Wim Koevermans

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Wim Koevermans
Personal information
Full nameWilhelmus Jacobus Koevermans
Date of birth (1960-06-28) June 28, 1960
Place of birthVlaardingen, Netherlands
Playing positionManager
(former Defender)
Club information
Current clubIndia (Head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1980FC Vlaardingen43(6)
1980–1988Fortuna Sittard255(37)
1988–1990FC Groningen42(5)
Total340(48)
National team
1988Netherlands1(0)
Teams managed
1990–1993FC Groningen (Assistant manager)
1993–1994FC Groningen
1994–1996RBC Roosendaal
1996–1997NEC Nijmegen
1998–2001MVV Maastricht
2002–2008Netherlands (Youth coach)
2008–2012Ireland (High Performance Director)
2010Republic of Ireland U21 (Temporary)
2012–India
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Wilhelmus ("Wim") Jacobus Koevermans (born June 28, 1960 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland) is a former football central defender from The Netherlands, who earned one cap for the Netherlands national football team. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the 1988 European Football Championship in West Germany, although he didn't play under manager Rinus Michels.

Koevermans played for Fortuna Vlaardingen, FC Vlaardingen, Fortuna Sittard, and FC Groningen. He ended his professional career in 1990. After that he became a football manager, who worked for clubs like NEC Nijmegen, RBC Roosendaal and MVV Maastricht.[1] He was the International High Performance Director of the FAI until he was appointed the coach of India.[2] He resumed his office as the Chief Coach of Indian football team on 1 July 2012.[3]

References

  1. "Wim Koevermans" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
  2. "Wim Koevermans appointed new India coach". Chris Punnakkattu Daniel. Retrieved 2012-06-15. 
  3. "Wim Koevermans announced as the new coach of Indian football team". Live Indian Football. Retrieved 2012-06-15. 
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