Clemens Westerhof
Václav Ježek en Westerhof (1980)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 May 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Beek, Netherlands | ||
| Playing position | Manager | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1976 | Vitesse Arnhem | ||
| 1980 | Feyenoord | ||
| 1983–1984 | MVV | ||
| 1984–1985 | Vitesse Arnhem | ||
| 1989–1994 | Nigeria | ||
| 1998–2000 | Zimbabwe | ||
| 2000 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 2001 | Dynamos Harare | ||
| 2004 | Bush Bucks | ||
Clemens Westerhof (born 3 May 1940 in Beek, Montferland, Gelderland) is a Dutch football manager, who has worked in various football positions on the African continent since 1989.
He is most noted for his success with the Nigerian national team. Under Westerhof, the Super Eagles won the 1994 African Cup of Nations and also qualified for the second round of the FIFA World Cup that year.
Westerhof began his career as an assistant coach with Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie. He has also coached Vitesse Arnhem, the Zimbabwean national team, the Sporting Lions of Zimbabwe's Premier League, and the Bush Bucks and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa's Premier Soccer League. In addition, he has served as technical director of the Harare-based Agatha Sheneti Youth Academy and also of the Harare United club, which was linked to the Academy. In 2001, he was technical director of Dynamos FC, Zimbabwe's biggest club, but lasted in the position just a few months.
In late 1989, Westerhof was signed by the Nigerian Football Association to coach the national team. After the team failed to qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup by failing to get at least a draw away to Cameroon on the last day of qualifying, Westerhof set about rebuilding the team. His effect was immediate, as Nigeria reached the final of the 1990 African Cup of Nations where they lost 1–0 to the host nation Algeria. In the lead-up to the 1992 African Cup of Nations, the Nigerian team which had adopted the nickname "Super Eagles" since losing controversially to Cameroon in the 1988 African Cup of Nations final match tried to justify the tag thanks to their recent winning run under Westerhof. They placed third at that tournament, losing to archrivals Ghana in the semi-final.
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