Denis Charles Neville (6 May 1915 – 11 January 1995) was an English

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player and manager who managed the Netherlands national team between 1964 and 1966. Upon leaving the Netherlands national side, Neville moved back to England to manage non-league side

Canvey Island Canvey Island is a town, civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames Estuary, near Southend-on-Sea, in the Castle Point district, in the county of Essex, England. It has an area of and a population of 38,170.Office for National Statistics. ...

. He also managed the Danish side

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (after Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2025, the city proper had a population of 185,480 while Odense Municipality had a population of 210, ...

Atalanta Atalanta (; ) is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia (region), Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene (mythology), Clymene and who is primarily known from the tales of the Caly ...

in Italy,

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

and

Holland Sport Scheveningse Voetbal Vereniging Scheveningen is an association football club from Scheveningen, a district of The Hague, Netherlands. The club was founded 1 July 1919. It is currently playing in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of football in ...

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1915 births 1995 deaths English men's footballers Footballers from London Men's association football defenders Fulham F.C. players English football managers Odense Boldklub managers Atalanta BC managers K. Berchem Sport managers Sparta Rotterdam managers SVV Scheveningen managers Netherlands national football team managers Canvey Island F.C. managers English expatriate football managers English expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate football managers in Denmark English expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate football managers in Italy English expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate football managers in Belgium English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-manager-stub