Angelo Nijskens (born 1 June 1963) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in the Netherlands, Nijskens started his career as an attacker in the youth team at HVV '24 and at the age of fifteen went to

KSC Lokeren Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (), often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren, was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ce ...

where he joined the first team in 1982. In the 1988-89 season he played for

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and then between 1989 and 1991 he played for

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, with whom he won the

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in 1990. In the 1991–92 season Nijskens played for

Sporting Charleroi Royal Charleroi Sporting Club, often simply known as Charleroi or Sporting Charleroi, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League. Their curr ...

and in the 1992–93 season he again played for Lokeren, before joining Alemannia Aachen in 1993. In the 1995–96 season, he played for Red Star Haasdonk, before he left for

HSV Hoek Hoekse Sportvereniging Hoek, known as HSV Hoek, is a Association football, football club based in Hoek, Zeeland, Netherlands, that competes in the Derde Divisie, the Football in the Netherlands#Structure of the competition (from the 2016–17 sea ...

where he became a player trainer. He was fired in February 2002. Nijskens also had to leave prematurely at

KV Kortrijk Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk (often simply called KV Kortrijk or KVK) is a Belgian professional football club based in Kortrijk, West Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division, and they achieved their best ranking ever during the 20 ...

, SV Oudenaarde and KFC Eeklo. In 2008, he trained WS Lauwe, after which he became a scout and youth coach at

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. In 2012, he trained

and worked in a media library in

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. Since the end of 2014 he has been a trainer at 4th grader SK Berlare. On 5 December 2019, his contract as head coach of SK Wachtebeke was terminated by the club after getting only 5 points in 7 matches.

References

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