Erwin Koeman

Erwin Koeman (born 20 September 1961) is a former Dutch professional football player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Netherlands national team.

Erwin Koeman
Koeman in 2011
Personal information
Full name Erwin Koeman[1]
Date of birth (1961-09-20) 20 September 1961
Place of birth Zaandam, Netherlands
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1979 Groningen 6 (0)
1979–1982 PSV 43 (8)
1982–1985 Groningen 89 (39)
1985–1990 Mechelen 116 (22)
1990–1994 PSV 104 (14)
1994–1998 Groningen 115 (10)
Total 472 (92)
International career
1983–1994 Netherlands 31 (2)
Managerial career
2004–2005 RKC Waalwijk
2005–2007 Feyenoord
2008–2010 Hungary
2011 Utrecht
2012 Eindhoven
2012–2014 RKC Waalwijk
2018 Fenerbahçe (caretaker)
2019 Oman
2021 Beitar Jerusalem
2023– Netherlands (assistant)
Honours
Representing  Netherlands
Men's football
UEFA European Championship
Winner1988
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

He is the son of Dutch international footballer Martin Koeman, and, alongside his younger brother Ronald, has also represented the Netherlands.[3] All three Koemans played for Groningen at some time during their careers. Erwin Koeman's son, Len, is also a footballer and currently plays for the Helmond Sport youth team.[4]

Ronald Koeman, his younger brother, is a manager who is the coach of Netherlands national football team.

Club career

Koeman played with Groningen, Mechelen, where he won the Belgian League in 1989 and 1988 Cup Winners' Cup during the team's heyday and PSV, where they became league champions in 1990–91 and 1991–92.[5]

International career
Koeman in training with the national squad, 1983

Koeman was a midfielder for the Netherlands team that won the UEFA Euro 1988 competition, and also featured in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. In total, he was capped 31 times, scoring twice between 1983 and 1994.[6][7]

Managerial career

Koeman finished his playing career with Groningen in 1998 and became youth coach at PSV.[8] In October 2001, he was promoted to assistant manager under Eric Gerets,[9] and for the 2004–05 season became manager in RKC Waalwijk. He managed RKC for one season before moving to Feyenoord.[10] In March 2006, he extended his contract to the summer 2009. However, on 3 May 2007, Koeman announced his immediate resignation due to motivational problems, after a troublesome season, where Feyenoord eventually finished seventh.[11]

Starting on 1 May 2008, Koeman became the coach of the Hungary national football team.[12] He was removed from his post on 23 July 2010.[13]

Before the 2011–12 season, he was appointed as the new manager of FC Utrecht. However, on 18 October 2011 he quit the job citing bad working conditions and frustration after several key players had been sold.[14]

On 16 June 2014, he was appointed as the assistant head coach of Southampton, where he worked alongside his brother, Ronald, for the first time.[15]

On 17 June 2016, Ronald Koeman, his brother, named him as his assistant manager at Everton.[16]

On 3 August, Erwin Koeman became the assistant of Phillip Cocu at Fenerbahçe.[17] After the sacking of Philip Cocu, Erwin Koeman became the head coach of Fenerbahçe.

In February 2019, he was appointed as the new head coach of Oman, succeeding fellow Dutch national Pim Verbeek.[18] Under his tenure, the Omani team participated in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round where they managed an impressive performance with only one lone defeat to Qatar away by one goal margin, winning the other games. This impressive performance of Oman, however, was not followed in the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup, where Oman as champions, were eliminated from the group stage. He was subsequently fired as coach of Oman.[19]

On 2 June 2021, Koeman was appointed as the head coach of Beitar Jerusalem. On 1 December 2021, Koeman announced his retirement from coaching.

In May 2022, Koeman was announced as an assistant coach to his brother Ronald at the Netherlands national team, and would commence in the role on 1 January 2023 after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[20]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 30 November 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
RKC Waalwijk July 2004 June 2005 38 15 10 13 039.47
Feyenoord July 2005 May 2007 81 38 21 22 046.91
Hungary April 2008 July 2010 20 7 4 9 035.00
Utrecht July 2011 October 2011 10 3 4 3 030.00
Eindhoven March 2012 June 2012 9 3 2 4 033.33
RKC Waalwijk July 2012 June 2014 75 18 23 34 024.00
Fenerbahçe November 2018 December 2018 9 3 3 3 033.33
Oman February 2019 December 2019 12 8 2 2 066.67
Beitar Jerusalem July 2021 November 2021 11 3 3 5 027.27
Total 265 98 72 95 036.98

Honours

KV Mechelen[21]

PSV[26]

Netherlands

References
  1. "Erwi̇n Koeman". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. "Erwin Koeman". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. imdb.com: Erwin Koeman
  4. nemzetisport.hu: A hétköznapok is a fociról szólnak (in Hungarian)
  5. goal.com: Hungary Coach Erwin Koeman Targets Euro 2012 Qualification
  6. Netherlands, FootballDatabase.com
  7. Erwin Koeman, RSSSF
  8. netherlands.worldcupblog.org: Erwin Koeman to Hungary: another export! Archived 11 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Népszabadság online: Orbán rárúgja az ajtót Koemanra (in Hungarian)
  10. origo.hu: Erwin Koeman ült le a Feyenoord kispadjára (in Hungarian)
  11. origo.hu: Erwin Koeman felállt a Feyenoord-kispadról (in Hungarian)
  12. mlsz.hu: Erwin Koeman az új szövetségi kapitány (in Hungarian)
  13. A Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség elnökségének közleménye (in Hungarian)
  14. Koeman resigns as Utrecht manager
  15. "Koeman appointed First Team Manager". Southampton FC. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  16. "Koeman Names Backroom Staff | Everton Football Club". Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  17. "Erwin Koeman appointed Cocu's assistant at Fenerbahce". 3 August 2018.
  18. "arabianbusiness.com".
  19. "Erwin Koeman sacked as Oman football coach".
  20. "Toekomstig bondscoach Ronald Koeman kiest voor broer Erwin als assistant" [Future national coach Ronald Koeman chooses brother Erwin as assistant] (in Dutch). nos.nl. 20 May 2022.
  21. "KV Mechelen | Geschiedenis".
  22. "Belgium – List of Cup Finals".
  23. "Amsterdam Tournament".
  24. "Uitslagen van de Joan Gamper Trophy".
  25. "Le Trophée Pappaert". October 2018.
  26. "PSV Eindhoven | Palmares". 16 July 2014.
  27. "UEFA Euro 1988".
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