Peter Wesselink (born 24 May 1968) is a Dutch football manager and a former professional footballer for

Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer in the province of Overijssel. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in th ...

in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

and Vitesse in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

. He played in the position of midfielder. In two consecutive years, he led SVZW to

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse () started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into ten divisions. These divisions correspond to the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association: each district i ...

and

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...

championships, promoting it to the

Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede Div ...

. For this achievement Wesselink won the 2011

Rinus Michels Award The Rinus Michels Award is an annual prize in Dutch football. It is supported by the official football coaches union ("Coaches Betaald Voetbal"). The award is named after Rinus Michels, who was named coach of the century by FIFA in 1999. Categor ...

for best manager in Dutch amateur leagues. In 2016, he began coaching

Excelsior '31 Sportvereniging Excelsior '31 is a football club from Rijssen, Netherlands. It was founded on 31 May 1931. It plays Hoofdklasse since 2014, when it relegated from the Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the f ...

. In 2020, he became the manager of

DVS '33 DVS '33 Ermelo (, English: ''Strong Through Unity'') is a Dutch amateur football club from Ermelo, founded 1 September 1933. The club currently competes in the Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of league football in the Netherlands. The club evo ...

, succeeding

Mimoun Ouaali Mimoun "Simon" Ouaali (born 8 January 1967) is a Morocco, Moroccan–Netherlands, Dutch football manager. He has coached Chabab Rif Al Hoceima in Morocco and VVZ '49, Sparta Nijkerk, SV Argon and DVS' 33 in the Netherlands. Ouaali received the Ri ...

in the position. In 2022 Wesselink left DVS'33 after a dispute with club management. In 2023 he signed a two-year contract with

SV Urk SV Urk is a football club from Urk, Netherlands. Urk plays in the Derde Divisie. History The club became champions in the Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of am ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wesselink, Peter 1968 births Living people Dutch football managers Dutch men's footballers Rinus Michels Award winners Men's association football midfielders Go Ahead Eagles players SBV Vitesse players Footballers from Apeldoorn AGOVV players GVVV players Rohda Raalte players SV Spakenburg managers 20th-century Dutch sportsmen