Dick Advocaat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dick Advocaat

Dutch association football player and manager

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1947

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Profession: coach, association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat (Dutch pronunciation: ['d?k ??tfo?'ka?t] (listen); born 27 September 1947) is a Dutch former football player and current head coach of Feyenoord. Advocaat was successful as a football player and as a coach, including three stints with the Netherlands national team.
He has coached a number of clubs in the Netherlands and abroad (including the Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, with which he won the 2008 UEFA Cup Final), as well as the national teams of a number of countries, including South Korea, Belgium and Russia.
His nickname is "The Little General", a reference to his mentor Rinus Michels.