Marciano Vink
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Marciano Carlos Alberto Vink (born October 17, 1970 in Paramaribo
, Surinam) is a former Dutch football
player. Throughout his career he played primarily as a right defensive midfielder and as a right cenral defender. He most notably played for Ajax and PSV in the Eredivisie
and Genoa in the Serie A
. Injury prone since the very beginning of his career, he was forced to quit prematurely at the age of 28.
into a football crazy family in Surinam, Vink thanks his middle names to the feats of the Brazilian national football team that year, as he was named after its captain Carlos Alberto Torres
. The Vink family moved to the Netherlands, and it was there that young Marciano learned his trade at TOS Actief
and ADE in Amsterdam
. A prolific young player, Vink's talents were soon noticed by the Ajax scouts and before long he was admitted to play for one of the greatest sides in European football history.
for spoiled Dutch football players (Richard Witschge
and Brian Roy) who grew up in the 1980s spending most of their free time in snackbars and seriously lacked in combativeness. This generation consisted of a number of extremely talented players such as: Dennis Bergkamp
, Frank de Boer
, Ronald de Boer
, clarence Seedorf
, Ronald Koeman
and Marco van Basten. Vink was deemed to be a huge prospect and was heralded to become the next Frank Rijkaard
. His rise through the youth ranks and his debut at the age of 18 in 1988 were, however, no indication of how his career would ultimately unfold. He would play 108 matches in his 5 year stint with Ajax until coach Louis van Gaal
decided to dismantle the team that won the UEFA Cup in 1992 to make way for a younger generation of players such as Patrick Kluivert
, Clarence Seedorf
, Michael Reiziger
and Edgar Davids
. In 1993 Vink therefore opted for Italian side Genoa.
. He quickly decided to move back to the Netherlands with top side PSV Eindhoven. Although PSV Eindhoven was progressively starting to challenge Ajax for the domination of the Eredivisie, Vink did not play the part his coaches might have had in mind for him as he was often sidelined through injury. In 1997 his injury plagued stay with PSV came to a grinding halt as Luís Figo
made an uncompromising tackle in the Champions League
match FC Barcelona
- PSV. He spent the next two seasons rehabilitating, but to no avail. In 1999 his contract expired and he was not extended. He played only 48 matches in 5 seasons and was left with a damaged reputation. He decided to join 1st division outfit ADO Den Haag
on amateur basis in order to revitalize his career, but only played 5 competition matches. After this, one could not help but think that the career of Marciano Vink was over. However, Vink showed his resilience by returning to professional football briefly, in order to show the critics that he had just been unlucky in his career and that he was indeed a quality player. He played for one more season with the Ajax satellite club Ajax Cape Town. The 1992 UEFA Cup winner, turned out to be a more than welcome addition to the squad. In 2002 he permanently retired from professional football and became a player agent.
for the European Championship qualifier matches for Sweden 1992
against Malta and Finland. He earned two caps in one month, but was never called up again, mostly due to injury.
! Season
! Club
! Trophies
|-
| 1990
|
Ajax
| Eredivisie
|-
| 1992
| Ajax
| UEFA Cup
|-
| 1993
| Ajax
| KNVB Cup
, Dutch Super Cup
|-
| 1996
| PSV
| KNVB Cup
|-
| 1997
| PSV
| Eredivisie
, Dutch Super Cup
|-
| 1998
| PSV
| Dutch Super Cup
|-
| colspan=2| Total
| 8
|-
|}
! Season
! Club
! Matches
! Goals
! Competition
|-
| 1988/93
| Ajax
| 108
| 13
| Eredivisie
|-
| 1993/94
|
Genoa 1893
| 13
| 2
| Serie A
|-
| 1994/99
| PSV
| 48
| 5
| Eredivisie
|-
| 1999/00
| ADO Den Haag
| 5
| 0
| Eerste Divisie
|-
| 2000/01
| No club
| -
| -
| -
|-
| 2001/02
|
Ajax Cape Town
| 13
| 1
| Castle Premiership
|-
|
| Netherlands
| 2
| 0
|-
| colspan=2| Total
| 171
| 20
|
|-
|}>
Paramaribo
Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...
