Martin Koeman

Martin Koeman

Koeman with Blauw-Wit in 1962
Personal information
Full name	Martinus Cornelis Koeman
Date of birth	(1938-07-26)26 July 1938
Place of birth	Purmerend, Netherlands
Date of death	18 December 2013(2013-12-18) (aged 75)
Place of death	Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1953–1957	VV Purmersteijn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1960	KFC
1960–1963	Blauw-Wit	56	(23)
1963–1971	GVAV	250	(23)
1971–1973	FC Groningen	52	(4)
1973–1974	SC Heerenveen	37	(1)
Total		395	(51)
International career
1964	Netherlands	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martinus Cornelis Koeman (26 July 1938 – 18 December 2013) was a Dutch footballer who played as a centre-back.

Biography

Koeman played professional football with KFC of Koog aan de Zaan from 1955 to 1960, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam from 1960 to 1963, GVAV/Groningen from 1963 to 1973 and SC Heerenveen until his retirement. He was selected regularly for the Netherlands national team but only played one match, against Austria on 12 April 1964. Despite his respectable career, he is best known for being the father of Erwin and Ronald Koeman, who followed in their father's footsteps as footballers, with both of his sons playing for Groningen and the Netherlands national team. One of the stands in the Euroborg stadium of Groningen has been named Koeman Stand after Martin and his two sons. On 16 June 2021 FC Groningen, Erwin, and Ronald unveiled a statue of Koeman next to the statue of his friend Tonny van Leeuwen on the 50th anniversary of the club.

On 18 December 2013, at the age 75, Martin Koeman died from heart failure after falling ill a few days earlier.

External links

• Stats as a player at FC Groningen
• Martin Koeman at National-Football-Teams.com