Erwin Koeman

Erwin Koeman

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-09-20) 20 September 1961
Place of birth	Zaandam, Netherlands
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Southampton (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1979	Groningen	6	(0)
1979–1982	PSV	43	(8)
1982–1985	Groningen	89	(39)
1985–1990	Mechelen	116	(22)
1990–1994	PSV	103	(13)
1994–1998	Groningen	115	(10)
Total		472	(92)
International career
1983–1994	Netherlands	31	(2)
Managerial career
1998–2002	PSV (youth coach)
2001–2004	PSV (assistant coach)
2004–2005	RKC Waalwijk
2005–2007	Feyenoord
2008–2010	Hungary
2011	Utrecht
2012	Eindhoven
2012–2014	RKC Waalwijk
2014–	Southampton (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erwin Koeman (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛrʋɪn ˈkumɑn]; born 20 September 1961 in Zaandam, North Holland) is a retired professional football player and became subsequently a Dutch football manager. He is currently the assistant head coach of Southampton where he works alongside his brother, Ronald.

Erwin Koeman as assistant coach of Southampton

Personal life

He is the son of Dutch international footballer Martin Koeman, and, alongside his younger brother Ronald, has also represented the Netherlands. All three Koemans played for Groningen at some time during their careers. Erwin Koeman's son, Len, is also a footballer and currently plays for the Helmond Sport youth team.

Club career

Koeman played with Groningen, Mechelen, where he won the Belgian League in 1989 and 1988 Cup Winners' Cup during the team's heyday and PSV, where they became league champions in 1990–91 and 1991–92.

International career

Koeman was a midfielder for the Netherlands that won the Euro 88 and featured in the 1990 World Cup. In total, Koeman was capped 31 times, scoring twice between 1983 and 1994.

Managing career

Koeman finished his playing career with Groningen in 1998 and became youth coach at PSV. In October 2001, he was promoted to assistant manager under Eric Gerets, and for the 2004–05 season became manager in RKC Waalwijk. He managed RKC for one season before moving to Feyenoord. In March 2006, he extended his contract to the summer 2009. However, on 3 May 2007, Koeman announced his immediate resignation due to motivational problems, after a troublesome season, where Feyenoord eventually finished seventh.

Starting on 1 May 2008, Koeman became the coach of the Hungary national football team. He was removed from his post on 23 July 2010.

Before the 2011–12 season, he was appointed as the new manager of FC Utrecht. However, on 18 October 2011 he quit the job citing bad working conditions and frustration after several key players had been sold.

On 16 June 2014, he was appointed as the assistant head coach of Southampton, where he works alongside his brother, Ronald, for the first time.

Honours

Club

Mechelen

• Belgian First Division: 1988–89
• Belgian Cup: 1986-87 (nl)
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1988
• UEFA Super Cup: 1988

PSV Eindhoven

• Eredivisie: 1990–91, 1991–92
• Dutch Supercup: 1992

International

Netherlands

• UEFA European Championship: 1988

External links

• Erwin Koeman profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)
• Profile on worldfootbal.net