Dick Advocaat
Manager · Curaçao
- Nationality
- The Netherlands
- Born
- 1947-09-27
- Birthplace
- The Hague, Netherlands
- Height
- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Position
- Manager
Dick Advocaat (born 27 September 1947) is a veteran Dutch football manager currently serving as an advisor at Feyenoord. Advocaat was successful as a football player and as a coach, including three stints with the Netherlands national team. He has coached a number of clubs in the Netherlands and abroad (including the Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, with which he won the 2008 UEFA Cup Final), as well as the national teams of a number of countries, including South Korea, Belgium and Russia. His nickname is "The Little General", a reference to his mentor Rinus Michels.