Rinus Israël


Marinus "Rinus" David Israël is a Dutch former association football player and manager who is currently a scout. Nicknamed "Iron Rinus", he formed a solid defence line at Feyenoord with Theo Laseroms.

Club career

During his career he played for DWS, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Excelsior Rotterdam and PEC Zwolle. Israël achieved his greatest success at club level with Feyenoord, where he won three Eredivisie titles, a KNVB Cup, a European Cup and a UEFA Cup. He scored one of the two Feyenoord's goals in the 1970 European Cup Final against Celtic.

International career

He also played 47 matches and scored 3 goals for the Netherlands national football team from 1964 to 1974, and he played three matches for Holland in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, including the Second round victories against Brazil and Argentina.

Honours

Player

;DWS
;Feijenoord
;Individual
;Dinamo București
;Al-Wahda FC
;ADO Den Haag