Wiljan Vloet (born 10 September 1962) is a Dutch
football manager
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, executive and former
player
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. He serves as the
sporting director
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of
FC Den Bosch.
Playing career
As a footballer, Vloet never played for a professional club. He started his career at hometown club RKSV Schijndel from
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, with whom he reached the
Eerste Klasse
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. In 1979, he moved to
Friesland
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at the age of 16, where he went to study at the
CIOS, a
vocational education
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centered around
physical education
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. He went to play for
VV Heerenveen in Friesland after being considered unfit for the professional branch of the club,
SC Heerenveen
Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands.
History
Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...
, after a trial.
Vloet played with VV Heerenveen in the
Derde Klasse of amateur football. Vloet would, however, begin coaching at SC Heerenveen, where he took care of one of the under-15 team. In 1982, he returned to Brabant and started playing for RKSV Schijndel again. After a year, however, he decided to return to Friesland to coach at VV Akkrum, located close to
Heerenveen
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, and to play at Dijka Steenwijk, where coaching legend
Foppe de Haan
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became his head coach.
Managerial career
Vloet started working as coach in 1979, when he took charge of the youth team of amateurs
VV Heerenveen while still playing there. In 1984, he took his first head coaching job, at amateurs SV Heusden. In 1999, after six seasons in charge of
Hoofdklasse club
OJC Rosmalen, he was appointed by
FC Den Bosch as youth coach; in 2001 he received head coaching duties at the same club, being however unable to save it from relegation to the
Eerste Divisie
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. He successively moved to
Roda JC
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, where he stayed in charge from 2002 to 2005. He then moved to
Sparta Rotterdam and was replaced at the end of the 2006–07 season by
Gert Aandewiel
Gert Aandewiel (born 9 September 1969 in Leiden) is a Dutch football manager and former football player.
Club career
He played professional football for FC Volendam (1996-1997), Sparta Rotterdam (1997-1999) and FC Dordrecht (1999).
Manageri ...
, who came over from
HFC Haarlem. Vloet then signed with
ADO Den Haag, who he guided back to the
Eredivisie
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in the spring of 2008. He then worked as youth coach of
PSV until November 2009, when he was appointed head coach of Eredivisie club
NEC
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. After two seasons in charge of the
Nijmegen club, he left in June 2011 to accept a move back at Sparta Rotterdam, this time as technical director for the club.
Vloet signed a three-year deal with Greek club
Niki Volos
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in June 2014, who had just been promoted to the
Super League at the time. After losing the first three consecutive league matches to
Olympiacos
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,
Atromitos and
PAOK, the club dismissed him three months after his arrival.
On 10 February 2016,
FC Den Bosch announced Vloet would succeed
René van Eck
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Playing career Club
Van Eck started his professional career at local side Excels ...
as manager of the club, thereby starting his second term at the club. In March 2017, he was promoted to the position of director of football within the club. In that role he became responsible for the entire youth academy and the club's scouting apparatus. He signed a contract for an indefinite period. He was succeeded at the head coach position by
Wil Boessen
Wil Boessen (born 3 May 1964) is a Dutch retired football player and now manager, who currently is in charge of Eerste Divisie side Helmond Sport.
Club career
Born in Sittard, Boessen played a large part of his career for local side Fortuna Sit ...
.
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1962 births
Living people
Dutch football managers
Dutch footballers
Sparta Rotterdam managers
Eredivisie managers
People from Schijndel
Roda JC Kerkrade managers
ADO Den Haag managers
NEC Nijmegen managers
FC Den Bosch managers
Niki Volos F.C. managers
Dutch expatriate football managers
Association football midfielders
Super League Greece managers
Eerste Divisie managers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece
SC Heerenveen players
Footballers from North Brabant
Expatriate football managers in Greece