Eric Meijers

Eric Meijers
Personal information

Full name	Eric Meijers
Date of birth	(1963-08-06) August 6, 1963^[1]
Place of birth	Nijmegen, Netherlands
Club information
Current team	Achilles '29 (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
?–1983	NEC
1983–1991	SV Hatert
Teams managed
1992–1999	SV Hatert
1999–2002	RKHVV
2002–2012	Achilles '29
2012–2013	Helmond Sport
2014–2015	JVC Cuijk
2015–	Achilles '29
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Eric Meijers (born 6 August 1963) is a Dutch football manager. He is currently in charge of Eerste Divisie side Achilles '29.

Coaching career

Meijers is mostly known for his ten-year spell as head coach of Achilles '29, which he turned into a mainstay of Dutch amateur football and a national Topklasse in 2012, for which he was awarded the Rinus Michels Award as best amateur coach of the year.

His successes in 2012 won him interest from Eerste Divisie professionals Helmond Sport, who hired him as new head coach for the 2012–13 season in a one-year contract. Thanks also to five wins in the first five games of the seasons, Helmond ended the season in an impressive fourth place, but was defeated by Sparta Rotterdam in the promotion playoffs. Meijers could not repeat his positive performances in the following seasons, as he was dismissed in September 2013 due to poor results after a home loss to Almere City FC.^[2]

In January 2014, it was announced Meijers would return into amateur football, replacing Hans Kraay, Jr. at ambitious Topklasse club JVC Cuijk, effective from the following 2014–15 season.^[3]

References

↑ Eric Meijers profile at Soccerway
↑ "Trainer Eric Meijers per direct ontslagen bij Helmond Sport" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
↑ "Eric Meijers volgt Hans Kraay jr op als trainer bij JVC Cuijk" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

Achilles '29 – current squad

1 Ter Wielen 2 Boelens 3 Beijer 4 Dingil 5 Elders 6 Van Riel 7 Paau 8 Sürmeli 9 Bogers 10 Hendriks (c) 11 Penterman 12 Joosten 13 Van Steen 14 Dekkers 15 Popalzay 16 Van Beers 17 Thoone 18 Van de Beek 19 Witteveen 20 Van der Groes 21 Zeller 22 Raja Boean 23 Van Straaten 24 Deckers Manager: Meijers

Helmond Sport – managers

Debruyn (1967–68)
de Wit (1968–72)
René van Eck (1972–74)
Mur (1974–75)
Dellow (1975–77)
van Tuel (1977–78)
de Wit (1978–79)
Notermans (1979–83)
Brouwer (1983–86)
Jansen (1986–87)
Laseroms (1987–88)
Buitelaar (1988–89)
Körver (1989–92)
Rayer (1992–93)
Coolen (ai) (1993)
Koster (1993–95)
Pruijn (1995–96)
Coolen (1996–01)
Verlijsdonk (2001–02)
Van Dijk (2002–04)
Brood (2004–06)
Vanenburg (2006–07)
Verlijsdonk (a.i.) (2007)
Poortvliet (2007–08)
Streppel (2008–11)
De Koning (2011–12)
Meijers (2012–13)
Verlijsdonk (a.i.) (2012–13)
Van Dijk (2014–)

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