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Dick Advocaat
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Personal information
Full name Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat
Date of birth 27 September 1947 (1947-09-27) (age 76)
Place of birth    The Hague, Flag of Netherlands Netherlands
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Defender
Club information
Current club Flag of England Sunderland (head coach)
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
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National team
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Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat (born 27 September 1947) is a football manager and former player. He is currently head coach of Premier League club Sunderland.

He has been quite successful as a football player and as a coach, which included two stints with the Dutch national football team. He has coached a number of clubs in the Netherlands and abroad (including the Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, with whom he won the 2008 UEFA Cup Final), as well as the national teams of a number of other countries, including South Korea, Belgium, and Russia. His nickname is "The Little General", a reference to his mentor Rinus Michels' sobriquet "The General."

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