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Netherlands · 1980s

Adri van Tiggelen

Icon LB, also LM, CB Right-footed dribbler
Rating
85
Caps
56
Goals
0
Life
1957
Clubs
Sparta Rotterdam, FC Groningen, R.S.C. Anderlecht
#31
Editorial rank of 33 for Netherlands
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

A reliable and tenacious left-back, Van Tiggelen was an unsung hero of the Netherlands' triumphant Euro 1988 campaign. Career record: 56 caps and 0 goals for Netherlands; club career at Sparta Rotterdam, FC Groningen, R.S.C. Anderlecht.

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Career record

1978–1983Sparta Rotterdam
1983–1986FC Groningen
1986–1991R.S.C. Anderlecht
1991–1994PSV Eindhoven
1994–1995FC Dordrecht
Netherlands56 caps, 0 goals

Shared the era

Netherlands legends whose careers overlapped Tiggelen's

The world's great LBs

Around Tiggelen in the almanac

One rank above: Phillip Cocu at #30.

One rank below: Berry van Aerle at #32.

Netherlands's editorial top five: Johan Cruyff · Marco van Basten · Ruud Gullit · Frank Rijkaard · Dennis Bergkamp.