Adrie van Kraay

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Kraaij, not Kraaij.

Adrianus Ambrosius Cornelis van Kraaij (born 1 August 1953 in Eindhoven, North Brabant), commonly known as Adrie van Kraay, is a retired football central defender from the Netherlands.

Adrie van Kraay

Adrie van Kraay in 1978
Personal information
Full name	Adrianus Ambrosius Cornelis van Kraaij
Date of birth	(1953-08-01) 1 August 1953
Place of birth	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1982	PSV Eindhoven	309	(5)
1982–1984	Waterschei Thor	57	(1)
1984–1985	FC Basel	17	(0)
Total		383	(6)
International career
1975–1979	Netherlands	17	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Van Kraaij represented his native country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, wearing the number four jersey. He played for PSV Eindhoven from 1971 until 1982, making 309 appearances and five scores for his club. At the end of his career, he had short spells at K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk of Belgium and FC Basel of Switzerland. From 2008 until 2010, Van Kraay was director of football at PSV Eindhoven, after Stan Valckx left the club.

External links

• "Profile" (in German). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
• "PSV Profile" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2007.