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Louis Coolen
Personal information
Date of birth	12 January 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Nuenen, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	RKSV Nuenen
	PSV
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1980	Helmond Sport
1980–1982	RKSV Nuenen
Managerial career
1982–1985	RKSV Nuenen
1985–1987	Helmondia '55
1992–1996	UDI '19
1996–2001	Helmond Sport
2001–2005	Roda JC (assistant)
2005–2007	FC Eindhoven
2008	UDI '19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Louis Coolen (born 12 January 1952) is a Dutch football manager and retired player who works as an advisor to the board at Helmond Sport.

Playing career

Coolen was born in Nuenen. A midfielder,^[1] during his playing career he played for PSV, Helmond Sport and RKSV Nuenen.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player in 1982, Coolen has managed RKSV Nuenen, Helmondia '55, UDI '19,^[2] Helmond Sport and FC Eindhoven.^[3] He also was assistant manager at Roda JC for four years.^[4]

He moved abroad in September 2008 to become technical director at the Yuri Konoplev Academy in Tolyatti^[5] and worked at Russian giants Zenit Saint Petersburg, where he managed their youth coaches in two spells at the club.^[6] In between he worked for Roda as technical director and later led the Roda JC academy.^[7]

He returned to Helmond Sport in an advisory role in March 2017.^[8]