Leen Looijen
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 July 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Wageningen, Netherlands | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1974 | N.E.C. | ||
1978–1981 | N.E.C. | ||
1982–1985 | Vitesse Arnhem | ||
1985–1986 | RKC Waalwijk | ||
1986–1987 | NAC Breda | ||
1987–1991 | N.E.C. | ||
1992 | FC St. Gallen | ||
1993 | FC Groningen | ||
1994–1995 | FC Emmen | ||
1997 | N.E.C. | ||
2008 | Netherlands Antilles | ||
2013 | Tuvalu | ||
2013 | vv Jonkerboys |
Leen Looijen (born 9 July 1947) is a Dutch football manager, who has worked in N.E.C., NAC Breda, RKC Waalwijk, FC St. Gallen (Swiss), FC Emmen, Willem II, FC Groningen and Vitesse Arnhem.
Career
Looijen was born in Wageningen. He was head coach of N.E.C. from January to June 1974, from 1978 to 1981 and from 1987 to 1991. From 1994 to July 2007 he served at the same club but as technical director, until this function was taken over by Carlos Aalbers. Then Looijen became head of scouting for NEC. He was also the national coach of the Dutch Antillean football. This position he held until June 2008.
In January 2009 he became technical director of De Graafschap. There he was dismissed on 20 September 2011. In May 2012 his book' "From losing you learn to win" was released.
Looijen coached the national football team of Tuvalu during their three tour of the Netherlands that started on August 16, 2013. The Tuvaluan team trained almost every day in this period and played a total of 20 practice games against amateur clubs from around the country.[1][2]
References
- ^ Looijen even bondscoach Tuvalu – De Telegraaf (in Dutch)
- ^ Frew, Craig (9 December 2013). "Tuvalu still dreams of joining Fifa's world football family". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
External links
- Media related to Leen Looijen at Wikimedia Commons
- 1947 births
- Living people
- People from Wageningen
- Dutch football managers
- Dutch expatriate football managers
- SBV Vitesse managers
- NEC Nijmegen managers
- RKC Waalwijk managers
- FC St. Gallen managers
- FC Emmen managers
- Willem II (football club) managers
- FC Groningen managers
- Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands Antilles
- Netherlands Antilles national football team managers
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Tuvalu
- Expatriate football managers in Tuvalu
- Tuvalu national football team managers
- Sportspeople from Gelderland
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate football managers in Switzerland