Willem Leushuis ( Eindhoven, 18 March 1952) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer.

Career

Footballer

Willem Leushuis played for FC Wageningen, FC Den Bosch, and FC Eindhoven in the Netherlands and for

AS Verbroedering Geel AS Verbroedering Geel is a football in Belgium, Belgian association football club based in Geel, province of Antwerp. Currently, they play in the Belgian Provincial Leagues. History Founded in 1926 as Meerhout Sport, the club received the matric ...

, FC Beringen, and FC Diest in

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

Football coach

Leushuis then became coach at Willem II (1992–1995), as the assistant of

Jan Reker Jan Reker (, born 3 June 1948) is a Dutch football manager and director. Reker started his coaching career in the Willem II and PSV Eindhoven youth ranks, which was followed up by the assistant manager role at VVV-Venlo and PSV. After half a se ...

and coach of the second team. Thereafter he coached for

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 ...

(1995–1997), next taking on the first squad of FC Eindhoven (1997–2000). Leushuis then took on coaching in the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

(UAE) and

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

and as game analyst for the Scottish Football Association. In 2003 Leushuis returned to the Netherlands, where he coached

Kozakken Boys Kozakken Boys () is a Dutch football club based in Werkendam. It competes in Tweede Divisie, the highest amateur league of Dutch football. Formed as Steeds Voorwaarts Werkendam (SVW) in 1932, it adopted its current name in 1935. Kozakken Boys ...

(2003–2005) and

IJsselmeervogels IJsselmeervogels () is a Dutch amateur football club. With seven national amateur titles IJsselmeervogels is the most successful amateur club in the Netherlands. The Reds come from Bunschoten – Spakenburg, in the Dutch province Utrecht, on th ...

(2005–2006). He coached again in the Middle East in 2006–2007. Back in the Netherlands he coached

HSV Hoek Hoekse Sportvereniging Hoek, known as HSV Hoek, is a football club based in Hoek, Zeeland, Netherlands, that competes in the Derde Divisie. History The club was founded in 1950. Indian football legend Syed Abdul Rahim has appeared with the clu ...

(2007–08),

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. The club won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, ...

(2008–2010), FC Breukelen (2011-2013), and AFC (2013–2014). At the age of 62, Leushuis left in January 2015 to Kuwait, where he became technical director of the

Kuwait Football Association The Kuwait Football Association ( ar, الإتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Kuwait. Kuwait has thrice been suspended by FIFA for political interference since 2007 and were allowed to participate ...

and coach of the Olympic Team. This team had beat

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Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

and the UAE, then lost the finals against

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

. Back in Holland Leushuis becomes interim coach of DVS33 Ermelo. vv IJsselmeervogels asked the chosen best coach of the century back in 2017. OJC Rosmalen signed up with Willem Leushuis in 2018 and the coach is still working with one of the biggest clubs in the Netherlands. As a coach Leushuis won national championships with IJsselmeervogels, AFC and Kuwait Club, the Amateur Supercup with IJsselmeervogels and the national cup with

Qadsia SC ) The Royal ( ar, الملكي) The Yellow Castle ( ar, القلعة الصفراء) , founded = as ''Al-Jazira'' , ground = Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Hawalli , capacity = 26,000 , chairman = Khaled Fahad Al Sabah , manager = Boris ...

. In 2007, he was chosen the best coach of the last 40 years at IJsselmeervogels and best coach of the

Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

. With OJC Rosmalen Leushuis got the championship in the post-competition to the Third league in 2022.

Family

The brother of Willem Leushuis, Hans Leushuis, is also a former professional footballer. Hans played for Willem II and

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 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leushuis, Willem 1952 births Living people Dutch footballers Dutch football managers ASWH managers Footballers from Eindhoven Association footballers not categorized by position Kozakken Boys managers Willem II (football club) non-playing staff