Hans Verèl

Hans Verèl

Personal information
Date of birth	(1953-04-21)21 April 1953
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	9 November 2019(2019-11-09) (aged 66)
Place of death	Tilburg, Netherlands
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Sparta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1976	Sparta	1	(0)
1976–1977	SVV
1977–1978	Den Bosch	5	(0)
Managerial career
1978–1980	Den Bosch (Assistant)
1980–1984	Den Bosch
1984–1987	RBC
1987–1990	NAC
1990–1991	Dordrecht'90
1991–1992	SVV/Dordrecht'90
1993	RKC
1995–1996	Pakhtakor Tashkent
1996–2001	Willem II (Assistant)
2000	Willem II (Caretaker)
2001	Fortuna Sittard
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans Verèl (21 April 1953 – 9 November 2019) was a football defender and midfielder from the Netherlands, who played for Sparta Rotterdam, SVV and FC Den Bosch.

Playing career

Verèl made his debut for Sparta on 20 May 1973 against Den Bosch, but only managed to play one league game for the club. In 1976 he left for SVV.

Managerial career

A persistent injury ended his career while playing for Den Bosch in 1978, and he became an assistant coach at the club. In 1982 he became head coach alongside general manager Ad Zonderland and they won promotion with Den Bosch to the Eredivisie in 1983. He later coached RBC Roosendaal, with whom he reached the 1985–86 KNVB Cup Final, NAC Breda, (SVV/)Dordrecht'90, RKC Waalwijk, FC Pakhtakor Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Willem II Tilburg and Fortuna Sittard. He also worked as an assistant to Jimmy Calderwood, Co Adriaanse and Hans Westerhof at Willem II and experienced the club's biggest success in qualification for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League.

Personal life

Verèl retired as a coach after his dismissal in Sittard and was director at a swimming centre in Roosendaal until 2015. He died in November 2019 after a long illness.

External links

• Profile Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)