Erik van der Mer [2] ( Dutch: Erik van der Meer ; July 7, 1967, Utrecht , Netherlands ) - Dutch soccer player, defender, after the end of his playing career - football coach.
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| Growth | 179 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
The early years
He began to play football at the academies of and .
Club career
In 1985, he joined Utrecht , where he began his professional career after spending ten seasons. During this time he played 205 matches in the Eredivisi , and also participated in the UEFA Cup in the seasons 1987/88 (against LASK and Verona ) and 1991/92 (against Sturm and Real Madrid ).
In the 1995/96 season, he played in Oerstedivisi for Cambridge , but he took only 6th place with the team and could not help her join the elite. In the summer of 1996, he became a player in the Belgian club Beershot VAK , who played in the country's second-highest division . There he spent 8 matches, after which he moved to the Spanish club Real Murcia from Segunda B , where he stayed until the end of the season.
He completed his playing career at the Vendam club, for which he played from 1997 to 1999 in Erstedivisi.
Team Career
He played for various youth and youth teams of the Netherlands .
Coach Career
He began coaching at his hometown Utrecht, where he coached the youth team from 2002 to 2004, after which he spent one season as an assistant to at Roosendaal .
From January to December 2007 he coached the amateur Dutch club ВВ ССО, after which, at the beginning of next year, at the invitation of his compatriot he became his assistant in the Qatari club Al-Ahly (Doha). However, in the summer of that year, the entire coaching staff left the team.
Throughout 2009, Eric coached another amateur Dutch team - this time DOVO [3] .
In January 2010, he became the head coach of Al-Ahly (Doha), where he worked until the end of the year, after which he became the sports director of another Qatari team, Al-Shamal , but stayed in this position for only a month.
In February 2011, he transferred to the structure of Donetsk Metallurg , where he became the coordinator of youth and youth directions at the academy, and in 2014 he also led the U-19 team, which played in the youth championship . In 2015, he worked with the Malaysian club, .
In January 2016, he became the head coach of Dneprodzerzhinsky Steel , where he was invited by the new president of the club, Vardan Israelyan , who is familiar with the Dutch specialist for collaboration at Metallurg [4] . The contract is designed for 1.5 years [5] . In August 2016, he left the club for family reasons [6] .
Statistics
Statistics of performances as a football player by season [7] :
- 1985/86: Utrecht - 12 games (0 goals)
- 1986/87: Utrecht - 30 (0)
- 1987/88: Utrecht - 24 (1)
- 1988/89: Utrecht - 23 (2)
- 1989/90: Utrecht - 11 (1)
- 1990/91: Utrecht - 30 (4)
- 1991/92: Utrecht - 28 (0)
- 1992/93: Utrecht - 23 (0)
- 1993/94: Utrecht - 15 (1)
- 1994/95: Utrecht - 9 (0)
- 1995/96: Cambury ( Erstedivisi ) - 19 (0)
- 1996/97: Beershot VAK ( D 2 ) - 8 (0)
- 1996/97: Real Murcia ( Segunda B ) - 18 (0)
- 1997/98: Wendam (Erstedivisi) - 15 (0)
- 1998/99: Wendam (Erstedivisi) - 16 (0)
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ According to the rules . In the sources often found the wrong version of the transfer of the name Meer .
- ↑ DOVO verder zonder Ton Verkerk (nid.) . Gelderlander.nl (January 29, 2009). Date of treatment January 17, 2016.
- ↑ Van der Meer led “Steel” . Football.ua (January 16, 2016). Date of treatment January 17, 2016.
- ↑ Andrey Nedbaylo. Van der Meer: “I know about the problems of Steel. But I trust Israelyan and want to grow with the club ” . SportArena.com (January 16, 2016). Date of treatment January 17, 2016.
- ↑ Officially. Van der Meer left Steel . UA-Football (August 10, 2016).
- ↑ Eric van der Meer - head coach of Dneprodzerzhinsky Steel . FootballUA.tv (January 16, 2016). Date of treatment January 17, 2016.
Links
- Profile at BDFutbol.com
- Player and on the Transfermarkt website
- Profile at TheFinalBall.com
- Worldfootball.net profile
- Profile at footballdatabase.eu (English)