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Obit Beenhakker
FILE - England's David Beckham shakes hands with Trinidad and Tobago's coach Leo Beenhakker, right, during their World Cup Group B soccer match in Nuremberg, Germany, Thursday, June 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Leo Beenhakker, the Dutch soccer coach who led two national teams at World Cups and won three league titles with Real Madrid, has died. He was 82.
“Beenhakker was a coaching icon and a truly unique figure at Ajax,” the storied Amsterdam club said in a statement announcing his death late Thursday.