u200bLeo Beenhakker, who has died aged 82, was one of the leading football managers of the 1980s, notably steering Real Madrid to three consecutive league titles at the end of that decade.
In a career spanning half a century, he also took Ajax and Feyenoord to championships in his native Holland, managed the national team, and led tiny Trinidad and Tobago to qualification for the 2006 World Cup.
With his reddish-golden maneu200b of hair and penchant for cigarillos, the ambitious, wryly amusing, often outspoken Beenhakker cut a charismatic figure, even in the world of Dutch football – never short of strong personalities.