"Dick Advocaat led Curacao to their first World Cup but will not be charge of the team at the tournament itself after resigning from the head coach's post for personal reasons. It is believed Advocaat had stood down because of his daughter's health. I've always said family is above football. So this is a self-evident decision, the 78-year-old is reported as saying."
"But of course that doesn't change the fact that I'm going to miss Curacao, the people there and my colleagues very much. Advocaat, who spent two years in charge of Curacao, will be replaced by his fellow Dutchman Fred Rutten, a former Netherlands defender who has managed PSV, Anderlecht and Feyenoord. Advocaat described leading the Caribbean island, which has a population of around 150,000, to this summer's World Cup as the craziest thing he had achieved in a managerial career that spans nearly four decades."
Dick Advocaat led Curacao to their first World Cup but resigned as head coach for personal reasons, reportedly related to his daughter's health. The 78-year-old said family is above football and described the decision as self-evident. He said he will miss Curacao, its people and his colleagues. Advocaat spent two years in charge of Curacao and would have become the oldest coach in World Cup history. Fellow Dutchman Fred Rutten will replace him; Rutten is a former Netherlands defender who has managed PSV, Anderlecht and Feyenoord. Curacao, a Caribbean island of about 150,000 people, begin their World Cup campaign against Germany in Houston on 14 June.
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