Mels van Driel

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Mels van Driel
Personal information
Full name Mels van Driel [1]
Date of birth (1983-02-02) 2 February 1983 (age 41) [2]
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands [2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
International career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Netherlands U-19
Netherlands U-21

Mels van Driel (born Rotterdam, 2 February 1983) is a former Dutch professional footballer, now technical manager of ASWH.

Career

Van Driel played in the youth of Feyenoord [3] and in Feyenoord's first squad in the Eredivisie (2002). [4]

Van Driel then played for Eerste Divisie teams Excelsior (2003–2005), [5] [6] Fortuna Sittard (2005–2008) [7] [8] [9] and RBC Roosendaal (2008–2011), [10] [11] [12] for the latter 2 doubling as captain. [13] At Fortuna Sittard he had asked a referee that an opponent from Helmond Sport would be given a yellow card, after which another Helmond Sporter "greeted" Van Driel with the Nazi salute. [14] [15]

From 2011 to 2020 Van Driel played for ASWH. [10] [16] [11] In August 2020, after playing in the preparations for a new season, he quit active playing and became the technical manager of ASWH. [17]

As an international, Van Driel played in the Netherlands national under-21 football team. [18]

SeasonClubCapsGoalsLeague
2003/04 Flag of the Netherlands.svg SBV Excelsior 351 Eerste Divisie
2004/05 Flag of the Netherlands.svg SBV Excelsior300Eerste Divisie
2005/06 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Fortuna Sittard 320Eerste Divisie
2006/07 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Fortuna Sittard340Eerste Divisie
2007/08 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Fortuna Sittard170Eerste Divisie
2007/08 Flag of the Netherlands.svg RBC Roosendaal 120Eerste Divisie
2008/09 Flag of the Netherlands.svg RBC Roosendaal301Eerste Divisie
2009/10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg RBC Roosendaal40Eerste Divisie
2010/11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg RBC Roosendaal260Eerste Divisie
Totals2202

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Netherlands - M. van Driel - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Feyenoorder Ono nog niet hersteld van blessure". NU. 9 July 2003. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "VAN DRIEL DEBUTEERT IN FEYENOORD 1". Feyenoord.com.
  5. ↑ "VAN DRIEL GELUKKIG MET LANGER VERBLIJF BIJ EXCELSIOR". Feyenoord.com.
  6. ↑ Volwerk, Jan (16 May 2014). "Vooraf bekerfinale ASWH – De Valk: Mels van Driel gelooft nog in dubbel succes voor ASWH".
  7. ↑ "Mels van Driel vindt onderdak bij Fortuna". Voetbal International .
  8. ↑ "Mels van Driel door bestuur Fortuna uit selectie gezet". SoccerNews.nl.
  9. ↑ Onkenhout, Paul (20 May 2006). "Iedereen is nu verdacht, behalve Mels van Driel van Fortuna". De Volkskrant . Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  10. 1 2 "ASWH om 14:00 tegen ONS Sneek". Voetbal Rotterdam. 15 December 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Mels van Driel: vijfde seizoen ASWH". Regio Voetbal. 20 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Van Driel weggestuurd bij RBC". Omroep Brabant .
  13. ↑ Novum Nieuws; Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (23 September 2008). "B-elftal PSV ontdoet zich van beloftenteam". NU.nl . Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Eis: schorsing van vijf duels voor Hitlergroet". NRC Handelsblad . 3 December 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  15. ↑ ANP (3 December 2008). "Guijo-Velasco vijf duels geschorst". Trouw . Retrieved 31 December 2016. Guijo-Velasco maakte de Hitlergroet tegen opponent Mels van Driel, die bij de scheidsrechter om een gele kaart had gevraagd voor een speler van Helmond Sport.
  16. ↑ "Scheveningen in slotfase naast ASWH". Voetbal Rotterdam. 4 December 2016.
  17. ↑ "Mels van Driel officieel aangesteld als hoofd technische zaken ASWH |". 23 August 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  18. ↑ "VAN DRIEL WINT MET ORANJE ONDER 21". Feyenoord.com.
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