Henk Bodewes (21 January 1944 – 26 July 2004) was a Dutch football manager who is last known to have managed Cape Town Spurs.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 January 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Netherlands | ||
Date of death | 26 July 2004 | (aged 50)||
Place of death | Netherlands | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1981-1982 | VV Actief | ||
1982-1986 | VV Appingedam | ||
1986-1990 | Veendam | ||
1991-1997 | VV Appingedam | ||
1997-1998 | Veendam | ||
1999 | SVBO | ||
2000 | Cape Town Spurs |
Career
editIn 1999, Bodewes was appointed manager of Dutch tenth division side SVBO after working in Kenya.[1]
In 2000, he was appointed manager of South African top flight club Cape Town Spurs, where he said, ¨"You come across things here like township boys who come to training hungry. We will give them sandwiches and milk beforehand, and vegetables and fruit afterward.¨[2]
References
edit- ^ "Henk Bodewes en de veel te vroege dood; de hartelijke, vriendelijke tiran". grootgroningen.com.
- ^ "Pionieren onder de Tafelberg". volkskrant.nl. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020.