Wil Boessen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 May 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Sittard, Netherlands | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Sittard (assistant manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1990 | Fortuna Sittard | 184 | (10) |
| 1990–1991 | SVV | 28 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Dordrecht '90 | 43 | (1) |
| 1993 | De Graafschap | 9 | (0) |
| 1993–1996 | Fortuna Sittard | 86 | (2) |
| 1997–1999 | Helmond Sport | 47 | (2) |
| Total | 397 | (15) | |
| International career | |||
| 1984-1986 | Netherlands U-21 | 9 | (0) |
| 1986-1987 | Netherlands U-23 | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2012 | VVV-Venlo (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | VVV-Venlo (caretaker) | ||
| 2011–2012 | VVV-Venlo (caretaker) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Fortuna Sittard | ||
| 2014–2015 | FC Oss | ||
| 2015 | Chiangmai | ||
| 2016 | Lampang | ||
| 2017–2019 | FC Den Bosch | ||
| 2019–2022 | Helmond Sport | ||
| 2022–2023 | Jong PSV (assistant) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Jong PSV | ||
| 2024– | Fortuna Sittard (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wil Boessen (born 3 May 1964) is a Dutch football manager and a former player who is an assistant manager of Fortuna Sittard.
Playing career
Club
Born in Sittard, Boessen played a large part of his career for local side Fortuna Sittard. He moved to SVV in 1990 and experienced their merger with Dordrecht '90 a year later. He also had spells at De Graafschap and Helmond Sport.[1]
International
Boessen played 9 games for the Netherlands national under-21 football team and another 3 for the Olympic team.[2]
Managerial career
After retiring as a player, Boessen became assistant at VVV-Venlo and took temporarily charge twice during 10 seasons at the club just to be appointed by Fortuna in 2012.[3] He moved to FC Oss in 2014.[4]
He was manager of Lampang in the Thai Division 1 League[5] and became manager of FC Den Bosch in summer 2017.[6]
On 4 June 2019, he was appointed manager of Helmond Sport.[7] Boessen was dismissed by Helmond Sport on 14 February 2022.[8]
Before the 2022–23 season, Boessen was hired by Jong PSV as an assistant coach to Adil Ramzi.[9]
After Ramzi left PSV, Boessen was appointed head coach of Jong PSV on 4 August 2023.[10]
References
- ^ "Wo 05 juni '24 - Wil Boessen". Fortuna Sittard (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ^ "Willy Boessen". OnsOranje (Dutch FA) (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ^ Boessen trainer Fortuna Sittard - Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch)
- ^ FC Oss stelt trainer Boessen aan - NOS (in Dutch)
- ^ Netherlands - W. Boessen - Profile with news, career statistics and history Soccerway
- ^ Boessen na Thaise avonturen aan de slag bij Den Bosch - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- ^ WIL BOESSEN NIEUWE HOOFDTRAINER HELMOND SPORT, helmondsport.nl, 4 June 2019
- ^ "Sven Swinnen vervangt Wil Boessen als hoofdtrainer Helmond Sport" [Sven Swinnen replaces Wil Boessen as head coach of Helmond Sport] (in Dutch). Helmond Sport. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "NIEUWE GEZICHTEN IN STAF PSV ACADEMY" [NEW FACES IN PSV ACADEMY STAFF] (in Dutch). PSV Eindhoven. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "WIL BOESSEN APPOINTED AS PSV U21 HEAD COACH". PSV Eindhoven. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
External links
- Playing career stats
- Willy Boessen at Ererat (in Dutch)