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Frans Körver

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Frans Körver
Körver in 1965
Personal information
Full name Franciscus Arnoldus Mattheus Körver[1]
Date of birth (1937-07-31)31 July 1937
Place of birth Schinnen, Netherlands
Date of death 14 December 2024(2024-12-14) (aged 87)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
–1956 SV Schinnen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1957 SV Schinnen
1957–1961 Sittardia 52 (0)
1961–1974 MVV 396 (0)
Total 448 (0)
Managerial career
1974–1977 Tongeren
1977–1980 FC Wageningen
1980–1984 Fortuna Sittard
1984 DS'79
1984–1986 Roda JC
1986–1989 MVV
1989–1992 Helmond Sport
1992–1994 FC VVV
1994–1995 De Graafschap
1995–1998 MVV
1999–2002 Wlhelmina '08
2006–2007 Fortuna Sittard
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Franciscus Arnoldus Mattheus Körver (31 July 1937 – 14 December 2024) was a Dutch professional football player and manager.

Career

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Körver made his debut for Sittardia in 1959 and played over 50 matches for the club before joining Limburg rivals MVV.[2] He played 396 games in 13 years for the Maastricht side, before becoming assistant manager at the club.[3]

During the 1980s and 1990s, Körver guided five Dutch league teams to six promotions from the Eerste Divisie to the EredivisieFC Wageningen, Fortuna Sittard, MVV Maastricht (twice), VVV-Venlo and De Graafschap.[4] He also worked at Roda JC and is the only one who managed all four of Limbugr's professional football clubs.[5]

Personal life and death

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Körver was born in Schinnen.[6] He died on 14 December 2024, at the age of 87.[7]

Honours

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MVV

References

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  1. ^ Frans Körver at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Clubicoon Frans Körver (87) overleden". Fortuna Sittard (in Dutch). 14 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Frans Körver overleden". MVV (in Dutch). 14 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  4. ^ Georgina Turner and Rob Smyth (3 October 2012). "Have two players been sent off for the same tackle?". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "In Memoriam Frans Körver (1937–2024)". Roda JC Kerkrade (in Dutch). 14 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Roda JC trainers aller tijden: Frans Körver 1984–1986". www.rodajc.nl. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Oud-coach Frans Körver (87), die met recordaantal clubs promoveerde naar de eredivisie, overleden". Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Een blik in de clubhistorie..." (in Dutch). MVV Maastricht. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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