Mark Van Bommel
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Mark van Bommel is a Dutch football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.
He played in four different nations (The Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Italy), during his stay in Germany for Bayern München, he made club history, becoming the first team captain not from Germany.
Van Bommel won the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League with FC Barcelona and was part of the Netherlands National Football Team that finished runner-up of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (2010). His FIFA World Cup profile describes him as "a tackling machine and expert ball-winner, but he also boasts a fine array of passes and a powerful shot, having been a free-kick specialist during his PSV days". When he played for Bayern Munich, he was the club's first non-German captain. During this period, he led the team to two Bundesliga titles, and finished runner-up in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final.
Between 2000 and 2011, Van Bommel won eight national championship titles in four different competitions, four with PSV Eindhoven, two with Bayern München, one with FC Barcelona and one with A.C. Milan.
He is also the son-in-law of former Netherlands National Football Team manager Bert van Marwijk.
He played in four different nations (The Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Italy), during his stay in Germany for Bayern München, he made club history, becoming the first team captain not from Germany.
Van Bommel won the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League with FC Barcelona and was part of the Netherlands National Football Team that finished runner-up of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (2010). His FIFA World Cup profile describes him as "a tackling machine and expert ball-winner, but he also boasts a fine array of passes and a powerful shot, having been a free-kick specialist during his PSV days". When he played for Bayern Munich, he was the club's first non-German captain. During this period, he led the team to two Bundesliga titles, and finished runner-up in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final.
Between 2000 and 2011, Van Bommel won eight national championship titles in four different competitions, four with PSV Eindhoven, two with Bayern München, one with FC Barcelona and one with A.C. Milan.
He is also the son-in-law of former Netherlands National Football Team manager Bert van Marwijk.