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Wiel Coerver

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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: [ʋil ˈkuːrvər]; 3 December 1924 – 22 April 2011) was a Dutch football manager and the developer of the "Coerver Method", a football coaching technique.

Playing career

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

Managerial career

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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

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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

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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

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Feyenoord

See also

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References

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  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