Roel Rothkrans (born 31 January 1979) is a Dutch retired

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player.

Career

He went through the youth academy of

Vlug en Lenig Vlug en Lenig is a Dutch handball club in Geleen. The club was founded on 1 September 1949. The men's team of V&L won the Dutch National Championship in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 and 2002. The club has participated in European club team tournament ...

and was part of the first team from 1995 to 2001. In 2001 he moved to BFC where he played until 2005. After this he returned to Vlug en Lenig where he ended his playing career in 2008. After his career as a player, he became a coach and trained the second men's team of Vlug en Lenig from 2008, coming out in the 2nd Division. After the championship in this class with this team (2012), he stopped as an active trainer for a number of years. In 2016 he again became assistant coach of the women's team of Vlug en Lenig, succeeding Nick Onink.Versterkingen op komst voor handbalvrouwen V&L
, Hub Wouters,

De Limburger ''De Limburger'' is a Dutch newspaper covering the province of Limburg. The ''Limburgs Dagblad'' merged into ''De Limburger'' at the end 2017. Both newspapers were owned by Mediahuis. ''Dagblad De Limburger'', the previous name of ''De Limburger ...

, 25 May 2016

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rothkrans, Roel Dutch handball coaches 1979 births Living people People from Geleen Dutch male handball players Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)