Michel Boerebach | |
Fullname: | Michel Boerebach |
Birth Date: | 27 September 1963 |
Birth Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Currentclub: | Go Ahead Eagles (ass. coach) |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | SV Lelystad'67 |
Years1: | 1982–1987 |
Caps1: | 129 |
Goals1: | 22 |
Years2: | 1987–1989 |
Caps2: | 66 |
Goals2: | 21 |
Years3: | 1989–1990 |
Caps3: | 18 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Years4: | 1991–1992 |
Caps4: | 61 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Years5: | 1992–1993 |
Caps5: | 28 |
Goals5: | 3 |
Years6: | 1993–1996 |
Clubs6: | FC Twente |
Caps6: | 88 |
Goals6: | 24 |
Years7: | 1996–1998 |
Caps7: | 26 |
Goals7: | 2 |
Managerclubs1: | Go Ahead Eagles (assistant) |
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.
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.
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]
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]