Stef Marinus Wijlaars (born 19 January 1988) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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. After his playing career, he began working as a youth coach.

Career

He previously played for

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a professional football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadiu ...

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and

Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Olomouc. The club currently competes in the Czech First League, the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2 ...

. He retired as part of amateur club

Gemert Gemert is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel. Gemert was a separate municipality until 1997, when it merged with Bakel. The spoken language is Peellands (an East Brabantian dialec ...

in 2015 due to injuries.

Post-playing career

In 2017, Wijlaars initiated his career as a youth coach within the

Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of ...

youth academy, eventually becoming head of the academy. His trajectory led to his appointment, in 2023, as the coordinator for middle-tier youth teams (under-13 to under-16) at

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Stef Wijlaars
at FK Senica * 1988 births Living people People from Mierlo Footballers from North Brabant Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Den Bosch players FK Senica players SK Sigma Olomouc players VV Gemert players Eerste Divisie players Slovak First Football League players Czech First League players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic 21st-century Dutch sportsmen AFC Ajax non-playing staff {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub