Martin Koopman (born 5 June 1956 in
Wezep) is a Dutch former
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
defender, who played for
Go Ahead Eagles
Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...
,
FC Twente and
Cambuur Leeuwarden. He could also play as a
midfielder. After 2 years as a youth coach then 8 as an assistant coach (1989 to 1999), he became a football
manager in 1999. in July 2021, merely 3 games into his 4-year contract with the
Maldives national team
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, Koopman was succesfull,first time qualified in history Maldives. board make big mistake to sacked him, after fifa case coach koopman winn his case.
Managerial statistics
References
External links
Martin Koopman Interview
1956 births
Living people
People from Oldebroek
Dutch footballers
FC Twente players
Go Ahead Eagles players
SC Cambuur players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Association football midfielders
Dutch football managers
FC Den Bosch managers
SC Veendam managers
AS Vita Club managers
Guangzhou City F.C. managers
Roda JC Kerkrade managers
Al Nassr FC managers
RKC Waalwijk managers
Aruba national football team managers
Maldives national football team managers
Dutch expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Expatriate football managers in China
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in China
Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Linafoot managers
Footballers from Gelderland
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