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{{short description|Dutch footballer and manager (1937-2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Pim van de Meent
| image          = Pim van de Meent (1976).jpg
| caption        = Van de Meent in 1976
| fullname       = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1937|11|20|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2022|10|13|1937|11|20|df=y}}
| death_place    = 
| height         = 
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Rightback]]
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Westerkwartier
| years1         = 1958&ndash;1959
| clubs1         = [[SVV Scheveningen|SHS]]
| caps1          = 7
| goals1         = 0
| years2         = 1961&ndash;1962
| clubs2         = [[DHSC (football club)|DOS]]
| caps2          = 1
| goals2         = 0
| years3         = 1962&ndash;1963
| clubs3         = VUC
| caps3          = 
| goals3         = 
| years4         = 1963&ndash;1965
| clubs4         = [[NEC Nijmegen|N.E.C.]]
| caps4          = 13
| goals4         = 0
| manageryears1 = 1965&ndash;1966| managerclubs1 = [[ASC De Volewijckers|DWV]]
| manageryears2 = 1966&ndash;1969| managerclubs2 = [[SV Huizen|Huizen]]
| manageryears3 = 1969&ndash;1970| managerclubs3 = [[PEC Zwolle]]
| manageryears4 = 1970&ndash;1972| managerclubs4 = [[AFC DWS|DWS]]
| manageryears5 = 1972&ndash;1978| managerclubs5 = [[FC Amsterdam]]
| manageryears6 = 1978&ndash;1980| managerclubs6 = [[De Graafschap]]
| manageryears7 = 1981&ndash;1985| managerclubs7 = [[NEC Nijmegen|N.E.C.]]
| manageryears8 = 1985&ndash;1986| managerclubs8 = [[MVV Maastricht|MVV]]
| manageryears9 = 1986&ndash;1988| managerclubs9 = [[ADO Den Haag|FC Den Haag]]
}}

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

==Playing career==
Van de Meent was born in [[Amsterdam]], [[North Holland]] on 20 November 1937. He played for [[Holland Sport]], [[DHSC (football club)|DOS]], VUC and [[NEC Nijmegen]]. He quit playing at 28 years of age.<ref name="AD">[https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/voormalig-succescoach-pim-van-de-meent-op-84-jarige-leeftijd-overleden~a4c9965d/ Voormalig succescoach Pim van de Meent op 84-jarige leeftijd overleden] - AD {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
Van de Meent was better known for being a football coach, who worked for clubs like [[PEC Zwolle]], NEC (1981–1985) and [[De Graafschap]].<ref>[https://www.degraafschap.nl/nieuws/oud-trainer-pim-van-de-meent-84-overleden Oud-trainer Pim van de Meent (84) overleden] - De Graafschap {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

In 1965 he started managing, winning two amateur league titles with [[SV Huizen|Huizen]].<ref>[https://www.svhuizen.nl/in-memoriam-pim-van-de-meent/l662c15 IN MEMORIAM PIM VAN DE MEENT] - SV Huizen {{in lang|nl}}</ref>
He was the first manager of newly-formed [[FC Amsterdam]], reaching 5th place in the [[1973–74 Eredivisie]] season and losing to [[1. FC Köln]] in the [[1974–75 UEFA Cup]] quarter finals.<ref name="AD"/>

He reached the [[KNVB Cup 1982-83|1982-83 KNVB Cup]] final, with [[NEC Nijmegen|NEC]] (3–1 loss to [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]), and the next season the club participated in the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1983-84|Cup Winners' Cup]], teaming up against Diego Maradona's [[FC Barcelona]] after beating Norwegian side [[SK Brann|Brann Bergen]] in the first round.<ref>[https://www.nec-nijmegen.nl/nieuws/artikel/oud-trainer-pim-van-de-meent-overleden.htm Oud-trainer Pim van de Meent overleden] - NEC Nijmegen {{in lang|nl}}</ref> He was also relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1983 and again got relegated with [[MVV Maastricht|MVV]] in 1986.<ref>[https://www.mvv.nl/nieuws/oud-mvv-trainer-pim-van-de-meent-overleden Oud MVV-trainer Pim van de Meent overleden] - MVV {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

Former FC Amsterdam chairman [[Dé Stoop]] lured him to his new club [[ADO Den Haag|FC Den Haag]] and he also lost the [[1986–87 KNVB Cup]] final with them, but qualified for and played in the [[1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup]] with Den Haag.<ref name="ADO">[https://adodenhaag.nl/nl/nieuws/laatste-nieuws/actueel/12-nieuws/10444-oud-trainer-fc-den-haag-pim-van-de-meent-84-overleden OUD-TRAINER FC DEN HAAG PIM VAN DE MEENT (84) OVERLEDEN] - ADO Den Haag {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

He later worked as caretaker manager, academy manager, technical director and facility manager at [[Amsterdamsche FC|AFC]].<ref>[https://www.parool.nl/sport/oud-voetbaltrainer-fc-amsterdam-pim-van-de-meent-84-overleden~b9d7d66f/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.nl%2F Oud-voetbaltrainer FC Amsterdam Pim van de Meent (84) overleden] - Parool {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Van de Meent died on 13 October 2022, at the age of 84.<ref>[https://www.paudal.com/2022/10/14/former-trainer-van-de-meent-84-passed-away/ Former trainer Van de Meent (84) passed away]</ref> He was survived by his wife Netty and their three children.<ref>[https://www.afc.nl/ Obituary] - AFC</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Worldfootball.net|pim-van-de-meent}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928033418/http://www.necfan.nl/oudnecers.php?id=92 Profile] {{in lang|nl}}

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{{ADO Den Haag managers}}

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