Hans Gillhaus

Hans Gillhaus

Gillhaus in 2011
Personal information
Full name Johannes Paulus Gillhaus
Date of birth (1963-11-05) 5 November 1963
Place of birth Helmond, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position 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)
National team
1987–1994 Netherlands 9 (2)
1990 Scottish League 1 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Johannes "Hans" Paulus Gillhaus (born 5 November 1963) is a Dutch retired 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 / PSV

Born in Helmond, Noord-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 an 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 and 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 / Management

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.

Immediately afterwards, Gillhaus returned to PSV and worked there as a scout for six years, after which he joined, in the same capacity, Chelsea.[4][5][6] On 23 August 2011, after also six years with the Blues, he was appointed director of football at S.V. Zulte Waregem.[7]

In March 2014, Gillhaus signed for Sunderland, co-ordinating its European scouting network.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

Statistics

Club

[11]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Total
1983–84Den BoschEredivisie123123
1984–85269269
1985–8634163416
1986–8734173417
1987–88PSVEredivisie26152615
1988–89347347
1989–907171
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1989–90AberdeenPremier Division19843002311
1990–91351410303914
1991–922451020275
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Total
1992–93VitesseEredivisie126126
1993–9432223222
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1995Gamba OsakaJ1 League3720444124
1996238421344014
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Total
1996–97AZEredivisie111111
Finland League Finnish Cup League Cup Total
1998Jaro7272
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Total
1998–99Den BoschEerste Divisie172172
Country Netherlands 2459924599
Scotland 782763508930
Japan 6028861348138
Finland 7272
Total 407158149184439171

National team

[12]

Netherlands
YearAppsGoals
198722
198800
198900
199050
199100
199200
199300
199420
Total92

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. Other management staff (reserves and academy); Chelsea's official website
  5. Chelsea closing the net on Ajax's £18m-rated Klaas act Huntelaar; Daily Mail, 1 April 2008
  6. Chelsea's official website. "Our management staff". Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  7. "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.
  8. "Former Chelsea man joins Sunderland team". Sunderland Echo. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  9. "Hans Gillhaus – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  10. Hans GillhausFIFA competition record
  11. "Hans Gillhaus". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  12. "Hans Gillhaus". European Football. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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