Martin Koeman

Martin Koeman
	Koeman with Blauw-Wit in 1962
Personal information
Full name	Martinus Cornelis Koeman
Date of birth	26 July 1938
Place of birth	Purmerend, Netherlands
Date of death	18 December 2013 (aged 75)
Place of death	Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1953–1957	VV Purmersteijn
Senior career*
Years	Team
1957–1960	KFC
1960–1963	Blauw-Wit
1963–1971	GVAV
1971–1973	FC Groningen
1973–1974	SC Heerenveen
Total
International career
1964	Netherlands
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martinus Cornelis Koeman (26 July 1938 – 18 December 2013) was a Dutch footballer who played as a centre-back.

Biography

Koeman played professional football with KFC of Koog aan de Zaan from 1955 to 1960, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam from 1960 to 1963, GVAV/Groningen^[2] from 1963 to 1973 and SC Heerenveen until his retirement. He was selected regularly for the Netherlands national team but only played one match, against Austria on 12 April 1964.^[1] Despite his respectable career, he is best known for being the father of Erwin and Ronald Koeman, who followed in their father's footsteps as footballers, with both of his sons playing for Groningen and the Netherlands national team. One of the stands in the Euroborg stadium of Groningen has been named Koeman Stand after Martin and his two sons. On 16 June 2021 FC Groningen, Erwin, and Ronald unveiled a statue of Koeman next to the statue of his friend Tonny van Leeuwen on the 50th anniversary of the club.