A prolific goalscorer for both club and country, he played professionally for 19 years, most notably with Ajax (five seasons) and Anderlecht (five), surpassing the 100-goal mark with both clubs and winning a total of eight major titles combined.
Nicknamed Bossie, Bosman represented Netherlands at the 1994 World Cup and Euro 1988, helping the national team win the latter tournament.
Born in Bovenkerk, Amstelveen, Bosman began his professional career at AFC Ajax, making his Eredivisie debut on 20 November 1983 at the age of 18 in a 5–2 home win against Roda JC, scoring in the match.[1] He finished his first season with four goals in 14 games.
Bosman signed for the Belgian club in the 1988 off-season, reuniting with former Ajax manager Aad de Mos. He scored twice against PSV, in a 3–0 home win in the first leg of the 1988 European Super Cup (eventual 3–1 aggregate success).
Additionally, Bosman netted in double digits in both of his seasons with the Yellow Reds, notably scoring 18 in his first as the team won the national championship after a 41-year wait.
Anderlecht
After one year back in his country with PSV Eindhoven, as successor to Wim Kieft who signed with a team in France – he served mainly as a target player for Romário, but felt uncomfortable in that role, and was also under threat of losing his starting position to youngster Twan Scheepers – Bosman returned to Belgium and joined R.S.C. Anderlecht, reuniting with former Mechelen teammates Graeme Rutjes and Bruno Versavel (and eventually de Mos) and being dubbed "The Giraffe".
In 1996, new manager Johan Boskamp relegated Bosman to the bench, but he was overall a solid contributor in the conquest of three consecutive leagues and the 1993–94Belgian Cup, his worst league output being six goals in 1994–95.
Later years
Aged 31, Bosman returned to the Netherlands and signed for FC Twente, scoring 20 goals in his first season as the Enschede side finished third and qualified to the UEFA Cup, and being regularly used for the remainder of his spell.
He played a further three years with fellow league club AZ – also signing as a free agent – and finished his professional career at 37 with league totals of 522 games and 241 goals. He retired from football for good after a very brief spell with amateurs Amsterdam FC, later going on to work with Ajax as a striker coach.[3]
International career
Bosman played 30 times for the Netherlands, making his debut on 14 May 1986 in a 1–3 friendly loss in West Germany. He was selected by manager Rinus Michels for the UEFA Euro 1988 tournament, initially as starter, but lost his position after the 0–1 group stage loss against the Soviet Union, his position being taken by former Ajax teammate van Basten, who would be crowned the competition's top scorer as the national team emerged victorious.[4]
Bosman was also picked for the squad that appeared at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, after Ruud Gullit refused to play for the national team in these World Cup, being an unused squad member.
Bomb incident
Bosman scored nine of his 17 international goals against the same opponent, Cyprus, in three different matches. In a Euro 1988 qualifier on 28 October 1987, in Rotterdam, a homemade bomb or firework exploded in the early stages of the contest close to Cypriot goalkeeperAndreas Charitou; Charitou was stretchered off and replaced, and the Cypriot players left the field in protest and refused to continue playing.
After much pressure from the Dutch side, Luxembourg referee Roger Philippi decided the game could continue. The match ended 8–0 with Bosman establishing a national-team record of five goals in one game, but it was never officially recognised, as UEFA decided that the match was invalid and Cyprus were awarded a 0–3 victory instead, giving Greece the opportunity to qualify; the Dutch made an appeal which carried the risk of exclusion, with Dr. Greep stating that Charitou was not actually injured, which resulted in a replay in Amsterdam.
On 9 December 1987, Netherlands won 4–0 and Bosman netted a hat-trick to see his team through to the final stages in West Germany. Greece were extremely unhappy with the decision, accusing UEFA's West German chairman of preferring a Dutch team in the finals, bringing a larger crowd of supporters to the stadia; after the protests, the Hellenic Football Federation decided to move the last group match to a small stadium in Rhodes and field a sub-standard team – Netherlands also won that game (3–0).
