventh-place finish at the end of the season. [ 35 ] Koeman won his third base Premier League Manager of the Month for January 2016, [ 36 ] on the direction to Southampton ‘s highest ever Premier League end, sixth place, highest ever Premier League points sum, 63, and qualification for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. [ 37 ]

Everton [edit ]

Koeman managing Everton in 2017 On 14 June 2016, Koeman was confirmed as director of Everton, signing a three-year shrink. [ 38 ] His buddy was again hired as his assistant. [ 39 ] In his beginning season, Koeman led Everton to reservation for the Europa League. [ 40 ] prior to the 2017–18 season, Koeman was given the largest budget in Everton ‘s history to spend on modern players. [ 41 ] An estimated £150 million was spent on fresh players, but Koeman admitted that he had not bought a kernel advancing to replace Romelu Lukaku, the previous temper ‘s squad top scorekeeper who had been sold to Manchester United. [ 42 ] Koeman was sacked by the club on 23 October 2017, after his side fell into the relegation zone, following a 2–5 home frustration against Arsenal the previous day. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Koeman late stated his impression that the failure to sign Olivier Giroud in the summer transplant windowpane contributed to his sack. [ 45 ]

Netherlands [edit ]

On 6 February 2018, Koeman was appointed director of the Netherlands home football team on a four-and-half-year contract up to and including the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He replaced Dick Advocaat who resigned after failing to guide the Netherlands to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 46 ] On 9 June 2019, the Netherlands finished runner-up in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League after a 0–1 defeat against Portugal in the final examination. [ 47 ] On 19 August 2020, Koeman left the national team to become coach of Barcelona. Under his management, Netherlands qualified for a final tournament, UEFA Euro 2020, for the first base time since the 2014 FIFA World Cup after missing out on the UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 48 ]

Barcelona [edit ]

On 19 August 2020, Koeman was announced as the modern director of Barcelona, on a biennial contract until 30 June 2022. [ 49 ] He took over after Quique Setién had been dismissed from the position [ 50 ] following a black 8–2 kill to Bayern Munich in the quarter final of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. [ 51 ] In his first competitive game in blame, Barcelona beat Villarreal 4–0 at the Camp Nou in La Liga. [ 52 ] On 17 October, Koeman suffered his first loss as Barcelona director after a 1–0 away kill against Getafe. [ 53 ] On 24 October, he lost the beginning Clásico of the season to arch rivals Real Madrid by a 3–1 scoreline. That kill was followed by a 1–1 reap against Alavés, which resulted in Barcelona equalling their worst total after the first six games in La Liga ( 8 points, a few as in 2002–03 season ). [ 54 ] On 17 January 2021, Koeman managed Barcelona for the first time in a cup final, with his slope losing 3–2 to Athletic Bilbao after extra clock in the final examination of the 2020–21 Supercopa de España at the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville. [ 55 ] On 7 February, Koeman led Barcelona to their sixth consecutive away winnings in La Liga after winning 3–2 against Real Betis, equalling Luis Enrique ‘s feat achieved in the 2015–16 temper. [ 56 ] On 11 March, Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League in the round of 16 against PSG after failing to turn around a 1–4 loss at home, losing 2–5 on aggregate. [ 57 ] On 10 April, Barcelona ‘s 19-game unbeaten run in La Liga came to an end after falling to Real Madrid 2–1 aside from home in the second gear Clásico of the season. On 17 April, Koeman led Barça to a 4–0 winnings over Athletic Bilbao in the 2021 Copa del Rey Final, gaining revenge for the Supercopa frustration at the lapp venue three months early. [ 58 ] On 29 April, Barcelona were presented with a golden opportunity to go lead of La Liga but failed to capitalize after losing out to Granada away 2–1 despite taking the jumper cable. [ 59 ] Barcelona ‘s title charge ended with a disappointment after winning only two of their last five matches and finally end third base in the league table. Following the end of the season, club president Joan Laporta admitted that Koeman was not his first choice and was looking for a coach, [ 60 ] however on 3 June, he confirmed that Koeman would be staying in charge for another temper. [ 61 ] Barcelona began the 2021–22 season with a 4–2 base victory over real Sociedad in La Liga. however, in their future ten matches, they had a disappoint footrace of games with 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats including back-to-back 3–0 losses against Bayern Munich and Benfica in the Champions League group degree and a 2–0 away defeat against championship contenders Atletico Madrid in La Liga. [ 62 ] On 24 October, following Barça’s 2–1 kill against very Madrid at home, Koeman became the first director since Patrick O ’ Connell in 1936 to lose three consecutive Clásicos. [ 63 ] On 28 October, the club announced that Koeman had been relieved of his duties as coach following the team ‘s 1–0 away kill against Rayo Vallecano. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] A workweek late, Xavi was announced as his successor. [ 66 ]

