Phillip Cocu

Dutch association football player and manager

Phillip John-William Cocu (born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager and former midfielder who was most recently the manager of Vitesse.

Phillip Cocu
Cocu in 2014
Personal information
Full name Phillip John-William Cocu[1]
Date of birth (1970-10-29) 29 October 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 AZ Alkmaar 50 (8)
1990–1995 Vitesse 137 (25)
1995–1998 PSV 95 (31)
1998–2004 Barcelona 205 (31)
2004–2007 PSV 94 (23)
2007–2008 Al Jazira 17 (4)
Total 598 (122)
National team
1996–2006 Netherlands 101 (10)
Teams managed
2008–2012 Netherlands (assistant)
2012 PSV (caretaker)
2013–2018 PSV
2018 Fenerbahçe
2019–2020 Derby County
2022–2023 Vitesse
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2000
Bronze medal – third place 2004
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AZ 1988–89 Eerste Divisie 15 4 2 1 17 5
1989–90 Eerste Divisie 35 4 1 0 36 4
Total 50 8 3 1 53 9
Vitesse 1990–91 Eredivisie 8 0 0 0 8 0
1991–92 Eredivisie 33 3 2 0 35 3
1992–93 Eredivisie 34 6 2 1 6[c] 1 42 8
1993–94 Eredivisie 33 11 1 0 2[c] 0 36 11
1994–95 Eredivisie 29 5 1 1 2[c] 0 32 6
Total 137 25 6 2 10 1 153 28
PSV 1995–96 Eredivisie 29 12 4 2 8[c] 2 41 16
1996–97 Eredivisie 34 8 2 0 4[d] 1 1[e] 0 41 9
1997–98 Eredivisie 32 11 5 3 6[f] 1 1[e] 2 44 17
Total 95 31 11 5 18 4 2 2 126 42
Barcelona 1998–99 La Liga 36 12 4 0 5[f] 0 2[g] 0 47 12
1999–2000 La Liga 35 6 2 0 14[f] 2 2[g] 0 53 8
2000–01 La Liga 35 3 7 0 13[h] 1 55 4
2001–02 La Liga 34 2 0 0 16[f] 0 50 2
2002–03 La Liga 29 3 0 0 10[f] 2 39 5
2003–04 La Liga 36 5 5 0 7[c] 1 48 6
Total 205 31 18 0 65 6 4 0 292 37
PSV 2004–05 Eredivisie 29 6 3 1 13[f] 3 45 10
2005–06 Eredivisie 33 10 4 2 8[f] 1 1[e] 0 46 13
2006–07 Eredivisie 32 7 2 0 7[f] 0 1[e] 1 42 8
Total 94 23 9 3 28 4 2 1 133 31
Al Jazira 2007–08 UAE Football League 17 4 17 4
Career total 598 122 47 11 121 15 8 3 774 151
  1. Includes KNVB Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. Includes Johan Cruijff Shield, Supercopa de España
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. 7.0 7.1 Appearances in Supercopa de España
  8. Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[17]
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 1996 9 2
1997 6 0
1998 15 2
1999 7 0
2000 13 0
2001 8 1
2002 7 1
2003 9 1
2004 13 1
2005 7 2
2006 7 0
Total 101 10
Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cocu goal.
List of international goals scored by Phillip Cocu
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 June 1996 De Kuip, Rotterdam   Republic of Ireland 3–1 3–1 Friendly
2 9 October 1996 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands   Wales 5–1 7–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 20 June 1998 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France   South Korea 1–0 5–0 1998 FIFA World Cup
4 25 June 1998 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France   Mexico 1–0 2–2 1998 FIFA World Cup
5 5 September 2001 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands   Estonia 3–0 5–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 16 October 2002 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria   Austria 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
7 6 September 2003 De Kuip, Rotterdam   Austria 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
8 17 November 2004 Mini Estadi, Barcelona, Spain   Andorra 1–0 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 26 March 2005 Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest, Romania   Romania 1–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 8 June 2005 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland   Finland 3–0 4–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 11 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
PSV (caretaker)   12 March 2012 2 July 2012 12 9 1 2 31 12 +19 075.00 [3]
PSV   1 July 2013 22 June 2018 225 146 36 43 478 234 +244 064.89 [3]
Fenerbahçe   22 June 2018 28 October 2018 15 3 5 7 13 21 −8 020.00 [18]
Derby County   5 July 2019 14 November 2020 65 21 18 26 74 90 −16 032.31 [19]
Vitesse   27 September 2022 11 November 2023 41 12 11 18 50 60 −10 029.27 [20]
Total 358 191 71 96 646 417 +229 053.35

Honours

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Player

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PSV

Barcelona

Al Jazira

Manager

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PSV

Individual

References

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  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. "Phillip Cocu". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Phillip Cocu" (in Dutch). PSV.nl. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. "Phillip Cocu set to make 850th appearance". PSV.nl. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  5. "Statistieken – AZ Voetbal seizoen 1988-1989". AZ Historie. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  6. "Phillip Cocu". Vitesse Statistieken. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  7. "Phillip Cocu" (in Dutch). PSVweb. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  8. "Phillip Cocu namens NL-clubs in de Europa Cup 56 wedstrijden – 9 doelpunten" (in Dutch). Voetbalstats. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  9. "1998/99 UEFA Champions League". UEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  10. "1999/00 UEFA Champions League". UEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  11. "2000/01 UEFA Champions League". UEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  12. "2001/02 UEFA Champions League". UEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  13. "2002/03 UEFA Champions League". UEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  14. "2003/04 UEFA Europa League". UEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  15. "Cocu: Philip John William Cocu". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  16. "Copa del Rey 1998/1999". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  17. "Phillip Cocu – Century of International Appearances". ISSSF. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  18. "Fenerbahçe SK: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  19. "Derby County FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  20. "SBV Vitesse: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  21. "Barcelona 1998–99: Statistics". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 April 2021.