The bomb was hidden in a tennis ball. The thrower was 21-year-old John Staal from Oss, who was immediately arrested.[5][6]
Career statistics
Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[7][8][9]
^Column 'vergeten' voetbalhelden: John Bosman ('Forgotten' heroes column: John Bosman) 29 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine; NH, 29 February 2016 (in Dutch)
^John Bosman op zijn plek als jeugdtrainer: 'Ik hoef geen eigen team' (John Bosman op zijn plek als jeugdtrainer: 'Ik hoef geen eigen team'); Het Parool, 30 April 2016 (in Dutch)
^"Van Basten ends Dutch wait". UEFA.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
^Lucky Orange in 1988 30 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Netherlands World Cup Blog, 18 May 2008
^John Staal reageert op bomincident in 1988 (John Staal responds to bomb incident in 1988); Omroep Brabant, 1 June 2008 (in Dutch)
^ ab"John Bosman » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
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For the former Belgian footballer who the Bosman ruling was named after see Jean Marc Bosman Johannes John Jacobus Bosman born 1 February 1965 is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker John BosmanBosman in 2011Personal informationFull nameJohannes Jacobus BosmanDate of birth 1965 02 01 1 February 1965 age 58 Place of birthBovenkerk NetherlandsHeight1 87 m 6 ft 2 in Position s StrikerYouth careerRoda 23RKAVICSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1983 1988Ajax125 77 1988 1990Mechelen61 34 1990 1991PSV30 11 1991 1996Anderlecht156 70 1996 1999Twente87 34 1999 2002AZ62 24 Total521 250 International career1986 1997Netherlands30 17 Honours Representing NetherlandsUEFA European ChampionshipWinner 1988 West Germany Club domestic league appearances and goalsA prolific goalscorer for both club and country he played professionally for 19 years most notably with Ajax five seasons and Anderlecht five surpassing the 100 goal mark with both clubs and winning a total of eight major titles combined Nicknamed Bossie Bosman represented Netherlands at the 1994 World Cup and Euro 1988 helping the national team win the latter tournament Contents 1 Club career 1 1 Ajax 1 2 Mechelen 1 3 Anderlecht 1 4 Later years 2 International career 2 1 Bomb incident 3 Career statistics 3 1 Club 3 2 International 3 3 International goals 4 Personal life 5 Honours 6 References 7 External linksClub career EditAjax Edit Born in Bovenkerk Amstelveen Bosman began his professional career at AFC Ajax making his Eredivisie debut on 20 November 1983 at the age of 18 in a 5 2 home win against Roda JC scoring in the match 1 He finished his first season with four goals in 14 games From 1984 to 1987 Bosman and fellow youth graduate Marco van Basten scored an astonishing 138 league goals combined 48 for Bosman as the Amsterdam club won the 1985 national championship and two cups After van Basten left for A C Milan in the 1987 summer he netted 25 goals in 32 games as the team finished second to PSV Eindhoven he also helped it to the season s UEFA Cup Winners Cup final a 0 1 loss to KV Mechelen the previous year as Ajax won the competition he was crowned top scorer with eight goals 2 Mechelen Edit Bosman signed for the Belgian club in the 1988 off season reuniting with former Ajax manager Aad de Mos He scored twice against PSV in a 3 0 home win in the first leg of the 1988 European Super Cup eventual 3 1 aggregate success Additionally Bosman netted in double digits in both of his seasons with the Yellow Reds notably scoring 18 in his first as the team won the national championship after a 41 year wait Anderlecht Edit After one year back in his country with PSV Eindhoven as successor to Wim Kieft who signed with a team in France he served mainly as a target player for Romario but felt uncomfortable in that role and was also under threat of losing his starting position to youngster Twan Scheepers Bosman returned to Belgium and joined