Aloysius Paulus Maria “Louis” van Gaal OON is a Dutch football manager and former player who is the current head coach of the Netherlands national team.
Before his career as a coach, Van Gaal played as a midfielder for Royal Antwerp, Telstar, Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax and AZ.
Van Gaal is also a fully qualified physical education teacher, and worked at high schools during his career as a semi-professional footballer.
After a brief spell as an assistant coach at AZ, Van Gaal served as the assistant under Leo Beenhakker at Ajax and eventually took over as head coach in 1991.
Under his stewardship, the club won three Eredivisie titles, the UEFA Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.
Van Gaal then moved to Barcelona in 1997 and won two league titles and one Copa del Rey, but left after disagreements with the club’s hierarchy.
Van Gaal is one of the most decorated managers in world football, having won 20 major honours in his managerial career.
Van Gaal got married at quite a young age.
At the age of 18, Van Gaal met Fernanda Obbes at a Catholic youth group. They married three years later, and had two daughters, Brenda and Renate.
Brenda Van Gaal and Renate Van Gaal’s mum Obbes sadly passed on in 1994 of liver and pancreatic cancer.
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