Pat Van Den Hauwe

Patrick William Roger Van Den Hauwe (born 16 December 1960) is a former professional footballer who made 401 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Millwall. Born in Belgium and raised in England, he chose to play international football for Wales, making 13 appearances.

Pat Van Den Hauwe
Personal information
Full name Patrick William Roger Van Den Hauwe[1]
Date of birth (1960-12-16) 16 December 1960[1]
Place of birth Dendermonde,[1] Belgium
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender[1]
Youth career
1977–1978 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1984 Birmingham City 123 (1)
1984–1989 Everton 135 (2)
1989–1993 Tottenham Hotspur 116 (0)
1993–1995 Millwall 27 (0)
1996 Hellenic
1997 Wynberg St Johns
Total 401 (3)
International career
1985–1989 Wales 13 (0)
Managerial career
2007 F.C. Cape Town (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Belgium with an English mother, Van Den Hauwe was brought up in London, and joined Birmingham City as an apprentice in July 1977. He made his debut in the First Division as a 17-year-old, on 7 October 1978 in a 2–1 home defeat to Manchester City.[3] He played 143 games for Birmingham in all competitions before joining Everton in September 1984 for a fee of £100,000. He helped them win the league title and European Cup Winners' Cup that season, as well as a second league title two years later[4] – when his goal against Norwich City at Carrow Road confirmed them as champions.[5]

In 1989, he signed for Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £575,000,[4] making his debut in a 2–0 defeat to Aston Villa on 9 September 1989.[6] He won the FA Cup with Tottenham in 1991.[4] In total he made 110 League appearances (six of them as substitute) between 1989 and 1993, but never scored.[6] He finished his Football League career with Millwall.[4]

He was commonly referred to as "Psycho Pat" by supporters, and used the nickname as the title of his autobiography.[7]

International career

As a player with British citizenship born outside the UK, eligibility rules of the time meant that Van Den Hauwe qualified to play for the national football team of any of the four Home Nations—England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Van Den Hauwe spurned offers from England under Bobby Robson and Belgium under Guy Thys to represent Wales,[8] having been recommended to Mike England by Everton team-mates Kevin Ratcliffe and Neville Southall. It was often speculated in the press that Van Den Hauwe had made this decision because he had Welsh ancestry, but according to his autobiography this was not the case. "No parent or grandparent—or even great grandparents—of mine were Welsh", he wrote.[9]

Van Den Hauwe made his international début for Wales in a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7 game versus Spain which ended with a 3–0 victory at the Racecourse Ground on 30 April 1985.[9] His last game for Wales came on 26 April 1989 in a friendly 2–0 loss against Sweden, also at the Racecourse Ground.[10]

Personal life

On 19 June 1993 he married model Mandy Smith, the former wife of Rolling Stones' bassist Bill Wyman, but they separated two years later and divorced in 1997.[11][12]

Playing statistics
SeasonPlayedScoredLeague
Birmingham City
1978–197980Division 1
1979–198010Division 2
1980–198140Division 1
1981–1982310Division 1
1982–1983311Division 1
1983–1984420Division 1
1984–198560Division 2
Everton
1984–1985310Division 1
1985–1986401Division 1
1986–1987111Division 1
1987–1988280Division 1
1988–1989250Division 1
Tottenham Hotspur
1989–1990310Division 1
1990–1991320Division 1
1991–1992350Division 1
1992–1993180Premiership
1993–199400Premiership
Hellenic FC
1995–1996??NSL Premiership
Wynberg St Johns
1996–1997???

Honours

Birmingham City

Everton

Tottenham Hotspur

See also

References
  1. "Pat Van Den Hauwe". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 130–31. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  5. "Memorable Matches Norwich City 0 Everton 1". Everton F.C. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
  6. "Pat Van Den Hauwe". Sporting-Heroes.net. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  7. Bowman, Jamie (14 January 2011). "Everton FC legend Pat van den Hauwe recalls the glory days of the 80s in his new book". Southport Visiter. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  8. Pat Van den Hauwe: Kendall told me to pick Wales, Nil Satis Nisi Optimum, 23 October 2015
  9. Van Den Hauwe, Pat (2012). Psycho Pat. London: John Blake. p. 74. ISBN 978-1843587545.
  10. Van Den Hauwe, Pat (2012). Psycho Pat. London: John Blake. p. 85. ISBN 978-1843587545.
  11. "Weddings of the Year". People. 26 July 1993. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
  12. Hamilton, Mike (26 May 2002). "Mandy agony again as lover ditches her for GMTV's Sally" (reprint). Sunday Mirror. FindArticles. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
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