Gerard van der Lem

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Gerard van der Lem
Personal information
Full name	Gerard van der Lem
Date of birth	November 15, 1952 (1952-11-15) (age 56)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Zeeburgia Ajax Amsterdam FC Amsterdam
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1973–1975 1975–1977 1977–1980 1980 1980–1984	FC Amsterdam Roda JC Feyenoord Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam FC Utrecht Total	066 0(8) 066 (10) 072 0(9) 010 0(1) 086 (17) 300 (45)
National team2
	Netherlands	00 0(0)
Teams managed
1984–1985 1985–1986 1986–1990 1990–1997 1997–1999 1999–2001 2002–2003 2003–2004 2007 2007 2008–	AZ Alkmaar (assistant) AZS HFC Haarlem (assistant) Ajax Amsterdam (assistant) FC Barcelona (assistant) AZ Alkmaar Ajax Amsterdam (youth coach) Saudi Arabia Apollon Limassol Sharjah FC Panathinaikos FC (coach)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Gerard van der Lem (born November 15, 1952 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a retired football (soccer) winger from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut for FC Amsterdam on August 12, 1973 against PSV Eindhoven. He later played Roda JC, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Sparta Rotterdam and FC Utrecht.

After his professional career Van der Lem started to work as a football coach, first as an assistant at HFC Haarlem and Ajax Amsterdam, where he was the long-time helping hand of head coach Louis van Gaal. His first assignment as a head coach came in 1999, when he joined AZ Alkmaar. Later he also coached the Saudi Arabia national football team (2002-2004). During the 2006-07 season he coached Apollon Limassol of Cyprus. He is now the coach of UAE club Sharjah FC for the 2007-2008 season. He got fired from Sharjah after a 4-0 loss to rivals Al Wasl in the Presidents Cup.

In July 2008, he was appointed by Panathinaikos FC as a first team coach, while his fellow manager Henk ten Cate will be the club's manager.

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Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1973-74	FC Amsterdam		33	2			–
1974-75			33	6			–
1973-75		Total	66	8			–
1975-76	Roda JC		33	5			–
1976-77			33	5			–
1975-77		Total	66	10			–
1977-78	Feyenoord		34	6			–
1978-79			19	2			–
1979-80			19	1			–
1977-80		Total	72	9			–
1979-80	Sparta Rotterdam		10	1			–
1979-80		Total	10	1			–
1980-81	FC Utrecht		23	5			–
1981-82			31	7			–
1982-83			17	1			–
1983-84			15	4			–
1980-84		Total	86	17			–
Total	Netherlands		300	45
Career Total			300	45

[edit] References

• (Dutch) Profile

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