Wiel Coerver

Wiel Coerver
Coerver lifting the UEFA Cup in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth (1924-12-03)3 December 1924
Place of birth Kerkrade, Netherlands
Date of death 22 April 2011(2011-04-22) (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

Coerver played five years for local side Rapid JC, with whom he won the Dutch league title in 1956.[1]

Managerial career

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

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

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

Feyenoord

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Wiel Coerver (86) overleden - NU (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Roda JC trainers aller tijden: Wiel Coerver 1965-1966 - Roda JC (in Dutch)
  3. ^ WIEL COERVER OVERLEDEN[permanent dead link] - Sparta (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Oud-trainer Wiel Coerver overleden - NEC (in Dutch)
  5. ^ Oud-Feyenoord- en Sparta-coach Wiel Coerver overleden - Rijnmond (in Dutch)
  6. ^ Feyenoord mourn former coach Wiel Coerver by Berend Scholten on UEFA.com, 22 April 2011
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Voetballegende Wiel Coerver overleden". BN DeStem (in Dutch). 22 April 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

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Awards
Preceded by Rinus Michels oeuvre award
2008 		Succeeded by