Jerrel “Jimmy” Floyd Hasselbaink is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He played for Leeds United, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Charlton Athletic and Cardiff City. He won the Premier League Golden Boot award with Leeds in 1999. He also played for the Netherlands national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In May 2013 he was appointed manager of Royal Antwerp in the Belgian Second Division, where he stayed for one season. In November 2014, he was hired by Burton Albion in England, and led them to their first ever promotion to League One as champions of League Two. He was dismissed in November 2016 after 11 months in the job, and managed League One club Northampton Town from September 2017 to April
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Jerrel “Jimmy” Floyd Hasselbaink is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He played for Leeds United, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Charlton Athletic and Cardiff City. He won the Premier League Golden Boot award with Leeds in 1999. He also played for the Netherlands national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In May 2013 he was appointed manager of Royal Antwerp in the Belgian Second Division, where he stayed for one season. In November 2014, he was hired by Burton Albion in England, and in his first season he led them to their first ever promotion to League One as champions of League Two. He was dismissed in November 2016 after 11 months in the job, and managed League One club Northampton Town from September 2017 to April 2018. He is the son of Frank Ware and Cornelli Hassel baink, and was born in Paramaribo, Suriname. He has two brothers, one of whom, Carlos, is a former Dutch international footballer. He plays as a right winger for Dutch club AZ Alkmaar. He previously played for Telstar and Campomaiorense in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. He spent time on trial with HFC Haarlem and Neerlandia Admarlem. He signed for Portuguese side Campomar in August 1995 after impressing trainer Manuel Fernandes on a trial. The chairman wanted to keep his signing a secret, and so told the press that he had simply signed as a player rather than Jerrel Jimmy.
He failed to score in four games and missed a penalty in his fifth game after insisting he was simply called Jimmy. In August 1995 he signed for newly promoted Primeira Divisão side Campo Admaiorese. He then moved to Boavista and won the Taça de Portugal with the club in 1997. In 1997 he was signed by Leeds United for a £2 million fee prior to the 1997-98 season. He went on to become a prolific goalscorer for the club, winning the league Golden Boot in 1999 and 2000. In 1999 he was sold on to Spanish club Atlético Madrid for £10 million, reaching the final of the Copa del Rey despite the club also suffering relegation from La Liga. In 2000 he moved to Chelsea for a club record £15 million fee, earning him a second Premier LeagueGolden Boot. He helped Chelsea to a career high and then club record second-place Premier League finish in 2003–04. In 2008 he played on the losing side in the 2008 FA Cup Final before retiring from play at the end of the season. His last club was Cardiff City, with whom he won the FA Cup in 2007. He later played for H FC Haarlandia and HFC HFCHaarlem in the Netherlands. He had an unsuccessful trial with FC Eersterlandia in 1993, and spent the 1993–94 season training with PEC Haerlandian.
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