style of play [edit ]

A composed player on the ball, Koeman was adequate to of being deployed both as a defender and as a midfielder, and he frequently played as a sweeper, due to his vision and his ability on the ball. [ 67 ] Regarded as one of the best and most prolific attacking central defenders of all time, due to his eye for goal, [ 68 ] Koeman was renowned for his long-range passing, angstrom well as his shooting accuracy and ability from distance, specially on release kicks ; he is the top marking defender in world football, [ 11 ] [ 69 ] and Barcelona ‘s top score defender. [ 70 ] A versatile set firearm specialist, Koeman was nicknamed the King of free kicks, and was capable of striking the testis with power from long range free kicks, or curling shots on goal from close stove ; [ 71 ] [ 72 ] [ 69 ] he was besides an accurate penalty kick taker. [ 69 ] Regarding his alone runup and approach to taking free kicks and penalties, Rob Smyth of The Guardian commented in 2009 : “ We tend to associate Koeman with that particular type of free-kick, where he would lace the ball in a manner that was paradoxically sledgehammer quite than silk, yet if anything he was more ace at the seductive, shorter-range curler. As with his penalties, when he would charge towards the ball like a man with murder in mind only to tap it gently into the net income, separate of the skill was in the deception. With Koeman, there was more than one way to skin a defensive wall ; as all Englishmen know well, he could flippin ‘ flip one arsenic well. ” [ 72 ]

Records [edit ]

Koeman is the top score defender in populace football, [ 11 ] and Barcelona ‘s lead grade defender, with 90 goals in all competitions. [ 70 ] An accurate unblock kick and penalty kick taker, Koeman was nicknamed the King of free kicks throughout his playing career, and is Barcelona ‘s second-highest goalscorer from free kicks, previous club captain Lionel Messi, with 26 goals from set pieces in all competitions ; [ 71 ] [ 73 ] he is besides Barcelona ‘s second-highest scorer from penalties in La Liga, behind Messi once again, with 46 goals from spot kicks, and the highest scoring defender in La Liga from penalties. [ 70 ] [ 74 ] With 67 goals, he is the second most fecund defender in La Liga history, behind Sergio Ramos. [ 75 ] He presently holds the record for 25 consecutive successful punishment conversions in La Liga. [ 76 ]

personal liveliness [edit ]

Ronald is the younger buddy of Erwin, who was the head bus of Oman, being the first set of brothers to take charge of two different national teams at the like time. [ 77 ] He is married to Bartina Koeman. [ 78 ] Their son, Ronald Koeman Jr., is a professional goalkeeper for FC Oss in the Eerste Divisie. [ 79 ] Koeman is an ambassador for the anti-smoking campaign Kick it with Help. He said that the cancer diagnoses of his wife and his acquaintance Johan Cruyff motivated him to join the campaign. [ 78 ] During the transfer as a director to Barcelona in 2020, Koeman was filmed for a 3-part docuseries entitled, Força Koeman. The series can be seen on Dutch streaming service “ videoland ” from 17 February 2021. [ 80 ] Koeman stated that he has been visiting the portuguese region of Algarve since 1988 after the victory of PSV Eindhoven in the 1987–88 european Cup, bought real estate of the realm there in 2004 and built a house for him in Vale do Lobo in 2005. [ 81 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[82][83][84][85][86]

