Hans Verèl

Hans Verèl
Personal information
Date of birth	21 April 1953
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	9 November 2019 (aged 66)
Place of death	Tilburg, Netherlands
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Sparta
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1976	Sparta
1976–1977	SVV
1977–1978	Den Bosch
Managerial career
1978–1980	Den Bosch (Assistant)
1980–1984	Den Bosch
1984–1987	RBC
1987–1990	NAC
1990–1991	Dordrecht'90
1991–1992	SVV/Dordrecht'90
1993	RKC
1995–1996	Pakhtakor Tashkent
1996–2001	Willem II (Assistant)
2000	Willem II (Caretaker)
2001	Fortuna Sittard
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans Verèl (21 April 1953 – 9 November 2019) was a

defender and midfielder from the Netherlands, who played for Sparta Rotterdam, SVV and FC Den Bosch

.

Playing career

Verèl made his debut for Sparta on 20 May 1973 against Den Bosch, but only managed to play one league game for the club.^[1] In 1976 he left for SVV.^[2]

Managerial career

A persistent injury ended his career while playing for Den Bosch in 1978, and he became an assistant coach at the club. In 1982 he became head coach alongside general manager

Willem II Tilburg and Fortuna Sittard. He also worked as an assistant to Jimmy Calderwood, Co Adriaanse and Hans Westerhof at Willem II and experienced the club's biggest success in qualification for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League.^[4]