# Danny Hoekman
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{{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](/source/Nijmegen), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)
| position = [Winger](/source/Winger)
| years1 = 1983–1986
| clubs1 = [N.E.C.](/source/NEC_Nijmegen)
| caps1 = 81
| goals1 = 17
| years2 = 1986–1988
| clubs2 = [Roda JC](/source/Roda_JC_Kerkrade)
| caps2 = 25
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 1988–1989
| clubs3 = [FC VVV](/source/VVV_Venlo)
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 1989–1991
| clubs4 = [FC Den Haag](/source/ADO_Den_Haag)
| caps4 = 42
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 1991–1992
| clubs5 = [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.)
| caps5 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1992
| clubs6 = [Southampton](/source/Southampton_F.C.)
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1992–1993
| clubs7 = [ADO Den Haag](/source/ADO_Den_Haag)
| caps7 = 24
| goals7 = 6
| years8 = 1993–1997
| clubs8 = [N.E.C.](/source/NEC_Nijmegen)
| caps8 = 51
| goals8 = 13
| totalcaps = 240
| totalgoals = 48
| manageryears1 = 2003–2004
| managerclubs1 = [Al Shahaniya](/source/Al_Shahaniya_SC)
| manageryears2 = 2004
| managerclubs2 = [Bonner SC](/source/Bonner_SC)
| manageryears3 = 2005
| managerclubs3 = [FC Hämeenlinna](/source/FC_H%C3%A4meenlinna)
| manageryears4 = 2010
| managerclubs4 = [Racing Mechelen](/source/K.R.C._Mechelen)
| manageryears5 = 2010–2011
| managerclubs5 = [Mesaimeer](/source/Mesaimeer_SC)
}}
'''Danny Hoekman''' (born September 21, 1964) is a retired [footballer](/source/Association_football) who briefly played as a [midfielder](/source/midfielder) in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) for [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.).[{{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}}] He was severely injured by [FC Utrecht](/source/FC_Utrecht) goalkeeper [Jan-Willem van Ede](/source/Jan-Willem_van_Ede) in 1987; he received a financial compensation twenty years later.[{{cite web|url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/overig/zaak-hoekman-legt-bom-onder-profvoetbal~aa4d2d3f/|title=Zaak Hoekman legt bom onder profvoetbal|newspaper=[Gelderlander](/source/Gelderlander)|language=nl|date=1 September 2009|access-date=6 April 2026}}]
In July 2016, he was appointed technical manager of [N.E.C.](/source/NEC_Nijmegen) but was dismissed in January 2017.[{{cite web|url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/sport/breuk-tussen-danny-hoekman-en-nec~aeeea27fb/|title=Breuk tussen Danny Hoekman en NEC|newspaper=[Gelderlander](/source/Gelderlander)|language=nl|date=10 January 2017|access-date=6 April 2026}}]
Himself a left winger when he was active as a player, Hoekman wrote a book about left sided players.[{{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](/source/Algemeen_Dagblad)|language=nl|first=Maarten|last=Wijffels|date=3 November 2025|access-date=6 April 2026}}]
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
[
{{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
}}
]
}}
==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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Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Nijmegen
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:NEC Nijmegen players
Category:Roda JC Kerkrade players
Category:VVV-Venlo players
Category:ADO Den Haag players
Category:Manchester City F.C. players
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Eredivisie players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England
Category:Dutch football managers
Category:Al Shahaniya SC managers
Category:Bonner SC managers
Category:KRC Mechelen managers
Category:Mesaimeer SC managers
Category:Dutch expatriate football managers
Category:Expatriate football managers in Qatar
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Category:Expatriate football managers in Germany
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate football managers in Finland
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Category:Expatriate football managers in Belgium
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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