Wil Boessen (born 3 May 1964) is a Dutch retired
football player and now
manager
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, who currently is in charge of
Eerste Divisie
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side
Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as ...
.
Club career
Born in Sittard, Boessen played a large part of his career for local side
Fortuna Sittard
Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...
. He also had spells at
FC Dordrecht,
De Graafschap and
Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as ...
.
Managerial career
After retiring as a player, Boessen became assistant at
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 ...
and took temporarily charge twice during 10 seasons at the club just to be appointed by Fortuna in 2012. He moved to
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 abbreviatio ...
in 2014.
He was manager of
Lampang
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in the
Thai Division 1 League
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and became manager of
FC Den Bosch in summer 2017.
On 4 June 2019, he was appointed manager of
Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as ...
.
WIL BOESSEN NIEUWE HOOFDTRAINER HELMOND SPORT
helmondsport.nl, 4 June 2019
References
External links
1964 births
Living people
People from Sittard
Association football fullbacks
Dutch footballers
Fortuna Sittard players
FC Dordrecht players
De Graafschap players
Helmond Sport players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Dutch football managers
VVV-Venlo managers
Fortuna Sittard managers
TOP Oss managers
Wil Boessen
FC Den Bosch managers
Helmond Sport managers
Eerste Divisie managers
Dutch expatriate football managers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
Expatriate football managers in Thailand
Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands)
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