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Mels van Driel (born Rotterdam, 2 February 1983) is a former Dutch professional footballer, now technical manager of ASWH.

Mels van Driel

Personal information
Full name	Mels van Driel[1]
Date of birth	(1983-02-02) 2 February 1983 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands[2]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	ASWH Ambacht
Number	5
National team
	Netherlands U-19
	Netherlands U-21

Career

Van Driel played in the youth of Feyenoord[3] and in Feyenoord's first squad in the Eredivisie (2002).[4]

Van Driel then played for Eerste Divisie teams Excelsior (2003–2005),[5][6] Fortuna Sittard (2005–2008)[7][8][9] and RBC Roosendaal (2008–2011),[10][11][12] for the latter 2 doubling as captain.[13] At Fortuna Sittard he had asked a referee that an opponent from Helmond Sport would be given a yellow card, after which another Helmond Sporter "greeted" Van Driel with the Nazi salute.[14][15]

From 2011 to 2020 Van Driel plays for ASWH.[10][16][11] In August 2020, after playing in the preparations for a new season, he quit active playing and became the technical manager of ASWH.[17]

As an international, Van Driel played in the Netherlands national under-21 football team.[18]

Season	Club	Caps	Goals	League
2003/04	SBV Excelsior	35	1	Eerste Divisie
2004/05	SBV Excelsior	30	0	Eerste Divisie
2005/06	Fortuna Sittard	32	0	Eerste Divisie
2006/07	Fortuna Sittard	34	0	Eerste Divisie
2007/08	Fortuna Sittard	17	0	Eerste Divisie
2007/08	RBC Roosendaal	12	0	Eerste Divisie
2008/09	RBC Roosendaal	30	1	Eerste Divisie
2009/10	RBC Roosendaal	4	0	Eerste Divisie
2010/11	RBC Roosendaal	26	0	Eerste Divisie
Totals		220	2

References

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