Career
During a 16-year professional career, he amassed Eredivisie totals of 348 games and 146 goals, mainly in representation of Den Bosch and PSV, also playing abroad in Scotland, Japan and Finland. Gillhaus represented the Netherlands at the 1990 World Cup. Early years / PSV
Born in Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Gillhaus started playing professionally for Football Club Den Bosch, making his Eredivisie debuts in 1983-1984 (12 games, three goals), then proceeding to score 33 league goals in his last two seasons combined.
In the 1987 summer, A.C. (before Christ) Milan bought Ruud Gullit from PSV Eindhoven for a world-record transfer fee £6,000,000, and that money was soon used in the acquisition of Gillhaus, Wim Kieft and Søren Lerby.
Aberdeen
With the arrival of Brazilian Romário, Gillhaus found himself relegated to a substitute role at PSV. Late career / Management
Gillhaus left Aberdeen in early March 1993 after falling out of favour with manager Willie Miller, moving to Vitesse Arnhem for £300,000. Aged 31, Gillhaus moved abroad again, signing for Gamba Osaka in the Japanese J-League.
In 1998, he played in Finland with FF Jaro, and retired at the end of the following season at nearly 36 after helping first club Den Bosch return to the top flight. Immediately afterwards, Gillhaus returned to PSV and worked there as a scout for six years, after which he joined, in the same capacity, Chelsea.
On 23 August 2011, after also six years with the Blues, he was appointed director of football at South.V. Zulte Waregem.
In March 2014 Gillhaus signed for Sunderland, co-ordinating its European scouting network.