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Wim Jonk, born Wilhelm Jonk on 12 October 1966 in Volendam, is a Dutch association football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for FC Volendam, AFC Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, and Inter Milan, including a spell in the Premier League, and represented the Netherlands at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups and UEFA Euro 1992. His career in the sport began in 1986.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Wim Jonk is referenced by 178 other articles, and connects out to UEFA Europa League, Netherlands and association football.
It is catalogued under topics including 1966 births, 1994 FIFA World Cup players and 1998 FIFA World Cup players.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 2023
- Volendam (technical manager)
- Full name
- Wilhelmus Maria Jonk
- Date of birth
- ( 1966-10-12 ) 12 October 1966 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Volendam , Netherlands
- Height
- 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Central midfielder
- Current team
- Volendam (technical manager)
- Years
- Team
- 1986 1988
- Volendam
- 1988 1993
- Ajax
- 1993 1995
- Inter Milan
- 1995 1998
- PSV
- 1998 2001
- Sheffield Wednesday
- 1992 1999
- Netherlands
- 2011 2015
- Ajax (head of academy)
- 2019 2023
- Volendam
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- The Netherlands
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Volendam
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1992
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Netherlands national association football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Netherlands
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Wim Jonk.jpg
- Height
- 186
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- date of birth
- 1966-10-12
- Commons category
- Wim Jonk
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- name in native language
- Wim Jonk
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilhelmus Maria "Wim" Jonk ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪm ˈjɔŋk]; born 12 October 1966) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, who is the current technical manager of Eredivisie club Volendam.
In his career as a midfielder, he won a variety of national honours with Ajax and PSV. Abroad, he won the UEFA Cup with Inter Milan in 1994, and played in the Premier League with Sheffield Wednesday.
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