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Spelbos played for several clubs including AZ Alkmaar, Club Brugge, and Ajax Amsterdam. He was a tough defender with a big personality. He won the Dutch Championship twice with AZ and Ajax and was a finalist of the UEFA Cup with AZ and a winner and finalist of the Europa Cup II with Ajax. He was also Dutch international (21 caps, 1 goal) and was part of the team that qualified for the European Championship (an injury prevented his appearance in the championship) in 1988 when the Netherlands won the European Football Championship. As a coach Ron Spelbos worked for FC Twente, NAC, Vitesse, and FC Utrecht. He won the championship of the first league with NAC. Currently he is head scout of the Dutch National Team, in preparation for the World Cup in Brazil. He represents a generation of international top scouts with a successful history as a player in football at the highest level.
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d’Hooghe, P.P.R.N., Kerkhoffs, G.M.M.J. (2014). Interview – Ron Spelbos. In: d'Hooghe, P., Kerkhoffs, G. (eds) The Ankle in Football. Sports and Traumatology. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0523-8_14
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