Michel Boerebach

Dutch footballer

Michel Boerebach
Personal information
Full name	Michel Boerebach
Date of birth	(1963-09-27) 27 September 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Go Ahead Eagles (ass. coach)
Youth career
	SV Lelystad'67
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1987	Go Ahead Eagles	129	(22)
1987–1989	Roda JC	66	(21)
1989–1990	PSV	18	(3)
1991–1992	Roda JC	61	(5)
1992–1993	Burgos	28	(3)
1993–1996	FC Twente	88	(24)
1996–1998	Go Ahead Eagles	26	(2)
Managerial career
	Go Ahead Eagles (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michel Boerebach (born September 27, 1963 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a retired football midfielder from the Netherlands, who is the current assistant-coach of Dutch club where he started his professional career, Go Ahead Eagles.

Club career

A talented midfielder with Go Ahead Eagles, Boerebach left the club after 5 years for Roda JC and had an unsuccessful spell at PSV Eindhoven. Dutch manager Theo Vonk took him to La Liga side Real Burgos in 1992 ,^[1] only for him to leave the club after relegation. He returned to Holland to play for FC Twente^[2] and a second spell at Go Ahead Eagles. He then played amateur football for DOVO^[3] and retired in 1999.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Boerebach coached the reserves team at De Graafschap^[4] and became assistant manager at Go Ahead Eagles. In February 2016 he was allowed by the Dutch FA to act as caretaker manager of their senior side for a month alongside Harry Decheiver, after Dennis Demmers was sacked.^[5]

Personal life

On 22 July 2003, Boerebach lost both his sons Lesley and Sven in a car accident near Dronten,^[6] his then wife Dora survived the crash. A youth football tournament was named in honour of Lesley^[7] and a children's farm in honour of Sven.^[8] Boerebach later wrote a book about their death, Nooit meer zaterdag (Never again Saturday).^[9]

References

^ Michel Boerebach - NRC (in Dutch)
^ Boerebach rond met FC Twente - NRC (in Dutch)
^ Boerebach eindelijk weer kampioen - Trouw (in Dutch)
^ Boerebach naar De Graafschap - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
^ Decheiver en Boerebach mogen Go Ahead tot 7 maart leiden - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
^ 'Ik weet dat het nooit meer leuk wordt' - Trouw (in Dutch)
^ Indrukwekkende opening Lesley Boerebach Talententoernooi - Omroep Flevoland (in Dutch)
^ Twee broertjes Boerebach, verenigd in de dood. Hoe overleef je zulk verlies? - AD (in Dutch)
^ 'Je hebt genoeg gehuild' - NU (in Dutch)