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Dutch footballer

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Kraaij, not Kraaij.

Adrie van Kraay
Personal information
Adrie van Kraay in 1978
Full name	Adrianus Ambrosius Cornelis van Kraaij
Date of birth	(1953-08-01) 1 August 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1982	PSV Eindhoven	309	(5)
1982–1984	Waterschei Thor	57	(1)
1984–1985	FC Basel	17	(0)
Total		383	(6)
International career
1975–1979	Netherlands	17	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adrianus Ambrosius Cornelis van Kraaij (born 1 August 1953 in Eindhoven, North Brabant), commonly known as Adrie van Kraay, is a retired football central defender from the Netherlands.

Career

Van Kraaij represented his native country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, wearing the number four jersey. He played for PSV Eindhoven from 1971 until 1982, making 309 appearances and five scores for his club. At the end of his career, he had short spells at K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk of Belgium and FC Basel of Switzerland. From 2008 until 2010, Van Kraay was director of football at PSV Eindhoven, after Stan Valckx left the club.

References

"Bijzondere speler uitgelicht: Adrie van Kraaij". PSV.nl. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013.

External links

"Profile" (in German). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
"PSV Profile" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2007.

Netherlands squads

v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1976 third place
1 Schrijvers 2 Suurbier 3 Rijsbergen 4 Van Kraay 5 Krol 6 Neeskens 7 Jansen 8 Rep 9 Cruijff (c) 10 W. van de Kerkhof 11 Rensenbrink 12 Van Hanegem 13 Geels 14 Peters 15 R. van de Kerkhof 16 Arntz 17 Ruiter 18 Jongbloed 19 Kist 20 Meutstege Coach: Knobel

v t e Netherlands squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup runners-up
1 Schrijvers 2 Poortvliet 3 Schoenaker 4 Van Kraay 5 Krol (c) 6 Jansen 7 Wildschut 8 Jongbloed 9 Haan 10 R. van de Kerkhof 11 W. van de Kerkhof 12 Rensenbrink 13 Neeskens 14 Boskamp 15 Hovenkamp 16 Rep 17 Rijsbergen 18 Nanninga 19 Doesburg 20 Suurbier 21 Lubse 22 Brandts Coach: Happel

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