In the time they worked together, PSV Eindhoven signed South-American top players like Alex, Gomes and Jefferson Farfán.
In the six years Van der Zee worked as an international scout for PSV Eindhoven the club won the Dutch title four times: 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
In 2006 Van der Zee joined Hiddink and worked for the Australia national football team during World Cup in Germany.
[citation needed] On 30 December 2009 the Dutch football magazine Voetbal International reports that PSV-manager Fred Rutten has asked Van der Zee to return to PSV as a scout.
In February 2017 De Telegraaf, the biggest Dutch daily newspaper, revealed that Hans van der Zee was the discovererer of David Neres.