Pim van de Meent (20 November 1937 – 13 October 2022) was a Dutch

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manager and player who played as a defender.

Playing career

Van de Meent was born in

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on 20 November 1937. He played for

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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, VUC and

NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion ...

. He quit playing at 28 years of age.Voormalig succescoach Pim van de Meent op 84-jarige leeftijd overleden
- AD

Managerial career

Van de Meent was better known for being a football coach, who worked for clubs like

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, NEC (1981–1985) and

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. In 1965 he started managing, winning two amateur league titles with

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. He was the first manager of newly-formed

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, reaching 5th place in the

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season and losing to

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in the

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quarter finals. He reached the 1982-83 KNVB Cup final, with

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(3–1 loss to

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), and the next season the club participated in the

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, teaming up against Diego Maradona's

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after beating Norwegian side

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in the first round. He was also relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1983 and again got relegated with

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in 1986. Former FC Amsterdam chairman Dé Stoop lured him to his new club

FC Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...

and he also lost the

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final with them, but qualified for and played in the

1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1987–88 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup finished with a shock victory by KV Mechelen, Mechelen in the final against defending champions AFC Ajax, Ajax. This led to their 1988 European Super Cup title in the clu ...

with Den Haag.OUD-TRAINER FC DEN HAAG PIM VAN DE MEENT (84) OVERLEDEN
- ADO Den Haag He later worked as caretaker manager, academy manager, technical director and facility manager at AFC.

Personal life and death

Van de Meent died on 13 October 2022, at the age of 84. He was survived by his wife Netty and their three children.Obituary
- AFC

References

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