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Mels van Driel
Personal information
Full name Mels van Driel[1]
Date of birth (1983-02-02) 2 February 1983 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands[2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 ASWH Ambacht
Number 5
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Netherlands U-19
Netherlands U-21

Mels van Driel (born Rotterdam, 2 February 1983) is a former Dutch professional footballer, now technical manager of ASWH.

Career

Van Driel played in the youth of Feyenoord[3] and in Feyenoord's first squad in the Eredivisie (2002).[4]

Van Driel then played for Eerste Divisie teams Excelsior (2003–2005),[5][6] Fortuna Sittard (2005–2008)[7][8][9] and RBC Roosendaal (2008–2011),[10][11][12] for the latter 2 doubling as captain.[13] At Fortuna Sittard he had asked a referee that an opponent from Helmond Sport would be given a yellow card, after which another Helmond Sporter "greeted" Van Driel with the Nazi salute.[14][15]

From 2011 to 2020 Van Driel plays for ASWH.[10][16][11] In August 2020, after playing in the preparations for a new season, he quit active playing and became the technical manager of ASWH.[17]

As an international, Van Driel played in the Netherlands national under-21 football team.[18]

Season Club Caps Goals League
2003/04 Netherlands SBV Excelsior 35 1 Eerste Divisie
2004/05 Netherlands SBV Excelsior 30 0 Eerste Divisie
2005/06 Netherlands Fortuna Sittard 32 0 Eerste Divisie
2006/07 Netherlands Fortuna Sittard 34 0 Eerste Divisie
2007/08 Netherlands Fortuna Sittard 17 0 Eerste Divisie
2007/08 Netherlands RBC Roosendaal 12 0 Eerste Divisie
2008/09 Netherlands RBC Roosendaal 30 1 Eerste Divisie
2009/10 Netherlands RBC Roosendaal 4 0 Eerste Divisie
2010/11 Netherlands RBC Roosendaal 26 0 Eerste Divisie
Totals 220 2

References

  1. ^ "Aruba - J. Santana - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Netherlands - M. van Driel - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Feyenoorder Ono nog niet hersteld van blessure". NU. Jul 9, 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. ^ "VAN DRIEL DEBUTEERT IN FEYENOORD 1". Feyenoord.com.
  5. ^ "VAN DRIEL GELUKKIG MET LANGER VERBLIJF BIJ EXCELSIOR". Feyenoord.com.
  6. ^ Volwerk, Jan (16 May 2014). "Vooraf bekerfinale ASWH – De Valk: Mels van Driel gelooft nog in dubbel succes voor ASWH".
  7. ^ "Mels van Driel vindt onderdak bij Fortuna". Voetbal International.
  8. ^ "Mels van Driel door bestuur Fortuna uit selectie gezet". SoccerNews.nl.
  9. ^ Onkenhout, Paul (20 May 2006). "Iedereen is nu verdacht, behalve Mels van Driel van Fortuna". De Volkskrant. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  10. ^ a b "ASWH om 14:00 tegen ONS Sneek". Voetbal Rotterdam. 15 December 2016.
  11. ^ a b "Mels van Driel: vijfde seizoen ASWH". Regio Voetbal. 20 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Van Driel weggestuurd bij RBC". Omroep Brabant.
  13. ^ Novum Nieuws; Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (23 September 2008). "B-elftal PSV ontdoet zich van beloftenteam". NU.nl. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Eis: schorsing van vijf duels voor Hitlergroet". NRC Handelsblad. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  15. ^ ANP (3 December 2008). "Guijo-Velasco vijf duels geschorst". Trouw. Retrieved 31 December 2016. Guijo-Velasco maakte de Hitlergroet tegen opponent Mels van Driel, die bij de scheidsrechter om een gele kaart had gevraagd voor een speler van Helmond Sport.
  16. ^ "Scheveningen in slotfase naast ASWH". Voetbal Rotterdam. 4 December 2016.
  17. ^ "Mels van Driel officieel aangesteld als hoofd technische zaken ASWH |". Aug 23, 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  18. ^ "VAN DRIEL WINT MET ORANJE ONDER 21". Feyenoord.com.
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