Rogier Meijer (born 5 September 1981) is a Dutch professional football coach and former

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, who is the head coach of

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club

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. As a player, Meijer appeared his entire professional career for De Graafschap as a

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. In May 2014, Meijer announced his retirement from professional football. After a year at his former amateur team VIOD, Meijer completely stopped playing football.

Coaching career

In his last year as an active footballer, Meijer was hired by De Graafschap as the manager of the U14's. In the summer 2015, he became U19 manager for the club which he was until the end of the 2016/17 season.ROGIER MEIJER VERTREKT NAAR NEC
degraafschap.nl, 25 April 2017 In April 2017, it was announced that Meijer would take charge of the U19 team at

in the upcoming season. On 3 April 2019, he was appointed as assistant manager for the first team until the end of the season. In June 2020, Meijer was appointed new head coach of NEC, signing a one-year contract.

Career statistics

Last update: 20 August 2014

References

External links

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Voetbal International ''Voetbal International'' (VI) is a Dutch football magazine. It is the oldest Dutch football magazine that is still running. History and Profile ''Voetbal International'' was established in 1965. VI was one of the founding members of ESM but le ...

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