Abe Knoop

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Abe Knoop
Personal information
Full name Abe Knoop
Date of birth (1963-08-28) 28 August 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
(now Curaçao)
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Iran
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1984 Feyenoord 1 (0)
1984–1985 NSVV
1985–1986 Vv Barendrecht
1986–1987 Sparta Rotterdam 0 (0)
1987–1990 FC Wageningen 94 (0)
1990 Ajax
1991 Neptunus
1991–1998 Vitesse 14 (0)
Total 109 (0)
Managerial career
1998–2005 Vitesse (goalkeeping coach)
2005–2006 S.L. Benfica (goalkeeping coach)
2006–2007 Al-Jazira (goalkeeping coach)
2009–2010 Iran (goalkeeping coach)
2022– PSV (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abe Knoop (born 28 August 1963 in Curaçao) is a Dutch professional football goalkeeping coach. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of the Iran national football team under the wing of Afshin Ghotbi.[1]

During his playing career, Knoop was primarily used as a reserve goalkeeper, but he made a few Eredivisie appearances for Feyenoord and Vitesse.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Knoop volgt Roorda op als keeperstrainer bij jeugd PSV". soccernews.nl. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Abe Knoop" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 19 March 2010.