Wiel Coerver
 Coerver lifting the UEFA Cup in 1974 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 December 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Kerkrade, Netherlands | ||
| Date of death | 22 April 2011 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Kerkrade, Netherlands | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1959 | Roda JC | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1959–1965 | S.V.N. | ||
| 1965–1966 | Roda JC | ||
| 1966–1969 | Sparta | ||
| 1970–1973 | N.E.C. | ||
| 1973–1975 | Feyenoord | ||
| 1975–1976 | Indonesia | ||
| 1976–1977 | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wiel Coerver (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋil ˈkur.vər]; 3 December 1924 – 22 April 2011) was a Dutch football manager and the developer of the "Coerver Method", a football coaching technique.
Playing career[edit]
Coerver played five years for local side Rapid JC, with whom he won the Dutch league title in 1956.[1]
Managerial career[edit]
After retiring as a player, he managed Dutch clubs S.V.N., Rapid JC,[2] Sparta,[3] N.E.C.,[4] Feyenoord[5] and Go Ahead Eagles as well as Indonesia. He won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord Rotterdam in the 1973–1974 season[6] as well as the Eredivisie title.
Coerver Method[edit]
The Coerver Method is a football coaching technique which Coerver created. By analysing videotapes of various great players including Pelé, he devised a new concept in football which advocates that skill could not only be inherent with the young players but could also be passed on in a comprehensive academic way. Under this technique, players progress in a structured manner, pyramidal, from basics of ball mastery to a tactically driven group attack. They would be exposed to the other essentials like Receiving and Passing, Moves (1v1), Speed and Lethal Finishing.[7]
The 1998 FIFA World Cup in France saw the first Coerver student, Boudewijn Zenden who played for the Dutch national team, make it to the FIFA World Cup.
Personal life[edit]
Coerver, who was born in Kerkrade, was nicknamed the "Albert Einstein of Football". He died of pneumonia in April 2011 in Kerkrade.[1][8]
Honours[edit]
- Feyenoord
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Wiel Coerver (86) overleden - NU (in Dutch)
- ^ Roda JC trainers aller tijden: Wiel Coerver 1965-1966 - Roda JC (in Dutch)
- ^ WIEL COERVER OVERLEDEN[permanent dead link] - Sparta (in Dutch)
- ^ Oud-trainer Wiel Coerver overleden - NEC (in Dutch)
- ^ Oud-Feyenoord- en Sparta-coach Wiel Coerver overleden - Rijnmond (in Dutch)
- ^ Feyenoord mourn former coach Wiel Coerver by Berend Scholten on UEFA.com, 22 April 2011
- ^ Tamis, Theo (22 April 2011). "Dutch soccer guru Wiel Coerver dies (86)". Radio Nederlands Worldwide. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Voetballegende Wiel Coerver overleden". BN DeStem (in Dutch). 22 April 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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- 1924 births
- 2011 deaths
- Sportspeople from Kerkrade
- Dutch men's footballers
- Roda JC Kerkrade players
- Dutch football managers
- Eredivisie managers
- Feyenoord managers
- Go Ahead Eagles managers
- NEC Nijmegen managers
- Roda JC Kerkrade managers
- Sparta Rotterdam managers
- UEFA Europa League winning managers
- Indonesia national football team managers
- Dutch expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Indonesia
- Deaths from pneumonia in the Netherlands
- Men's association football forwards
- Rinus Michels Award winners
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
- Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands)