Advocaat admits Belgium job no jokeDutchman Dick Advocaat Richard Advocaat (born September 27, 1947 in The Hague, Netherlands) is the Dutch coach of the Russian pro soccer team Zenit. He has served as coach of his native Dutch national football team and more recently as the chief of South Korea national football team, earning the team's took over the beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. Belgian national side on Tuesday saying he faced a "tremendous challenge". "The aim will be to qualify Belgium for Euro 2012. I would consider it a personal failure if we don't," said the 62-year-old, a former two-time Dutch national coach who also coached Scottish giants Rangers Rapidly deployable airborne light infantry organized and trained to conduct highly complex joint direct action operations in coordination with or in support of other special operations units of all Services. and enjoyed less successful spells with South Korea and Borussia Monchengladbach. "I'm not afraid of the challenge because I know there is quality in the group. But I'm not saying I can guarantee success." Advocaat advocaat Noun a liqueur with a raw egg base [Dutch] , sacked by Zenit St Petersburg in August, had been due to take charge on January 1, 2010, but the resignation of caretaker coach Franky Vercauteren François Vercauteren (born October 28, 1956), always referred to as Franky Vercauteren, nicknamed "The Small Prince", is a former Belgian football left winger and is now a football manager, working for R.S.C. Anderlecht. , which followed Belgium's World Cup qualifying defeat to Armenia, led to a change of plan. Belgium have no chance of making the World Cup finals. The Brussels media have highlighted tensions between French and Flemish players but Advocaat, who does not speak French, said: "I will not play politics. "I will pick players based solely on their footballing qualities." Advocaat's first game will be at home against Turkey on October 10. 
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