R S C Anderlecht reuniting with former Mechelen teammates Graeme Rutjes and Bruno Versavel and eventually de Mos and being dubbed The Giraffe In 1996 new manager Johan Boskamp relegated Bosman to the bench but he was overall a solid contributor in the conquest of three consecutive leagues and the 1993 94 Belgian Cup his worst league output being six goals in 1994 95 Later years Edit Aged 31 Bosman returned to the Netherlands and signed for FC Twente scoring 20 goals in his first season as the Enschede side finished third and qualified to the UEFA Cup and being regularly used for the remainder of his spell He played a further three years with fellow league club AZ also signing as a free agent and finished his professional career at 37 with league totals of 522 games and 241 goals He retired from football for good after a very brief spell with amateurs Amsterdam FC later going on to work with Ajax as a striker coach 3 International career EditBosman played 30 times for the Netherlands making his debut on 14 May 1986 in a 1 3 friendly loss in West Germany He was selected by manager Rinus Michels for the UEFA Euro 1988 tournament initially as starter but lost his position after the 0 1 group stage loss against the Soviet Union his position being taken by former Ajax teammate van Basten who would be crowned the competition s top scorer as the national team emerged victorious 4 Bosman was also picked for the squad that appeared at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States after Ruud Gullit refused to play for the national team in these World Cup being an unused squad member Bomb incident Edit Bosman scored nine of his 17 international goals against the same opponent Cyprus in three different matches In a Euro 1988 qualifier on 28 October 1987 in Rotterdam a homemade bomb or firework exploded in the early stages of the contest close to Cypriot goalkeeper Andreas Charitou Charitou was stretchered off and replaced and the Cypriot players left the field in protest and refused to continue playing After much pressure from the Dutch side Luxembourg referee Roger Philippi decided the game could continue The match ended 8 0 with Bosman establishing a national team record of five goals in one game but it was never officially recognised as UEFA decided that the match was invalid and Cyprus were awarded a 0 3 victory instead giving Greece the opportunity to qualify the Dutch made an appeal which carried the risk of exclusion with Dr Greep stating that Charitou was not actually injured which resulted in a replay in Amsterdam On 9 December 1987 Netherlands won 4 0 and Bosman netted a hat trick to see his team through to the final stages in West Germany Greece were extremely unhappy with the decision accusing UEFA s West German chairman of preferring a Dutch team in the finals bringing a larger crowd of supporters to the stadia after the protests the Hellenic Football Federation decided to move the last group match to a small stadium in Rhodes and field a sub standard team Netherlands also won that game 3 0 The bomb was hidden in a tennis ball The thrower was 21 year old John Staal from Oss who was immediately arrested 5 6 Career statistics EditClub Edit Appearances and goals by club season and competition 7 8 9 Club Season League National cup Europe Other TotalDivision Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsAjax 1983 84 Eredivisie 14 4 0 0 0 0 14 41984 85 Eredivisie 23 6 0 0 4 a 3 27 91985 86 Eredivisie 23 19 0 0 0 0 23 191986 87 Eredivisie 33 23 4 4 7 b 8 44 351987 88 Eredivisie 32 25 1 0 9 b 1 1 c 0 43 26Total 125 77 5 4 20 12 1 0 151 93Mechelen 1988 89 Belgian First Division 30 18 7 b 3 37 211989 90 Belgian First Division 31 16 6 d 3 37 19Total 61 34 13 6 74 40PSV 1990 91 Eredivisie 30 11 4 3 2 b 0 36 14Anderlecht 1991 92 Belgian First Division 32 16 6 d 1 38 171992 93 Belgian First Division 30 13 1 a 1 31 141993 94 Belgian First Division 33 20 10 e 3 43 231994 95 Belgian First Division 31 6 6 e 