Louis Coolen (born 12 January 1952) is a Dutch football manager and retired player who works as an advisor to the board at Helmond Sport.
Playing career
Coolen was born in Nuenen. A midfielder,[1] 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,[2] Helmond Sport and FC Eindhoven.[3] He also was assistant manager at Roda JC for four years.[4]
He moved abroad in September 2008 to become technical director at the Yuri Konoplev Academy in Tolyatti[5] and worked at Russian giants Zenit Saint Petersburg, where he managed their youth coaches in two spells at the club.[6] In between he worked for Roda as technical director and later led the Roda JC academy.[7]
He returned to Helmond Sport in an advisory role in March 2017.[8]
References
- ^ Louis Coolen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ 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
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