Wilfred van Leeuwen

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Wilfred van Leeuwen
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-05-17) 17 May 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Sassenheim, Netherlands
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2003–2010 Westlandia
2010–2011 Quick Boys
2013–2017 VVSB
2017–2018 Eindhoven
2018–2019 Rijnsburgse Boys

Wilfred van Leeuwen (born 17 May 1973) is a Dutch football manager, who most recently was the manager of Tweede Divisie club Rijnsburgse Boys.

As a coach of VVSB he won the Rinus Michels Award. [1] In professional football, he briefly worked as an assistant coach for Sparta Rotterdam in 2003 and in the 2017–2018 season managed FC Eindhoven – both in the Eerste Divisie. [2] In December 2017, he was appointed the new head coach of Rijnsburgse Boys in the Tweede Divisie starting from the 2018–19 season. [3]

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References

  1. "Wilfred van Leeuwen wint de Rinus Michels Award". Omroep West (in Dutch). 6 May 2016.
  2. Dal, Thomas (2018-01-20). "FC Eindhoven en trainer Wilfred van Leeuwen per direct uit elkaar". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  3. "Van Leeuwen tekent dag na Eindhoven-exit al contract bij Rijnsburgse Boys". Sportnieuws (in Dutch). 3 December 2017.