Joop Böckling

Joop Böckling (born 3 November 1955, in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

He played the large part of his career for Haarlem for whom he scored a then record-equaling fastest goal of the Eredivisie after only 10 seconds in October 1981 against MVV. He also played in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup match away at Moscow Spartak which became known as the Luzhniki disaster.(Report) In 2007 he played in a remembrance game with former Haarlem players against former Spartak players.

He later played for Volendam, Sparta and Eindhoven.

Managerial career

Böckling coached several amateur sides such as Hellas Sport, HFC Haarlem, Velsen, De Germaan, Ripperda, SIZO Hillegom, ROHDA'76 Bodegraven and SV Vogelenzang

Personal life

After retiring as a player, Böckling worked as a sales representative for sports brands Umbro and Diadora and later started his own marketing bureau. He has two children from his first marriage.