Edwin Vurens

Edwin Vurens (born June 6, 1968 in Stompwijk ) is a Dutch former football player and current coach . He played in the Eredivisie for Sparta Rotterdam , FC Twente and Roda JC ; later he was active in the National League A at FC St. Gallen and became Swiss champions and cup winners with Servette FC Genève . He also made an international match for the Dutch national team .

Club career

Vurens began his career in his home village with the Stompwijkse Boys and came to Sparta Rotterdam via RKAVV from Leidschendam in 1986 , where he made his professional debut in the 1987/88 season and scored 2 goals in 15 games. His highest scoring season in Rotterdam was 1991/92; Vurens , who was used in attack or attacking midfield , scored 14 times in 32 games in the opposing box. After twelfth and 13th places in the Eredivisie, the Spartans reached eighth place in 1993, which Vurens had with five goals in 18 games of the first half of the season. He caught the attention of league rivals FC Twente, where he moved during the winter break of 1992/93.

With the Enschedern he made 80 league games in two and a half years, in which he scored 21 goals. Twente was three times fifth with him and played two seasons in the UEFA Cup , but was eliminated in the first round; Vurens scored one goal each against Bayern Munich in 1993 and against Kispest Honvéd FC in 1994 . During this time he also became a national player . In the 1995/96 season he made another cup game with FC Twente before moving to Roda JC in Kerkrade .

With Roda he also played two seasons in the UEFA Cup under coach Huub Stevens ; In 1996 he scored a goal against the eventual UEFA Cup winner Schalke 04 . In 1996 he reached fourth place with Roda in the honor division. After Stevens left the club, Vurens also changed employers; he went to Switzerland for FC St. Gallen , where he played six more games in the 1996/97 season.

With St. Gallen he reached the Swiss Cup final in 1998 , in which he scored two goals for a 2-0 lead. After Vurens then a Penalty missed, could Lausanne-Sports balance and won the final after a penalty shoot . With Servette , where he moved during the following season, he became Swiss champions in the 1998/99 season . In his last season in 2000/01 in Geneva , he was only able to play twelve times due to injury, but was cup winner with Servette. Then Vurens ended his active career.

Stations

as a professional footballer

• Sparta Rotterdam (Eredivisie 1987–1992, 147 appearances / 34 goals)
• FC Twente (Eredivisie 1993–1995, 80/21; UEFA Cup 4/2; KNVB Cup 8/4)
• Roda JC (Eredivisie 1995–1997, 56/10; UEFA Cup 6/1; KNVB Cup 7/5)
• FC St. Gallen (National League A 1997–1999, 56/15)
• Servette FC Genève (National League A 1998–2001, 49/13)

National team

In February 1995, just as was Bondscoach committed Guus Hiddink eight rejections of Ajax -Spielern which he for the friendly against Portugal had called because their match calendar was too full. He found one of the substitutes at FC Twente: Edwin Vurens. On February 22, 1995, Vurens was allowed to play in the starting lineup of the Elftal and thus made his debut in Oranje in this game as did Frank Verlaat and Michel Kreek . The Portuguese made the final score of 0: 1 in the 8th minute. Vurens, mostly on the left in the club, played in the unfamiliar right wing position. At half time he was substituted for Eric van der Luer , who was also used for the first time in the national team . The 45 minutes against Portugal were his only international appearance. However, he was later allowed to play against the national team again - in a test match between the Netherlands and Servette.

successes

• Swiss Champion 1999 (with Servette FC Genève)
• Swiss Cup Winner 2001 (with Servette FC Genève)

Trainer

After his active career, Vurens has looked after several Dutch amateur clubs, such as FC Zoetermeer in the 2005/06 season and, from 2007 , the VUC from The Hague in the Hoofdklasse , the third division of the Netherlands . In the 2009/10 season he is also in the highest amateur class coach of the SVARC in Alphen aan den Rijn ; his contract there runs until 2012.

Web links

• Eén keer in Orange: Edwin Vurens

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Season balance at Voetbal International
2. ↑ Player profile  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at FC Twente  
3. ↑ Vurens European Cup Statistics ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Voetbalstats.nl 
4. ↑ di bescht Niederlag: cupfinal Gege Lausanne ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with a link to the TV report of the final 
5. ↑ Sparta and Roda according to season balances at Voetbal International , Twente according to player profile at FC Twente  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , National league according to the player profile at Top11.ch  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ^ ARC extends contract with Edwin Vurens , Voetbal op Zaterdag from December 18, 2009