{{Short description|Dutch footballer and manager (born 1964)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Danny Hoekman | fullname = Danny Hoekman | image = Danny hoekman-1518650931.jpeg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|9|21}} | birth_place = Nijmegen, Netherlands | position = Winger | years1 = 1983–1986 | clubs1 = N.E.C. | caps1 = 81 | goals1 = 17 | years2 = 1986–1988 | clubs2 = Roda JC | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 1988–1989 | clubs3 = FC VVV | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 3 | years4 = 1989–1991 | clubs4 = FC Den Haag | caps4 = 42 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 1991–1992 | clubs5 = Manchester City | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1992 | clubs6 = Southampton | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1992–1993 | clubs7 = ADO Den Haag | caps7 = 24 | goals7 = 6 | years8 = 1993–1997 | clubs8 = N.E.C. | caps8 = 51 | goals8 = 13 | totalcaps = 240 | totalgoals = 48 | manageryears1 = 2003–2004 | managerclubs1 = Al Shahaniya | manageryears2 = 2004 | managerclubs2 = Bonner SC | manageryears3 = 2005 | managerclubs3 = FC Hämeenlinna | manageryears4 = 2010 | managerclubs4 = Racing Mechelen | manageryears5 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs5 = Mesaimeer }}
'''Danny Hoekman''' (born September 21, 1964) is a retired footballer who briefly played as a midfielder in the Football League for Manchester City.<ref name="neilbrown" /><ref>{{cite web| url = http://espnfc.com/columns/story?id=672695&sec=europe&root=europe&cc=5739| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130815184612/http://espnfc.com/columns/story?id=672695&sec=europe&root=europe&cc=5739| archive-date = 2013-08-15| title = A tale of what might have been - ESPN FC}}</ref> He was severely injured by FC Utrecht goalkeeper Jan-Willem van Ede in 1987; he received a financial compensation twenty years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/overig/zaak-hoekman-legt-bom-onder-profvoetbal~aa4d2d3f/|title=Zaak Hoekman legt bom onder profvoetbal|newspaper=Gelderlander|language=nl|date=1 September 2009|access-date=6 April 2026}}</ref>
In July 2016, he was appointed technical manager of N.E.C. but was dismissed in January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/sport/breuk-tussen-danny-hoekman-en-nec~aeeea27fb/|title=Breuk tussen Danny Hoekman en NEC|newspaper=Gelderlander|language=nl|date=10 January 2017|access-date=6 April 2026}}</ref>
Himself a left winger when he was active as a player, Hoekman wrote a book about left sided players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/voetbal/danny-hoekman-schreef-boek-over-linkspoten-schokkend-dat-gakpo-rensenbrink-niet-kent~a356c523/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F|title=Danny Hoekman schreef boek over linkspoten: ‘Schokkend dat Gakpo Rensenbrink niet kent’|newspaper=Algemeen Dagblad|language=nl|first=Maarten|last=Wijffels|date=3 November 2025|access-date=6 April 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="neilbrown"> {{cite web | url = http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/mancity/mancity.html | title = Manchester City: 1946/47 – 2011/12 | publisher = Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database | last = Brown | first = Neil | date = 2 September 2012 | accessdate = 5 November 2012 }} </ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.ererat.nl/asp/ererat_spelerpaspoort.asp?spelerid=592&AndereDivs=1 Danny Hoekman] at Ererat {{in lang|nl}}
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