Club

Season

League

Cup

Super Cup

Continental

Other[n 1][n 2]

Total

Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals

Groningen
1980–81
Eredivisie

24
4
3
2



27
6

1981–82

Eredivisie

33
14
1
0



34
14

1982–83

Eredivisie

33
14
4
0



37
14

Total

90
32
8
2



98
34

Ajax
1983–84

Eredivisie

32
7
4
2

2
0

38
9

1984–85

Eredivisie

30
9
2
1

4
3

36
13

1985–86

Eredivisie

32
7
6
1

2
0

40
8

Total

94
23
12
4

8
3

114
30

PSV
1986–87

Eredivisie

34
16
3
3

2
0

39
19

1987–88

Eredivisie

32
21
6
4

8
1

46
26

1988–89

Eredivisie

32
14
6
1

4
2
3
1
45
18

Total

98
51
15
8

14
3
3
1
130
63

Barcelona
1989–90
La Liga

36
14
7
4

4
1
1
0
48
19

1990–91

La Liga

21
6
4
2
0
0
7
4

32
12

1991–92

La Liga

35
16
2
0
1
0
11
1

49
17

1992–93

La Liga

33
11
3
0
1
0
3
0
3
0
43
11

1993–94

La Liga

35
11
2
0
1
0
12
8

50
19

1994–95

La Liga

32
9
1
0
1
0
8
1

42
10

Total

192
67
19
6
4
0
45
15
4
0
264
88

Feyenoord
1995–96

Eredivisie

31
10
3
1
1
0
7
3

42
14

1996–97

Eredivisie

30
9
2
0

5
0

37
9

Total

61
19
5
1
1
0
12
3

79
23

Career total

535
193
59
21
5
0
79
24
7
1
685
239

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[87]

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Netherlands

1983
6
1

1984
1
0

1985
1
0

1986
6
0

1987
7
2

1988
10
1

1989
8
3

1990
9
3

1991
4
0

1992
12
0

1993
5
2

1994
9
2

Total
78
14

Scores and results list Netherlands’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Koeman goal.[88]

managerial statistics [edit ]

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 27 October 2021[82][89]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team

From

To

Record

Vitesse

1 January 2000

2 December 2001

79
40
23
16
132
77

+55

0 50.63
Ajax

3 December 2001

25 February 2005

151
94
30
27
322
147

+175

0 62.25
Benfica

8 June 2005

8 May 2006

49
27
11
11
64
38

+26

0 55.10
PSV

1 July 2006

31 October 2007

63
38
11
14
118
54

+64

0 60.32
Valencia

5 November 2007

21 April 2008

34
11
9
14

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38
47

−9

0 32.35
AZ

18 May 2009

5 December 2009

24
11
4
9
44
30

+14

0 45.83
Feyenoord

21 July 2011

31 May 2014

118
67
23
28
237
137

+100

0 56.78
Southampton

16 June 2014

14 June 2016

91
44
17
30
140
93

+47

0 48.35
Everton

14 June 2016

23 October 2017

58
24
14
20
85
74

+11

0 41.38
Netherlands

6 February 2018

18 August 2020

20
11
5
4
43
18

+25

0 55.00
Barcelona

19 August 2020

27 October 2021

67
39
12
16
138
75

+63

0 58.21

Total

754
406
159
189
1,361
792

+569

0 53.85

Honours [edit ]

musician [edit ]

Ajax
PSV
Barcelona
Netherlands
Individual

coach [edit ]

Ajax
Benfica
PSV Eindhoven
Valencia
AZ Alkmaar
Netherlands
Barcelona
Individual

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]

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