Stanley MENZO Empics Sonny SILLOY Empics Frank DE BOER. (Defender) Age 23 (born May 1 5, 1970) with 12 caps. Also an Olympic and Under- 21 international. Youth product. Twin brother of forward Ronald. Frank made his Holland debut in a 1 - 0 defeat by Italy in Palermo in September 1990, and has been a regular international ever since. Tark OULIDA. (Midfield) Age 19 (born January 19, 1974). Another Ajax Youth product. Donny HUYSEN. (Midfield) Aged 19 (born October 25, 1973). Youth product. Just promoted to the senior squad. John VAN DER BROM. (Midfield) Aged 26 (born October 4, 1966) with two caps. Important summer signing from Vitesse Arnhem and will hopefully fill the midfield gap left by the sale of Jonk to Internazionale. Van der Brom has been a key figure in Vitesse's progress to the fringe of the Dutch soccer establishment and scored more than 70 goals in fewer than 200 appearances. Andre OOYER. (Defender) Aged 19 (born July 11,1974). THE COACH Louis VAN GAAL. Age 41 (born August 8, 1951). Appointed in November 1991, when Leo Beenhakker was lured back to Spain by Real Madrid. Van Gaal quickly won the players' approval with a more positive, less tactically restricted approach. Van Gaal, previously No. 2 to Beenhakker, established his international credentials by guiding Ajax to victory in the 1992 UEFA Cup. THE PLAYERS Stanley MENZO. (Goalkeeper) Age 29 (born October 15,1963) with six caps. Signed from Haarlem in 1983. Dutch-born though his family background is from Surinam. Better described as a "goalsweeper" because of the way he is prepared to defend outside his own penalty area. Key member of the Ajax team which won the Cup-winners' Cup in 1987 and the UEFA Cup in 1992. Edwin VAN DER SAR. (Goalkeeper) Age 22 (born October 29, 1970). Olympic and Under-21 international despite having only a handful of first-team games to his name. Ajax Youth product. Sonny SILLOY. (Right or Centre- back) Age 29 (born August 31 1963) with 23 caps. Own product who signed professional in 1980. Made his international debut against the Irish Republic in the 1988 European Championship qualifiers. Silloy had a brief unhappy spell with Racing Paris, suffering an eye injury which cost him his place in the 1988 European Finals. On returning to Ajax he suffered a serious knee injury and only finally regained full fitness this past year. Dick VAN BURIK. (Defender) Age 19 (born November 29, 1973). Youth product promoted to the first team squad at the start of last season. John HANSEN. (Defender) Age 20 (born November 18, 1972) with 12 caps for Denmark. Signed two years ago from OB 1903 Odense. Has also played 15 times for Denmark's Under-21 team. Danny BLIND. (Right back/Midfield) Age 31 (born August 11961with 21 caps. Cast off as a teenager by Sparta Rotterdam without having played a league game for them. Made his Holland debut in the 3-1 defeat by West Germany in Dortmund in May 1987.

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