Dogan Corneille (born 28 February 1974) is a Dutch

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and former

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, who is the current head coach of

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club

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. His position as a player was

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Football career

Player

Corneille was a youth player for

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, followin ...

. On 27 Augustus 1994 he played his first games in the senior squad against FC Den Bosch, in a game that Venlo won 4–3. He played five seasons for VVV in the

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, as a base player on the squad and became its captain. In 1999 he moved to FC Eindhoven, where he played another two seasons in the Eerste Divisie. In 2001 started playing in lower leagues for

FC Hilversum FC Hilversum is a football club from Hilversum, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1906 as ''Voorwaarts'' and is currently playing in the Topklasse, the highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. It will play in the inaugural season o ...

Kozakken Boys Kozakken Boys () is a Dutch football club based in Werkendam. It competes in Tweede Divisie, the highest amateur league of Dutch football. Formed as Steeds Voorwaarts Werkendam (SVW) in 1932, it adopted its current name in 1935. Kozakken Boys ...

IJsselmeervogels IJsselmeervogels () is a Dutch amateur football club. With seven national amateur titles IJsselmeervogels is the most successful amateur club in the Netherlands. The Reds come from Bunschoten – Spakenburg, in the Dutch province Utrecht, on th ...

, and

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 ...

. With IJsselmeervogels, Corneille won the national championship for amateurs in 2006. While an active player, he obtained trainer certification and in 2008 joined the technical staff of ASWH. In March 2008, he stopped playing.

Manager

After

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left ASWH for Almere, Corneille served several months as the interim manager of ASWH. In 2009 he became manager of RVVH in the Hoofdklasse, yet resigned after a few months. In 2010, he moved to Hoofdklasse-side Alphense Boys which he coached for three years. In the final year, the club was close to promotion, however it lost in the playoffs against

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(1–0). The game ended in a riot for which Alphense Boys were punished by the

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. Corneille moved to the Topklasse anyway with his new club

, who fired him before the end of the season. At that time he had already signed with IJsselmeervogels for the 2014–15 season. He combined the position of managing IJsselmeervogels with assistant manager of

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names bef ...

U19. In 2015 he became manager of

VV Noordwijk Voetbalvereniging Noordwijk is a Dutch football club founded in 1933, based in Noordwijk. It currently competes in the Tweede Divisie. History VV Noordwijk was founded on 4 March 1933. 1940s–1960s: Vierde, Derde, and Tweede Klasse During ...

and in 2016 assistant manager at Willem II, supporting manager

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. In 2018 Corneille became the manager of

in the

Personal

Corneille is a resident of Rotterdam. He is a younger brother of pianist Glenn Corneille, who died in an accident in 2005.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corneille, Dogan 1974 births Living people Dutch footballers Footballers from Venlo Footballers from Rotterdam Association football midfielders Netherlands youth international footballers Eerste Divisie players Vierde Divisie players VVV-Venlo players FC Eindhoven players FC Hilversum players Kozakken Boys players IJsselmeervogels players BVV Barendrecht players Dutch football managers ASWH managers Alphense Boys managers RVVH managers Kozakken Boys managers IJsselmeervogels managers VV Noordwijk managers Willem II (football club) managers Feyenoord non-playing staff Willem II (football club) non-playing staff