Arie van der Zouwen is a Dutch football coach and former footballer. He was the manager of the

Hong Kong national football team The Hong Kong national football team () represents Hong Kong in international association football, football and is controlled by the Hong Kong Football Association, the governing body for football in Hong Kong. Hong Kong was the first in Asia ...

and both assistant manager and manager of

Al Wahda FC Al Wahda Football Club ( ar, نادي الوحدة لكرة القدم) is an Emirati professional football club based in Abu Dhabi, that competes in the UAE Pro League. The club was founded in 1974 and plays its home games at the Al Nahyan Stadi ...

. He resides in

Kortgene Kortgene is a small city in the southwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, about 15 km northeast of Middelburg. It received city rights in 1431, but was flooded in 1530 and 1532. The new settlement r ...

Manager career

Originally from Dordrecht, Van der Zouwen was in the 1980s a frequent scorer for the local EBOH squad. The Dutch clubs he coached are VVGZ (multiple runs),

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. The club won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, a ...

(1993–1997), VV Strijen (1997–1998),

BVV Barendrecht BVV Barendrecht is a football club from Barendrecht, Netherlands. The club was founded on 12 February 1926 and plays its matches at Sportpark de Bongerd. With more than 2000 members, Barendrecht is one of the largest amateur clubs of the Nether ...

(2004),

VV Capelle Voetbalvereniging Capelle is a Dutch football team, founded on 20 February 1930. Its home venue is Sportpark 't Slot in Capelle aan den IJssel. Since 2018, VV Capelle competes in the Hoofdklasse. Associated people Chief coach * Arie van de ...

(2005–2006), VV Dubbeldam (2010–2011?),

VV Dongen VV Dongen is a football club from Dongen, Netherlands. VV Dongen has approximately 900 members making 11 senior teams (1 women team), 12 junior teams (2 girl teams) and 25 pupil teams (23 girl teams). It plays at sports accommodation de Biezen in ...

(2011–2013),

VV Kloetinge VV Kloetinge is a football club from Kloetinge, Netherlands. History The club was founded in 1931 under the name Unitas. The name was changed to Kloetinge in 1952. Some years later, the club colours were changed from blue and black to green and ...

(2015–2017), and MZC '11 (2017–2018). In between, from 2000 to 2001 Van der Zouwen coached the

. Subsequently he was assistant manager for

Jo Bonfrère Johannes-Franciscus Bonfrère (born 15 June 1946) is a Dutch football coach and former midfielder who spent his playing career with MVV Maastricht. In a long coaching career Bonfrère managed several teams in Africa and Asia. He guided Nigeria t ...

at the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

-side

and briefly was Al Wahda's manager. Van der Zouwen interned in coaching at

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...

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