Louis Coolen (born 12 January 1952 in Nuenen) is a Dutch

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manager and retired player who works as an advisor to the board at Helmond Sport.

Playing career

During his playing career he played for

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, Helmond Sport and

RKSV Nuenen RKSV Nuenen is a football club from Nuenen, Netherlands. The first squad of Nuenen is playing in the Sunday Hoofdklasse (5th tier) since 2016. The first women squad plays in the Hoofdklasse for women (3rd tier) since 2014 or 2015. History The c ...

Coaching career

After retiring as a player in 1982, Coolen has managed

, Helmondia '55,

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, Helmond Sport and

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

. He also was assistant manager at Roda JC for four years. He moved abroad in September 2008 to become technical director at the Yuri Konoplev Academy in Tolyatti and worked at Russian giants Zenit Saint Petersburg, where he managed their youth coaches in two spells at the club. In between he worked for Roda as technical director and later led the Roda JC academy. He returned to Helmond Sport in an advisory role in March 2017.Louis Coolen aan de slag bij Helmond Sport
- Helmond Sport

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1952 births Living people People from Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten Dutch footballers Dutch football managers Helmond Sport managers FC Eindhoven managers FC Zenit Saint Petersburg non-playing staff Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Russia Association footballers not categorized by position RKSV Nuenen players Roda JC Kerkrade non-playing staff Footballers from North Brabant {{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub