Hans Gillhaus

Football manager infobox
playername = Hans Gillhaus
fullname = Johannes Paulus Gillhaus
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|11|5
cityofbirth = Helmond
countryofbirth = Netherlands
currentclub =
position = "Chief scout Chelsea" "(former Striker)"
years = 1983-1987 1987-1990 1990-1992 1992-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1998 1998-1999
clubs = Den Bosch PSV Aberdeen Vitesse Gamba Osaka AZ FF Jaro Den Bosch
caps(goals)= 1060(45) 0570(23) 0640(19) 0430(28) 0600(28) 01100(1) 00700(2) 01700(2)
nationalyears = 1987-1994
nationalteam = Netherlands
nationalcaps(goals) = 00900(2)
manageryears =
managerclubs =

Johannes ("Hans") Paulus Gillhaus (born November 5, 1963 in Helmond, Noord-Brabant) is a former Dutch footballer, who played for PSV Eindhoven and Aberdeen primarily as a left sided forward. He is currently chief scout for Chelsea.

Gillhaus played for F.C. Den Bosch, but with the then world record transfer of Ruud Gullit for £6,000,000 in 1987 from PSV to AC Milan, PSV strengthened their squad by signing Gillhaus, Wim Kieft and Søren Lerby. In his first season (1988) it was Gillhaus's goals which kept the pressure of Kieft who was the no.1 striker but was initially struggling to score. In that season PSV swept the board winning the Dutch League, Dutch Cup and the European Cup. However, with the arrival of Romário, Gillhaus found his starting roles fewer as with the Brazilian and Kieft being the expensive buys, he was the one usually resigned to the substitutes bench.

Gillhaus signed for Aberdeen from PSV in November 1989 for £650,000 and made an immediate impact on his debut scoring 2 goals (including an acrobatic overhead kick) against Dunfermline Athletic in a 3-1 victory at East End Park. This was followed in the next game by the only goal (a left foot curling shot into the top corner) in a win against Aberdeen's bitter rivals Rangers at Pittodrie.

While with Aberdeen he collected a Scottish Cup winners medal by helping them beat Celtic in 1990, before joining the Dutch squad for Italia 90. In 1992 he left Aberdeen after falling out of favour with then Aberdeen manager Willie Miller, moving to Vitesse Arnhem, after which he moved to the J-League in Japan. He played also in the Finnish League for FF Jaro in 1998. He finished his playing career where he started, with Den Bosch.