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{{Short description|Dutch football manager (1924–2011)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
 | name          = Wiel Coerver
 | image         = Wiel Coerver.jpg
 | alt           =
 | caption       = Coerver lifting the [[UEFA Cup (trophy)|UEFA Cup]] in 1974
 | birth_date    = {{birth date|1924|12|3|df=y}}
 | birth_place   = [[Kerkrade]], Netherlands
 | death_date    = {{death date and age|2011|4|22|1924|12|3|df=y}}
 | death_place   = Kerkrade, Netherlands
 | years1         = 1954–1959
 | clubs1         = [[Roda JC Kerkrade|Roda JC]]
 | caps1          = 
 | goals1         = 
 | manageryears1 = 1959&ndash;1965  | managerclubs1   = [[S.V.N.]] 
 | manageryears2 = 1965&ndash;1966  | managerclubs2   = [[Roda JC Kerkrade|Roda JC]]
 | manageryears3 = 1966&ndash;1969  | managerclubs3   = [[Sparta Rotterdam|Sparta]]
 | manageryears4 = 1970&ndash;1973  | managerclubs4   = [[NEC (football club)|N.E.C.]]
 | manageryears5 = 1973&ndash;1975  | managerclubs5   = [[Feyenoord]]
 | manageryears6 = 1975&ndash;1976  | managerclubs6   = [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]]
 | manageryears7 = 1976&ndash;1977  | managerclubs7   = [[Go Ahead Eagles]]
}}

'''Wiel Coerver''' ({{IPA|nl|ʋil ˈkuːrvər}}; 3 December 1924 – 22 April 2011) was a Dutch [[association football|football]] [[Coach (sport)|manager]] and the developer of the "Coerver Method", a football coaching technique.

==Playing career==
Coerver played five years for local side [[Rapid JC]], with whom he won the Dutch league title in 1956.<ref name=NU/>

==Managerial career==
After retiring as a player, he managed Dutch clubs  [[S.V.N.]], [[Roda JC Kerkrade|Rapid JC]],<ref>[http://www.rodajc.nl/nieuwsbericht/16-08-2011/roda-jc-trainers-aller-tijden-wiel-coerver-1965-1966/ Roda JC trainers aller tijden: Wiel Coerver 1965-1966] - Roda JC {{in lang|nl}}</ref> [[Sparta Rotterdam|Sparta]],<ref>[http://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/2/12/8800/nieuws/ WIEL COERVER OVERLEDEN]{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Sparta {{in lang|nl}}</ref>  [[NEC (football club)|N.E.C.]],<ref>[https://www.nec-nijmegen.nl/2011/04/oud-trainer-wiel-coerver-overleden/ Oud-trainer Wiel Coerver overleden] - NEC {{in lang|nl}}</ref> [[Feyenoord]]<ref>[http://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/6012/Oud-Feyenoord-en-Sparta-coach-Wiel-Coerver-overleden Oud-Feyenoord- en Sparta-coach Wiel Coerver overleden] - Rijnmond {{in lang|nl}}</ref> and [[Go Ahead Eagles]] as well as [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]]. He won the [[UEFA Cup]] with [[Feyenoord Rotterdam]] in the 1973–1974 season<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110715235609/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ned/news/newsid=1622631.html Feyenoord mourn former coach Wiel Coerver] by Berend Scholten on UEFA.com, 22 April 2011</ref> as well as the [[Eredivisie]] title.

===Coerver Method===
The Coerver Method is a football coaching technique which Coerver created. By analysing videotapes of various great players including [[Pelé]], he devised his concept which advocates that skill could not only be inherent with the young players but could also be passed on in a comprehensive academic manner. Under this technique, players progress in a structured manner, pyramidal, from basics of ball mastery to a tactically driven group attack. They would be exposed to the other essentials like Receiving and Passing, Moves (1v1), Speed and Lethal Finishing.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tamis|first=Theo|title=Dutch soccer guru Wiel Coerver dies (86)|url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-soccer-guru-wiel-coerver-dies-86|access-date=24 December 2013|newspaper=Radio Nederlands Worldwide|date=22 April 2011|archive-date=24 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100245/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-soccer-guru-wiel-coerver-dies-86|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] in France saw the first Coerver student, [[Boudewijn Zenden]] who played for the [[Netherlands national football team|Dutch national team]], make it to the [[FIFA World Cup]].

==Personal life==
Coerver, who was born in [[Kerkrade]], was nicknamed the "Albert Einstein of Football". He died of pneumonia in April 2011 in Kerkrade.<ref name=NU>[http://www.nu.nl/sport/2498702/wiel-coerver-86-overleden.html Wiel Coerver (86) overleden] - NU {{in lang|nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = Voetballegende Wiel Coerver overleden| work = [[BN DeStem]]| access-date = 2023-11-20| date = 2011-04-22| url = https://www.bndestem.nl/overig/voetballegende-wiel-coerver-overleden~a288db9a/| language = nl}}</ref>

==Honours==
;Feyenoord 
*[[Eredivisie]]: [[1973–74 Eredivisie|1973–74]]
*[[UEFA Cup]]: [[1973–74 UEFA Cup|1973–74]]

==See also==
* [[List of UEFA Cup winning managers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.coerver.com/ Coerver.com]
*[http://www.coerver.be/ Coerver Belgium]
*[http://www.coerver-coaching.de/ Coerver Deutschland]
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