Pim van de Meent (20 November 1937 – 13 October 2022) was a Dutch football manager and player who played as a defender.

Playing career

Van de Meent was born in

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, North Holland on 20 November 1937. He played for

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, VUC and NEC Nijmegen. He quit playing at 28 years of age.Voormalig succescoach Pim van de Meent op 84-jarige leeftijd overleden
- AD

Managerial career

Van de Meent was better known for being a football coach, who worked for clubs like

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, NEC (1981–1985) and De Graafschap. In 1965 he started managing, winning two amateur league titles with

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. He was the first manager of newly-formed

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, reaching 5th place in the

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season and losing to 1. FC Köln in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup quarter finals. He reached the 1982-83 KNVB Cup final, with

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(3–1 loss to

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), and the next season the club participated in the

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, teaming up against Diego Maradona's

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after beating Norwegian side

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in the first round. He was also relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1983 and again got relegated with MVV in 1986. Former FC Amsterdam chairman Dé Stoop lured him to his new club

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and he also lost the

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final with them, but qualified for and played in the

1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1987–88 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup finished with a shock victory by KV Mechelen, Mechelen in the final against defending champions AFC Ajax, Ajax. This led to their 1988 European Super Cup title in the clu ...

with Den Haag.OUD-TRAINER FC DEN HAAG PIM VAN DE MEENT (84) OVERLEDEN
- ADO Den Haag He later worked as caretaker manager, academy manager, technical director and facility manager at AFC.

Personal life and death

Van de Meent died on 13 October 2022, at the age of 84. He was survived by his wife Netty and their three children.Obituary
- AFC

References

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