Louis Coolen (born 12 January 1952 in Nuenen) is a Dutch football manager and retired player who works as an advisor to the board at Helmond Sport.
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| Date of birth | (1952-01-12) 12 January 1952 (age 70) | ||
| Place of birth | Nuenen, Netherlands | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RKSV Nuenen | |||
| PSV | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1980 | Helmond Sport | ||
| 1980–1982 | RKSV Nuenen | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1982–1985 | RKSV Nuenen | ||
| 1985–1987 | Helmondia '55 | ||
| 1992–1996 | UDI '19 | ||
| 1996–2001 | Helmond Sport | ||
| 2001–2005 | Roda JC (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2007 | FC Eindhoven | ||
| 2008 | UDI '19 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
During his playing career he played for PSV, Helmond Sport and RKSV Nuenen.
After retiring as a player in 1982, Coolen has managed RKSV Nuenen, Helmondia '55, UDI '19,[1] Helmond Sport and FC Eindhoven.[2] He also was assistant manager at Roda JC for four years.[3]
He moved abroad in September 2008 to become technical director at the Yuri Konoplev Academy in Tolyatti[4] and worked at Russian giants Zenit Saint Petersburg, where he managed their youth coaches in two spells at the club.[5] In between he worked for Roda as technical director and later led the Roda JC academy.[6]
He returned to Helmond Sport in an advisory role in March 2017.[7]
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