Harm van Veldhoven

Harm van Veldhoven

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Personal information
Full name	Harm van Veldhoven
Date of birth	(1962-09-28) 28 September 1962
Place of birth	Luyksgestel, Netherlands
Height
Position(s)	Striker / Midfielder / Defender
Youth career
1968–1979	De Raven Luyksgestel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1985	Lommel
1985–1990	Germinal Ekeren
1990–1992	RWDM	73	(29)
1992–1999	Lommel	213	(17)
Managerial career
1999–2000	Lommel (assistant manager)
2000–2003	Lommel
2003–2004	Brussels
2004–2007	Cercle Brugge
2007–2008	Germinal Beerschot
2008–2012	Roda JC
2012–2013	KV Mechelen
2014–2015	Delhi Dynamos
2015	K.V.C. Westerlo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2009

Harm van Veldhoven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑrm vɐn ˈvɛlt.ˌɦoː.və(n)]; born 28 September 1962 in Luyksgestel) is a Dutch-Belgian football manager who is currently unemployed after last managing Westerlo.

Van Veldhoven started his career with local youth team De Raven. He was picked up by SK Lommel at the age of 17. He made his way up to the highest level of Belgian football with Germinal Ekeren. He then went to RWDM and eventually returned to SK Lommel when they had also arrived in First Division. The 3 teams for which van Veldhoven was active as footballer at senior level, are already all defunct.

He began his career as striker. But throughout his career, he went more and more playing as midfielder or even defender.

When Harm van Veldhoven finished his playing career with Lommel, he became assistant coach. It only took him one season to become head manager of the team. Afterwards, he was manager for FC Brussels with which he became champions. This success woke the interest of Cercle Brugge, where he stayed 3 years. When his contract ended, van Veldhoven went to Germinal Beerschot, of which his former team Germinal Ekeren was a predecessor. After a very successful season, he could not repeat his achievement and was sacked as a consequence. He went back to his country of birth and signed for Roda JC in November 2008. He avoided relegation after play offs. His contract ended in 2012, which allowed him to sign with KV Mechelen, where he was sacked on 30 December 2013.

External links

• Harm van Veldhoven at Rodajc.nl (Dutch)
• Cercle Brugge manager history (Dutch)
• Harm van Veldhoven at Ronaldzwiers.com (Dutch)