Wiel Coerver (; 3 December 1924 – 22 April 2011) was a Dutch football

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and the developer of the "Coerver Method", a football coaching technique.

Playing career

Coerver played five years for local side Rapid JC, with whom he won the Dutch league title in 1956.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, he managed Dutch clubs S.V.N., Rapid JC,

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, N.E.C.,

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and Go Ahead Eagles as well as

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. He won the

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with Feyenoord Rotterdam in the 1973–1974 season as well as the

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title.

Coerver Method

The Coerver Method is a football coaching technique which Coerver created. By analysing videotapes of various great players including Pelé, he devised a new concept in football which advocates that skill could not only be inherent with the young players but could also be passed on in a comprehensive academic way. Under this technique, players progress in a structured manner, pyramidal, from basics of ball mastery to a tactically driven group attack. They would be exposed to the other essentials like Receiving and Passing, Moves (1v1), Speed and Lethal Finishing. The 1998 FIFA World Cup in France saw the first Coerver student,

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who played for the Dutch national team, make it to the

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Personal life

Coerver, who was born in

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, was nicknamed the "Albert Einstein of Football". He died of pneumonia in April 2011 in Kerkrade.Wiel Coerver (86) overleden
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Honours

;Feyenoord *

: 1973–74 *

: 1973–74

References

External links

Coerver.comCoerver BelgiumCoerver Deutschland
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