Hans Kraay Sr.

Hans Kraay

Kraay in 1976
Personal information
Full name	Johan Hendrik Kraay
Date of birth	(1936-10-14)14 October 1936
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Date of death	27 October 2017(2017-10-27) (aged 81)
Place of death	Tiel, Netherlands
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	DOS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1956–1961	DOS	155	(0)
1961–1968	Feyenoord	192	(2)
1968–1970	DOS	18	(0)
International career
1957–1964	Netherlands	8	(0)
Managerial career
1968–1969	DFC
1970–1973	Elinkwijk
1973–1974	Go Ahead Eagles
1974–1975	Ajax
1976–1979	AZ'67
1979–1980	Edmonton Drillers
1980	Sparta Rotterdam
1980–1981	Den Haag
1982–1983	Feyenoord
1985–1987	PSV Eindhoven (technical director)
1988–1989	Feyenoord (technical director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans Kraay (14 October 1936 – 27 October 2017) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a defender. Subsequently, he became well known for his football management skills as well as analysis of matches on Dutch television.

Biography

Born in Utrecht, Kraay made his professional debut at DOS and also played for Feijenoord.

After his playing career, he became manager at DFC, Elinkwijk, Go Ahead Eagles, Ajax Amsterdam, AZ'67, Edmonton Drillers, Sparta Rotterdam (only two days due to some health trouble), FC Den Haag and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He also served Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven as a technical director, as well as the NOS and other television channels with his views on football, both commentary and analysis. In 1986, he took place at PSV Eindhoven as manager. The team was first in the League, but in March 1987, he was replaced by Guus Hiddink after a loss against FC Den Bosch on penalties for the KNVB Cup.

Kraay's son Hans Jr. is also a retired professional footballer and television personality.

Kraay also worked for N.E.C. Nijmegen as head of scouting and personal adviser of chairman Marcel Boekhoorn.

Honours

• 1957–58: Eredivisie winner with DOS
• 1961–62: Eredivisie winner with Feijenoord
• 1964–65: KNVB Cup winner with Feijenoord
• 1964–65: Eredivisie winner with Feijenoord

External links

• Hans Kraay Sr. at National-Football-Teams.com