FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - AFC Asian Cup - Round of 16 - Iran v Oman - Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - January 20, 2019 Oman coach Pim Verbeek before the match. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Former Australia coach Pim Verbeek, who led the team to the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa before enjoying a successful spell with Oman, died on Thursday. He was 63.
Verbeek, who was also South Korea boss for two years after being an assistant to fellow Dutch coach Guus Hiddink, took the Socceroos job after the 2007 Asian Cup finals.
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