Louis van Gaal Net Worth
A Dutch football manager and former player Louis van Gaal is known mostly as the current manager of a famous soccer club Manchester United. You could also know him as a former manager of Barcelona, Ajax, Bayern Munich, and also the Netherlands national team. Van Gaal amassed a remarkable wealth through his career. His estimated net worth is about amazing $25 million as of 2016.
Louis van Gaal was born on 8th August 1951 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. When he was young he played for the Amsterdam amateur side RKSV De Meer, later he joined the second team of Ajax and than was loaned to Belgian First Division side Royal Antwerp. After four years in Belgium, he returned to Netherlands and played for Telstar, than joined AZ before becoming an assistant coach in 1986.
After that, he returned to Ajax, become Leo Beenhakker’s assistant and after his withdrawal took over as head coach in 1991. The club won three Eredivisie titles, the UEFA Cup, and the Champions League under his leadership. His career has continues with many successes.
He married Truus in 2008. They have a holiday home in the Portuguese Algarve. According to media, Louis lost millions of pounds in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme in 2009. But still maintained large portion of his net worth. On March 2015, he announced he would be retiring from Manchester United before the next season.