1 37 71995 96 Belgian First Division 30 15 1 e 0 31 15Total 156 70 24 6 180 76Twente 1996 97 Eredivisie 33 20 4 7 37 271997 98 Eredivisie 24 6 5 2 4 a 0 33 81998 99 Eredivisie 30 8 4 2 4 f 1 38 11Total 87 34 13 11 8 1 108 46AZ 1999 2000 Eredivisie 31 18 6 3 37 212000 01 Eredivisie 21 4 4 2 25 62001 02 Eredivisie 10 2 2 0 12 2Total 62 24 12 5 74 29Career total 521 250 34 23 67 25 1 0 623 298 a b c Appearances in UEFA Cup a b c d Appearances in European Cup Winners Cup Appearance in UEFA Super Cup a b Appearances in European Cup a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup International Edit Appearances and goals by national team and year 7 8 National team Year Apps GoalsNetherlands 1986 4 11987 5 81988 6 21989 5 21990 2 01991 0 01992 0 01993 3 31994 3 01995 0 01996 0 01997 2 1Total 30 17International goals Edit Scores and results list The Netherlands goal tally first score column indicates score after each Bosman goal List of international goals scored by John Bosman 10 No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition1 21 December 1986 Tsirion Stadium Limassol Cyprus Cyprus 2 0 2 2 Euro 1988 qualifying2 28 October 1987 De Kuip Rotterdam Netherlands Cyprus 1 0 8 0 Euro 1988 qualifying3 3 04 6 05 7 06 8 07 9 December 1987 De Meer Amsterdam Netherlands Cyprus 1 0 4 0 Euro 1988 qualifying8 2 09 4 010 23 March 1988 Wembley London England England 1 2 2 2 Friendly11 1 June 1988 Olympic Stadium Amsterdam Netherlands Romania 1 0 2 0 Friendly12 11 October 1989 Racecourse Ground Wrexham Wales Wales 2 0 2 1 1990 World Cup qualification13 15 November 1989 De Kuip Rotterdam Netherlands Finland 1 0 3 0 1990 World Cup qualification14 22 September 1993 Renato Dall Ara Bologna Italy San Marino 1 0 7 0 1994 World Cup qualification15 5 016 6 017 30 April 1997 San Marino Stadium Serravalle San Marino San Marino 5 0 6 0 1998 World Cup qualificationPersonal life EditIn October 2001 Bosman s five year old son Devin died in a traffic accident 11 Honours EditAjax 12 Eredivisie 1984 85 KNVB Cup 1985 86 1986 87 UEFA Cup Winners Cup 1986 87 runner up 1987 88Mechelen 12 Belgian First Division A 1988 89 UEFA Super Cup 1988PSV 12 Eredivisie 1990 91Anderlecht 12 Belgian First Division A 1992 93 1993 94 1994 95 Belgian Cup 1993 94 Belgian Super Cup 1993 1995Netherlands 12 UEFA European Championship 1988Individual UEFA Cup Winners Cup Top Scorer 1986 87 eight goals 13 References Edit Column vergeten voetbalhelden John Bosman Forgotten heroes column John Bosman Archived 29 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine NH 29 February 2016 in Dutch Cup Winners Cup Topscorers at RSSSF John Bosman op zijn plek als jeugdtrainer Ik hoef geen eigen team John Bosman op zijn plek als jeugdtrainer Ik hoef geen eigen team Het Parool 30 April 2016 in Dutch Van Basten ends Dutch wait UEFA com 5 October 2003 Retrieved 26 November 2015 Lucky Orange in 1988 Archived 30 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Netherlands World Cup Blog 18 May 2008 John Staal reageert op bomincident in 1988 John Staal responds to bomb incident in 1988 Omroep Brabant 1 June 2008 in Dutch a b John Bosman Club matches worldfootball net Retrieved 14 December 2022 a b John Bosman at National Football Teams com John Bosman career stats Football Database eu Retrieved 14 December 2022 John Bosman European Football Retrieved 26 November 2015 Oproep condoleance John Bosman Death condolences to John Bosman Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine F Side 17 October 2001 in Dutch a b c d e John Bosman Eurosport Retrieved 3 November 2019 Rota Davide Owsianski Jarek 18 December 2003 Cup Winners Cup Topscorers RSSSF Retrieved 3 November 2019 External links EditBeijen profile in Dutch John Bosman at Wereld van Oranje in Dutch John Bosman at National Football Teams com John Bosman FIFA competition record archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Bosman amp oldid 1145743228, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
