Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal, OON, better known as Louis van Gaal, is a Dutch football manager who is the current manager of Manchester United. He was formerly manager of Ajax, Barcelona, AZ, Bayern Munich, and the Netherlands national team. Before his career as a coach, Van Gaal played as a midfielder for Royal Antwerp, Telstar, Sparta Rotterdam and AZ. He is also a fully qualified gymnastics teacher and has worked as such at high schools during various stages of his career as a semi-professional footballer. After a brief spell as coach at AZ, Van Gaal served as assistant coach under Leo Beenhakker at Ajax and eventually took over as head coach in 1991. Under his lead, the club won three Eredivisie titles, the UEFA Cup, and the Champions League. Van Gaal moved to Barcelona in 1997 and won two Spanish league titles and one Copa del Rey. After some disagreements at Barcelona, he was appointed coach of the Netherlands national team, but failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. Another brief spell at Barcelona followed before he became manager of AZ. After winning the Eredivisie with AZ in 2008?09, he was hired by Bayern Munich on 1 July 2009. 

August 8th, 1951 in Amsterdam (Age 73)