Luuk Balkestein

Luuk Balkestein (born 9 April 1954 in Apeldoorn) is a Dutch retired football player who played for Sparta Rotterdam and Feyenoord, as well as the Dutch national side.

Luuk Balkestein
Balkestein (Sparta, left) tackles Jan Peters (Feyenoord) in 1979
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-04-09) 9 April 1954
Place of birth Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach (scout)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1980 Sparta 201 (7)
1980–1982 Feyenoord 18 (0)
National team
1979–1980 Netherlands U-21 3 (1)
1980 Netherlands 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

Balkestein played three games for Netherlands U-21[1] and earned one senior cap for the Netherlands, a friendly match against France in March 1980.[2]

Personal life

Balkestein is chief scout at German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach[3] and has been a scout at SC Heerenveen from 1995 to 2001.

His son, Pim, is also a footballer.

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References
  1. Intl career stats Archived 21 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine - OnsOranje (in Dutch)
  2. Intl career stats - Voetbalstats
  3. 'Scouten is vergelijken' (VT196) - De Voetbaltrainer (in Dutch)


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