The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 player guided his side to a second place finish in the 2011/12 Eredivisie campaign and deservingly claimed the best manager award.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258 Rotterdam head coach, Ronald Koeman, has expressed his delight after winning the Rinus Michels Award, and has insisted that the award not only goes to him but to all the staff and players.
“This is a fantastic achievement, not only for me but for the whole technical staff and players. We have all worked well together, which has led to a great season and eventually second place. The expectations will be high next
season, and we will try to work together successfully again”, Koeman was quoted as saying to Voetbal International.
The Rotterdammers general manager, Eric Gudde, has also expressed his contentment and has stressed that the former Ajax and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 manager fully deserves the award.
“Ronald deserves the award. It is getting better and better, but there are still plenty of challenges that await us”, Gudde said while talking to journalists.
Koeman, who started his managerial career in the summer of 1999 when he was named the head coach of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vitesse-c40905 Arnhem, took over the managerial hot seat at De Kuip Stadion before the start of the 2011/12 season. He enjoyed a stellar
debut season with the Rotterdam giants, and would be hoping to go one step farther next term.
Although, he managed to lead his side to a second place finish at the end, the 49-year-old snatched the best coach of the year’s crown from the other nominees that included Heracles Almelo’s Peter Bosz, Ajax’s Frank de Boer and
FC Zwolle’s Art Langelaar.
Co Adriaanse claimed the first Rinus Michels Award in the 2003/04 season with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar, while Guus Hiddink secured the award consecutively in the next two seasons with PSV Eindhoven.
Louis van Gaal won the accolade in the 2006/07 and 2008/09 seasons while Fred Rutten secured the honour in the 2007/08 campaign.
Former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michel-c25453 Preud’homme won it in the next season.
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