, Surinam) is a former Dutch football
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...
player. Throughout his career he played primarily as a right defensive midfielder and as a right cenral defender. He most notably played for Ajax and PSV in the Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
and Genoa in the Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
. Injury prone since the very beginning of his career, he was forced to quit prematurely at the age of 28.
Early years
Born a few months after the 1970 FIFA World Cup1970 FIFA World Cup
The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by...
into a football crazy family in Surinam, Vink thanks his middle names to the feats of the Brazilian national football team that year, as he was named after its captain Carlos Alberto Torres
Carlos Alberto Torres
Carlos Alberto Torres is a former Brazilian footballer, one of the most highly regarded defenders of all time. He captained Brazil to victory in the 1970 World Cup and is a member of the World Team of the 20th Century, as well as the U.S...
. The Vink family moved to the Netherlands, and it was there that young Marciano learned his trade at TOS Actief
TOS-Actief
TOS-Actief is a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam, North-Holland. TOS was founded in 1912 and merged with Actief in 1939, it now has over 500 members...
and ADE in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. A prolific young player, Vink's talents were soon noticed by the Ajax scouts and before long he was admitted to play for one of the greatest sides in European football history.
Career with Ajax
He swiftly rose through ranks of Ajax's youth Academy with players of the famed 'patat generatie', a term coined by Leo BeenhakkerLeo Beenhakker
Leo Beenhakker is an international Dutch football coach, who is the current Sports Director of Újpest FC.- Coaching career :...
for spoiled Dutch football players (Richard Witschge
Richard Witschge
Richard Peter Witschge is a retired Dutch footballer. He could appear as either a left or a defensive midfielder.In an 18-year professional career, he played mainly for Ajax, but also represented, amongst other teams, Barcelona...
and Brian Roy) who grew up in the 1980s spending most of their free time in snackbars and seriously lacked in combativeness. This generation consisted of a number of extremely talented players such as: Dennis Bergkamp
Dennis Bergkamp
Dennis Nicolaas Bergkamp , is a former Dutch professional footballer who is currently the assistant manager to Frank de Boer at Ajax. At club level he played for Ajax, Internazionale, and Arsenal, and also represented the Netherlands at international level...
, Frank de Boer
Frank de Boer
Franciscus "Frank" de Boer is a Dutch former professional footballer, and the younger twin brother of Ronald de Boer. Since 6 December 2010 he is the Manager of AFC Ajax.-Club career:...
, Ronald de Boer
Ronald de Boer
Ronaldus "Ronald" de Boer is a former Dutch football midfielder who has played for the Dutch national team as well as a host of professional clubs in Europe. He is the older twin brother of Frank de Boer.-Club career:...
, clarence Seedorf
Clarence Seedorf
Clarence Clyde Seedorf OON is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Milan. Seedorf is the first player to have won the Champions League with three different clubs - Ajax in 1995, Real Madrid in 1998 and Milan in 2003 and 2007...
, Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman is a former Dutch footballer, and the current manager of Feyenoord. He is the younger brother of former Feyenoord coach Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman...
and Marco van Basten. Vink was deemed to be a huge prospect and was heralded to become the next Frank Rijkaard
Frank Rijkaard
Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard is a Dutch football manager of Dutch and Surinamese descent and former player. Rijkaard has played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and Milan, and represented his national side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. In his coaching career, he has been at the helm of the Dutch national side,...
. His rise through the youth ranks and his debut at the age of 18 in 1988 were, however, no indication of how his career would ultimately unfold. He would play 108 matches in his 5 year stint with Ajax until coach Louis van Gaal
Louis van Gaal
Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal OON is a Dutch football manager formerly in charge of Ajax, Netherlands, Barcelona, AZ and Bayern Munich...
decided to dismantle the team that won the UEFA Cup in 1992 to make way for a younger generation of players such as Patrick Kluivert
Patrick Kluivert
Patrick Stephan Kluivert is a former Dutch footballer, currently head coach of the youth side of FC Twente. He played as a striker for AFC Ajax, A.C. Milan, FC Barcelona, Newcastle United, Valencia CF, PSV Eindhoven, and Lille OSC. Kluivert played for the Dutch national team from 1994 to 2004. He...
