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Erik Ten Hag Lost Good Friend Andy Scharmin in 1989 in the SLM Disaster: 'I Reflect on It Every Year on June 7'

Summary by De Telegraaf
It is Saturday 36 years ago that 176 people died in the SLM disaster in Suriname, including fifteen footballers from the Kleurrijk eleven. In 2017, Erik ten Hag was still the coach of FC Utrecht and the Tukker spoke to De Telegraaf about his friend and former teammate at FC Twente, Andy Scharmin, who died in the plane crash in 1989. Because it is 36 years ago today that the SLM disaster took place, we are reposting the interview.

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It is Saturday 36 years ago that 176 people died in the SLM disaster in Suriname, including fifteen footballers from the Kleurrijk eleven. In 2017, Erik ten Hag was still the coach of FC Utrecht and the Tukker spoke to De Telegraaf about his friend and former teammate at FC Twente, Andy Scharmin, who died in the plane crash in 1989. Because it is 36 years ago today that the SLM disaster took place, we are reposting the interview.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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De Telegraaf broke the news in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Saturday, June 7, 2025.
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