Marinus David “Rinus” Israël (19 March 1942 – 1 July 2025) was a Dutch professional football player and manager. Nicknamed "Iron Rinus", he formed a solid defence line at Feyenoord with Theo Laseroms.

Israël was the grandfather of handball player Rachel de Haze.

Club career

During his career he played for DWS (1962–66), Feyenoord Rotterdam (1966–74), Excelsior Rotterdam (1974–75) and PEC Zwolle (1975–82). Israël achieved his greatest success at club level with Feyenoord, where he won three Eredivisie titles, a KNVB Cup, a European Cup and a UEFA Cup. He scored one of Feyenoord's two goals in the 1970 European Cup Final against Celtic.

International career

Israël played 47 matches and scored 3 goals for the Netherlands national team from 1964 to 1974, and he played three matches for the Netherlands in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, including the second-round victories against Brazil and Argentina.

Death

Israël died on 1 July 2025, at the age of 83.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

1. Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Israël goal.

List of international goals scored by Rinus Israël

Honours

Player

Source:

DWS

• Eredivisie: 1963–64

Feijenoord

• Eredivisie: 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74

• KNVB Cup: 1968–69

• Intercontinental Cup: 1970

• European Cup: 1969–70

• UEFA Cup: 1973–74

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1974

Individual

• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1971, 1975

Manager

Al-Wahda FC

• UAE League: 2000–01

ADO Den Haag

• Eerste Divisie: 2002–03

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