Wilhelmus ("Wim") Jacobus Koevermans (born 28 June 1960 in Vlaardingen, South Holland), a former football central defender from The Netherlands, who earned one cap for the Netherlands national football team. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the 1988 European Football Championship in West Germany, although he didn't play under manager Rinus Michels.
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| Full name | Wilhelmus Jacobus Koevermans | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1960-06-28) 28 June 1960 (age 62) | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vlaardingen, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | FC Vlaardingen | 43 | (6) | ||||||||||
| 1980–1988 | Fortuna Sittard | 255 | (37) | ||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | FC Groningen | 42 | (5) | ||||||||||
| Total | 340 | (48) | |||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | FC Groningen (Assistant manager) | ||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | FC Groningen | ||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | RBC Roosendaal | ||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | NEC Nijmegen | ||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | MVV Maastricht | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2008 | Netherlands (Youth coach) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Ireland (High Performance Director) | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Republic of Ireland U21 (Temporary) | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | India | ||||||||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||
Koevermans played for Fortuna Vlaardingen, FC Vlaardingen, Fortuna Sittard, and FC Groningen. He ended his professional career in 1990. After that he became a football manager, who worked for clubs like NEC Nijmegen, RBC Roosendaal and MVV Maastricht.[1] He was the International High Performance Director of the FAI until he was appointed the coach of India.[2] He resumed his office as the Chief Coach of Indian football team on 1 July 2012.[3] He left the post in October 2014 after India's loss against Palestine.[4]
Wim Koevermans was the head coach of the India national football team from the period of 2012 to 2015. He was succeeded by Stephen Constantine.
| Period | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
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| 2012–2015 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 040.0 |
India
Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1988 winners (1st title) | ||
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Wim Koevermans managerial positions | |||||||||||||||||||||
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