Gerrie Eijlers

Gerrie Eijlers
Personal information
Born	(1980-05-09) 9 May 1980 (age 45) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1986-2003	HV KRAS/Volendam
2003-2006	SG Solingen
2006-2008	TUSEM Essen
2008-2009	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
2009-2014	SC Magdeburg
2014-2017	GWD Minden
2017-2020	HV KRAS/Volendam
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998-2022	Netherlands	121	(4)

Gerrie Eijlers (born 9 May 1980) is a Dutch retired handball player and handball coach. ^[1] He retired in 2020.

He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. ^{[2] [3]}

After his playing career he has been a goalkeeping coach at the Dutch nationala team. At the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship he decided to shortly unretire to fill in as a backup goalkeeper for the Dutch national team when Dennis Schellekens tested positive for Covid-19. He did however test positive himself later, and did thus not get to play. ^[4]

References

1. "Gerrie Eijlers beendet seine Karriere". handball-world.news. 11 June 2020.
2. "Richardsson maakt definitieve EK-selectie bekend". heren.handbal.nl. 5 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
3. "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
4. "Keeperstrainer Eijlers als reserve op de bank" (in Dutch). www.handbalinside.nl. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

External links

• Gerrie Eijlers at the European Handball Federation