SUNDERLAND APPOINT NEW MANAGER

Former Netherlands manager Advocaat has been appointed as Sunderland coach until the end of the season.

Dick Advocaat comes to Sunderland with a very huge reputation as a former European champion.

The 67- year - old says he can't wait to take in charge of Sunderland.

Advocaat succeeds Gus Poyet after a day of his sacking.

Sunderland are just one point above safety.

Sunderland's last Premier league game was a 4 -0 defeat to Aston Villa at home.

Advocaat -"Sunderland is a big club and I am very much looking forward to the challenge
ahead,"
"We must now concentrate on Saturday as a priority."


SUNDERLAND NEW MANAGER ADVOCAAT'S CV

On the international front, apart from coaching Netherlands twice, he has also
managed United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Belgium, Russia and Serbia.
He stepped down as Serbia coach in November a day after a 3-1 Euro 2016 qualifying defeat against Denmark which left the country joint bottom of Group I.

Advocaat was just four months into a two-year contract after replacing Sinisa Mihajlovic and had been in charge for three games.

Dick Advocaat has never managed in the Premier League but was in charge of Scottish club Rangers between 1998 and 2002.

He won the league and cup double twice at Ibrox, while he also has league titles with PSV Eindhoven in his homeland as well as Zenit St Petersburg in Russia.

The Dutchman also led Zenit to victory over Rangers in the 2008 Uefa Cup final
- now known as the Europa League - while his side also beat Manchester United in the Uefa Super Cup later that year.




Teams managed: DSVP (1980-84), Holland (assistant manager, 1984-87),
HFC Haarlem (1987-89), SVV (1989-1991), Holland (assistant manager,1990-92), FC Dordrecht (1991-92), Holland (1992-94),

PSV (1994-98), Rangers (1998-2002), Holland (2002-04), Borussia Monchengladbach
(2004-05), United Arab Emirates (2005), South Korea (2005-06), Zenit St Petersburg (2006-09), Belgium (2009-10), AZ Alkmaar (2009-10), Russia (2010-12), PSV (2012-13), Serbia (2014), Sunderland (2015-)

HONOURS: Eerste Divisie (SVV, 1989-90), Eredivisie (PSV, 1996-97), KNVB
Cup (PSV, 1995-96), Scottish Premier League (Rangers, 1998-99, 1999-00), Scottish Cup (Rangers, 1998-99, 1999-00), Scottish League Cup (Rangers, 1998-99), Russian Premier League (Zenit, 2007), Russian Super Cup (Zenit, 2008), UEFA Cup (Zenit, 2007-08), UEFA Super Cup (Zenit, 2008)