, Clarence Seedorf
Clarence Seedorf
Clarence Clyde Seedorf OON is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Milan. Seedorf is the first player to have won the Champions League with three different clubs - Ajax in 1995, Real Madrid in 1998 and Milan in 2003 and 2007...
, Michael Reiziger
Michael Reiziger
Michael John Reiziger is a retired Dutch footballer who played mainly as a right defender.After making a name for himself at Ajax, with whom he won one Champions League, he went on to represent three teams in three different countries, namely appearing for FC Barcelona, for which he played in...
and Edgar Davids
Edgar Davids
Edgar Steven Davids is a retired Dutch footballer and current member of the supervisory board of Ajax. After beginning his career with the Amsterdam club, he subsequently played in Italy for Milan and Juventus before a loan spell with Barcelona. He went on to play for Internazionale and Tottenham...
. In 1993 Vink therefore opted for Italian side Genoa.
Career Continued
Vink's spell with Genoa turned out to be a disappointment. He played only 13 matches (2 goals), in a season which saw Genoa relegate to the Serie BSerie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
. He quickly decided to move back to the Netherlands with top side PSV Eindhoven. Although PSV Eindhoven was progressively starting to challenge Ajax for the domination of the Eredivisie, Vink did not play the part his coaches might have had in mind for him as he was often sidelined through injury. In 1997 his injury plagued stay with PSV came to a grinding halt as Luís Figo
Luís Figo
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, OIH, is a Portuguese former international footballer. He played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Internazionale, during a career which spanned over a period of 20 years. He retired from football on 31 May 2009...
made an uncompromising tackle in the Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
match FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
- PSV. He spent the next two seasons rehabilitating, but to no avail. In 1999 his contract expired and he was not extended. He played only 48 matches in 5 seasons and was left with a damaged reputation. He decided to join 1st division outfit ADO Den Haag
ADO Den Haag
Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club...
on amateur basis in order to revitalize his career, but only played 5 competition matches. After this, one could not help but think that the career of Marciano Vink was over. However, Vink showed his resilience by returning to professional football briefly, in order to show the critics that he had just been unlucky in his career and that he was indeed a quality player. He played for one more season with the Ajax satellite club Ajax Cape Town. The 1992 UEFA Cup winner, turned out to be a more than welcome addition to the squad. In 2002 he permanently retired from professional football and became a player agent.
Caps
Marciano Vink has capped twice for the Netherlands in 1991, at the height of his career. At the age of 20 he was called up by national team coach Rinus MichelsRinus Michels
Marinus Jacobus Hendricus Michels OON was a Dutch association football player and coach...
for the European Championship qualifier matches for Sweden 1992
1992 UEFA European Football Championship
The 1992 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was hosted by Sweden between 10 and 26 June 1992. It was the ninth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA. Eight national teams contested the championship, which was won by Denmark, one of...
against Malta and Finland. He earned two caps in one month, but was never called up again, mostly due to injury.
Trophies
{| class="wikitable"! Season
! Club
! Trophies
|-
| 1990
|
Ajax| Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
|-
| 1992
|
Ajax| UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
|-
| 1993
|
Ajax| KNVB Cup
KNVB Cup
The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
, Dutch Super Cup
|-
| 1996
|
PSV| KNVB Cup
KNVB Cup
The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
|-
| 1997
|
PSV| Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
, Dutch Super Cup
|-
| 1998
|
PSV| Dutch Super Cup
|-
| colspan=2| Total
| 8
|-
|}
Career Overview
! Club
! Matches
! Goals
! Competition
|-
| 1988/93
|
Ajax| 108
| 13
| Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
|-
| 1993/94
|
Genoa 1893| 13
| 2
| Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
|-
| 1994/99
|
PSV| 48
| 5
| Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
|-
| 1999/00
|
ADO Den HaagADO Den Haag
Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club...
| 5
| 0
| Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
|-
| 2000/01
| No club
| -
| -
| -
|-
| 2001/02
|
Ajax Cape Town| 13
| 1
| Castle Premiership
|-
|
|
NetherlandsNetherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
| 2
| 0
|-
| colspan=2| Total
| 171
| 20
|
|-
|}>