Foeke Booy

Football player infobox
playername= Foeke Booy
fullname = Foeke Booy
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|4|25
cityofbirth = Leeuwarden
countryofbirth = Netherlands
height =
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder (retired)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1980–1984
1984–1985
1985–1987
1987–1988
1988–1989
1989–1993
1993–1994
1994–1996
clubs = Cambuur Leeuwarden
De Graafschap
PEC Zwolle
FC Groningen
KV Kortrijk
Club Brugge
AA Gent
FC Utrecht
Total
caps(goals) = 072 00(8)
034 0(20)
077 0(37)
029 0(10)
031 00(8)
111 0(49)
028 0(11)
026 00(4)
408 (147)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Netherlands
nationalcaps(goals) = 000 00(0)
manageryears = 2000–2002
2002–2007
2007
2007–2008
managerclubs = FC Utrecht (assistent coach)
FC Utrecht
Al-Nassr
Sparta Rotterdam
pcupdate = 7 June 2007
ntupdate = 7 June 2007

Foeke Booy (born April 25, 1964) is a Dutch former football player and a football manager, who was born in the Frisian town of Leeuwarden. On Tuesday December 18, 2007 Booy was named as new Sparta Rotterdam coach after having guided Al Nasr in Saudi Arabia for only eight league matches since the summer of 2007.

Booy played for eight clubs in sixteen seasons. After Cambuur Leeuwarden, De Graafschap, PEC Zwolle and FC Groningen he opted for a Belgian adventure. He wore the shirt of KV Kortrijk, Club Brugge and AA Gent. In his time with Brugge he won the national championship twice and the national cup. In 1994 he played for FC Utrecht. However, a heavy knee injury made it almost impossible to play football at the highest level.

At the age of 34 he therefore decided to focus on a future as a coach. He coached the B-juniors of FC Utrecht, he had Young FC Utrecht under his wing and was assistant to the coach of the A-selection for two years. In 2002 he became technical manager and coach of FC Utrecht.

Foeke Booy is the most successful coach in the history of FC Utrecht. In his first year as a coach his team challenged for a European place for a long period but finally ended eighth with 47 points. The climax of the season 2002/2003 was the fact that FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup at Feyenoord's expense. The club from Rotterdam had been beaten in its own stadium 4-1.

In his second year as coach he saw some important names disappear from his selection, but FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup again and scored only one point less in the league than they did the year before. Last season Booy obtained the third main trophy with the club: Ajax were beaten at their own stadium, 4-2 in the match for the Johan Cruijff-schaal, the traditional game before the start of the season between the national champions and the Cup winners.

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Career as coach

References

* [http://www.fcupdate.nl/nieuws/2007/12/18/booy-sparta-is-een-keuze-op-gevoel/ Booys signs for Sparta Rotterdam]