Leo Beenhakker

Leo Beenhakker
	Beenhakker in 1986
Personal information
Date of birth	2 August 1942
Place of birth	Rotterdam, German-occupied Netherlands
Date of death	10 April 2025 (aged 82)
Place of death	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)	Right winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Maasstad Tediro [nl]
	Xerxes
	Zwart-Wit '28
Managerial career
1965–1967	Epe [nl]
1967–1968	Go Ahead Eagles (assistant)
1968–1972	Veendam
1972–1975	Cambuur
1975–1976	Go Ahead Eagles
1976–1978	Feyenoord (youth)
1978–1979	Ajax (youth and assistant)
1979–1981	Ajax
1981–1984	Real Zaragoza
1984–1985	Volendam
1985–1986	Netherlands (interim)
1986–1989	Real Madrid
1989–1991	Ajax
1990	Netherlands
1992	Real Madrid
1992–1993	Grasshoppers
1993–1994	Saudi Arabia
1994–1995	Club América
1995	İstanbulspor
1996	Guadalajara
1996–1997	Vitesse
1997–2000	Feyenoord
2003–2004	Club América
2005–2006	Trinidad and Tobago
2006–2009	Poland
2007	Feyenoord (interim)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leo Beenhakker (nl; 2 August 1942 – 10 April 2025) was a Dutch footballer and manager. He was nicknamed "Don Leo" while managing in Spain.

As a footballer, he played amateur football as a right winger for teams in the Netherlands, but he had to retire at 19 years old because of injuries.^[1] As a manager, he coached teams in the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico, and Turkey, as well as the national teams of the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Poland.

He is the only person to win the Eredivisie with as the manager of both Ajax and Feyenoord.^[2] While at Real Madrid, he won three La Liga titles in a row.^[3] and won the Copa del Rey in the 1988–89 season. He also managed the Netherlands at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Trinidad and Tobago at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup, and Poland at UEFA Euro 2008.