Louis Coolen
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 January 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Nuenen, Netherlands | ||
Youth career | |||
RKSV Nuenen | |||
PSV | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974–1980 | Helmond Sport | ||
1980–1982 | RKSV Nuenen | ||
Managerial career | |||
1982–1985 | RKSV Nuenen | ||
1985–1987 | Helmondia '55 | ||
1992–1996 | UDI '19 | ||
1996–2001 | Helmond Sport | ||
2001–2005 | Roda JC (assistant) | ||
2005–2007 | FC Eindhoven | ||
2008 | UDI '19 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Louis Coolen (born 12 January 1952 in Nuenen) is a Dutch football manager and retired player who works as an advisor to the board at Helmond Sport.
Playing career
During his playing career he played for PSV, Helmond Sport and RKSV Nuenen.
Coaching career
After retiring as a player in 1982, Coolen has managed RKSV Nuenen, Helmondia '55, UDI '19,[1] Helmond Sport and FC Eindhoven.[2] He also was assistant manager at Roda JC for four years.[3]
He moved abroad in September 2008 to become technical director at the Yuri Konoplev Academy in Tolyatti[4] and worked at Russian giants Zenit Saint Petersburg, where he managed their youth coaches in two spells at the club.[5] In between he worked for Roda as technical director and later led the Roda JC academy.[6]
He returned to Helmond Sport in an advisory role in March 2017.[7]
References
- ^ Louis Coolen gaat UDI'19 trainen - Omroep Brabant (in Dutch)
- ^ Louis Coolen nieuwe trainer FC Eindhoven - Omroep Brabant (in Dutch)
- ^ Louis Coolen gaat Roda JC verlaten - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- ^ Coolen en Vroomans tekenen bij in Rusland - Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch)
- ^ Coolen keert terug naar Zenit Sint-Petersburg - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- ^ Louis Coolen terug bij academie Roda - 1Limburg (in Dutch)
- ^ Louis Coolen aan de slag bij Helmond Sport - Helmond Sport (in Dutch)
External links
- (in Dutch) Player profile at Ronald Zwiers
- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
- Dutch footballers
- Dutch football managers
- Helmond Sport managers
- FC Eindhoven managers
- FC Zenit Saint Petersburg non-playing staff
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Association footballers not categorized by position
- RKSV Nuenen players
- Roda JC Kerkrade non-playing staff
- Footballers from North Brabant
- Dutch football biography stubs