Fred van der Hoorn is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 former footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 who played defence

Defense (sport)

In many team sports, defense or defence is the action of preventing an opponent from scoring. The term may also refer to the tactics involved in defense, or a sub-team whose primary responsibility is defense...

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Career

Van der Hoorn joined Dundee United

Dundee United F.C.

Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...

 in 1989 from Dutch side Den Bosch

F. C. Den Bosch

FC Den Bosch is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.It was founded August 18, 1965 as FC Den Bosch/BVV. It is the successor of BVV and Wilhelmina . Its stadium is called 'De Vliert', a 9,000 all-seater. Ruud van Nistelrooy started his professional career at this club...

 and stayed at Tannadice

Tannadice Park

Tannadice Park, usually referred to as Tannadice, is a football stadium located on Tannadice Street in the Scottish city of Dundee. The stadium is home of Dundee United F.C. and has a capacity of 14,209.-Early days :...

 until just after United's Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup

The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...

 win in 1994, although he had fallen out of favour by that time. In June 1994, he moved to Belgium

Belgium

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 with Eendracht Aalst

V.C. Eendracht Aalst 2002

SC Eendracht Aalst is a Belgian football club based in Aalst, East Flanders.It changed its name in 2002 after former Belgian First Division club K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst had gone into liquidation. So they could not get the license and the new team began at the third division level...

and later returned to former club Den Bosch in 1996. After retiring in 2002, van der Hoorn stayed with the club in a coaching capacity, becoming caretaker manager for a short spell in 2005.