Education
Borst finished school when he was 18, the so-called havo.
( "Am I so smart or are you so stupid?" —Louis van Gaal ...)
"Am I so smart or are you so stupid?" —Louis van Gaal I started out wanting to write a book about Marco van Basten. I still do, but I dread the moment when I have to write something I know will make him unhappy. He’s not a man you wage war on. With Louis van Gaal it’s different: as a journalist he leaves you no choice. You’re not worthy of the name if you aren’t prepared to return fire when he starts yelling. Hugo Borst is an award-winning writer, journalist and TV pundit. He is also a close friend of Louis van Gaal. Well, he used to be. O, Louis is Hugo’s attempt to get to grips with this larger-than-life character. Full of outrageous stories and unintentionally hilarious encounters, Borst details his quest to understand the man and the breakdown in their friendship. He interviews an array of experts who each interpret the great manager from the perspective of their own field—a cleric, a politician, a psychiatrist, an impersonator, a theater director, writers, poets and a trio of keen comic minds. Through these meetings as well as through his own encounters with Van Gaal, Borst is finally able to unlock the personality of this exceptional, talented, infuriating and even, occasionally, loveable man.
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Borst finished school when he was 18, the so-called havo.
Although he never played professional football, he became a journalist for the magazine Voetbal International in 1985. After working for Voetbal International for six years he started to write for another magazine, Panorama. He did that for three years only.
He now writes columns for the Algemeen Dagblad (mostly about Football) as well for the magazine Esquire, about love and sexual
He also is one of the main editors for the soccermagazine Hard Gras. Borst also appeared on Dutch television
He was a regular guest in the soccer discussion program Studio Voetbal as well as regular guest in the current affairs program De Wereld Draait Door. He also presented his own television program, Over Vaders en Zonen.
In this show Borst examines issues of raising autistic children, a topic to which he was drawn due to his experiences with his own autistic son.
In 2011 Borst ceased all writing and television activities, claiming he was mentally exhausted. During the 2014 World Cup Borst is appearing on Nederland 1"s "Studio Brasil" as a pundit.
( "Am I so smart or are you so stupid?" —Louis van Gaal ...)