Klaas Wels (born 2 September 1973) is a Dutch professional

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manager.

Playing career

Wels was a defender. During his active playing career, he represented hometown club RKSV Schijndel since his childhood. He also played two seasons for

Blauw Geel '38 Blauw Geel '38 is a football club from Veghel, Netherlands. Blauw Geel '38 plays in the Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, ...

and one season for the reserves of

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 ...

. After this, he returned to RKSV Schijndel.

Managerial career

Wels started his coaching career in 2004 at RKSV Schijndel. There, he became coach of the club's second team. From 2008 to 2009, he was head coach of Festilent, after which he left for Best Vooruit. In August 2010, his contract with the club was terminated, and he began working at

FC Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

as an assistant coach. In March 2012, it was announced that Wels would combine his work at FC Oss with the head coaching position at

SV Deurne SV Deurne is a football club from Deurne, Netherlands. Deurne will be playing in the Sunday Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth ti ...

. He signed a contract for two seasons. He won the South II District of the KNVB Amateur Cup with the club in 2013. After two seasons, Wels left Deurne. In January 2014, it was announced that Wels became the new head coach of RKSV Nemelaer on 1 July 2014. At the end of the 2015–16 season, Wels left RKSV Nemelaer and started working for RKVV DESO. On 15 March 2017, Wels again became caretaker head coach of TOP Oss – which had changed its name from FC Oss – after the resignation of former head coach

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. At that time, TOP was 17th in the second-tier Eerste Divisie. He would then become head coach at TOP in June 2017, after "changing the dynamics at the club", according to chairman Peter Bijvelds.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wels, Klaas 1973 births People from Schijndel Living people Men's association football defenders Dutch men's footballers FC Den Bosch players TOP Oss managers MVV Maastricht managers Dutch football managers Eerste Divisie managers Blauw Geel '38 players Footballers from North Brabant