Rogier Meijer

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Rogier Meijer
Personal information
Full name Rogier Kriston Meijer
Date of birth (1981-09-05) 5 September 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Doetinchem, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
NEC (head coach)
Youth career
VV Zelhem
VIOD Doetinchem
SV Babberich
2003–2004 De Graafschap
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005 VV Bennekom
2005–2014 De Graafschap 253 (6)
2014–2015 VIOD Doetinchem
Managerial career
2014–2015 De Graafschap (U14)
2015–2017 De Graafschap (U19)
2017–2019 NEC (U19)
2019–2020 NEC (assistant)
2020– NEC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rogier Meijer (born 5 September 1981) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player, who is the head coach of Eredivisie club NEC.

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As a player, Meijer appeared his entire professional career for De Graafschap as a midfielder. In May 2014, Meijer announced his retirement from professional football. After a year at his former amateur team VIOD, Meijer completely stopped playing football.

Coaching career

In his last year as an active footballer, Meijer was hired by De Graafschap as the manager of the U14's. In the summer 2015, he became U19 manager for the club which he was until the end of the 2016/17 season. [1] [2]

In April 2017, it was announced that Meijer would take charge of the U19 team at NEC in the upcoming season. [1] On 3 April 2019, he was appointed as assistant manager for the first team until the end of the season. [3]

In June 2020, Meijer was appointed new head coach of NEC, signing a one-year contract. [4]

Career statistics

SeasonClubCountryLeagueAppsGoals
2005–06 De Graafschap Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eerste Divisie 352
2006–07 De Graafschap Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eerste Divisie 320
2007–08 De Graafschap Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eredivisie 260
2008–09 De Graafschap Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eredivisie 320
2009–10 De Graafschap Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eerste Divisie 341
2010–11 De Graafschap Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eredivisie 301
2011–12 De Graafschap Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eredivisie 310
2012–13 De Graafschap Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eerste Divisie 250
2013–14 De Graafschap Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eerste Divisie 82
2014–15VIODFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Tweede Klasse 00
Total2536

Last update: 20 August 2014

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References

  1. 1 2 ROGIER MEIJER VERTREKT NAAR NEC, degraafschap.nl, 25 April 2017
  2. Rogier Meijer - Trainer/Coach - NEC Nijmegen | LinkedIn, linkedin.com
  3. Ron de Groot, Adrie Bogers en Rogier Meijer maken seizoen af met N.E.C., nec-nijmegen.nl, 3 April 2019
  4. "Eerstedivisieclub NEC gunt Meijer eerste baan als hoofdtrainer". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.