Antonius Wilhelmus Matthias Theodore "Toine" van Mierlo (born 24 August 1957), known in England as Tony van Mierlo, 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 professional

Professional

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 footballer who played as a forward or left winger.

Van Mierlo was born in Soerendonk

Soerendonk, Sterksel en Gastel

Soerendonk, Sterksel en Gastel was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It consisted of two parts, one containing the village Soerendonk and Gastel and one containing Sterksel...

. He played for PSV Eindhoven, Willem II, MVV and VVV-Venlo in the Netherlands, for Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

 in England

England

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 and for R.W.D. Molenbeek

R.W.D. Molenbeek

Racing White Daring Molenbeek was a Belgian football club founded in 1909 as White Star Club de Bruxelles. It then became a member of the Belgian Football Association later the same year as White Star Athletic Club and received the matricule n°47....

, K.A.A. Gent and K.R.C. Harelbeke

K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen

Koninklijke Racing Club Harelbeke was a Belgian football club from the municipality of Harelbeke, West-Vlaanderen from 1930 to 2002. It played one spell in the first division from 1995 to 2001....

 in Belgium

Belgium

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. He won three cap

Cap (sport)

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s for the Netherlands national football team

Netherlands 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...

 in 1980. After his playing career ended he joined the coaching staff

Coach (sport)

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 at former club Willem II, and later became chief scout

Scout (sport)

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 for Roda JC.

External links

• International appearances at Voetbalstats.nl