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Pim van de Meent
	Van de Meent in 1976
Personal information
Date of birth	20 November 1937
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	13 October 2022 (aged 84)
Position(s)	Rightback
Youth career
	Westerkwartier
Senior career*
Years	Team
1958–1959	SHS
1961–1962	DOS
1962–1963	VUC
1963–1965	N.E.C.
Managerial career
1965–1966	DWV
1966–1969	Huizen
1969–1970	PEC Zwolle
1970–1972	DWS
1972–1978	FC Amsterdam
1978–1980	De Graafschap
1981–1985	N.E.C.
1985–1986	MVV
1986–1988	FC Den Haag
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 Amsterdam, North Holland on 20 November 1937. He played for Holland Sport, DOS, VUC and NEC Nijmegen. He quit playing at 28 years of age.^[1]

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.^[2]

In 1965 he started managing, winning two amateur league titles with Huizen.^[3] 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.^[1]

He reached the 1982-83 KNVB Cup final, with NEC (3–1 loss to Ajax), and the next season the club participated in the Cup Winners' Cup, teaming up against Diego Maradona's FC Barcelona after beating Norwegian side Brann Bergen in the first round.^[4] He was also relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1983 and again got relegated with MVV in 1986.^[5]

Former FC Amsterdam chairman Dé Stoop lured him to his new club 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.^[6]

He later worked as caretaker manager, academy manager, technical director and facility manager at AFC.^[7]