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“But, of course, that doesn’t change the fact that I’m going to miss Curacao, the people there and my colleagues very much.”<\/p>\n
Advocaat, who also managed the Netherlands, Belgium, South Korea, PSV Eindhoven and Sunderland, spent two years as Curacao head coach.<\/p>\n
Unbeaten over six games, they reached their first finals by topping their CONCACAF qualifying group ahead of Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Bermuda.<\/p>\n
Steve Clarke’s Scots entertain Japan and Ivory Coast in March friendlies before Curacao visit Hampden for their final warm-up match before the summer finals in the Americas.<\/p>\n
By then, the islanders will be led by 63-year-old former Netherlands defender Rutten, who has managed PSV Eindhoven, Anderlecht and Feyenoord.<\/p>\n
He had most recently returned to PSV as assistant to Ruud van Nistelrooy and had a spell as caretaker after his fellow Dutchman’s departure in 2023.<\/p>\n
Rutten’s side begin their World Cup campaign with a Group E match against Germany in Houston on 14 June and also face Ivory Coast and Ecuador.<\/p>\n
The Scots begin their campaign the previous day against Haiti, with Brazil and Morocco the other sides in Group C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n