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Career & Clubs
Coolen played professionally for Go Ahead Eagles, Heracles, De Graafschap and AZ.
He retired in 1995 and became a football manager who worked for Heracles Almelo, Twente and AGOVV Apeldoorn. He left Twente by mutual agreement on 1 February 2006. In November 2008, he signed for RBC Roosendaal as the successor of released coach Rob Meppelink. In 2010, he was appointed manager of A-League club Adelaide United. His inaugural season with Adelaide United proved to be a success, taking the club from their disastrous last place finish in the 2009–10 season to third place in the 2010–11 season. His time at the club was marred with off-field dramas, most notably surrounding former Reds captain Travis Dodd who moved to Perth Glory. Coolen proposed a plan to the club and started rebuilding the team after being signed to a four-year contract. Coolen released several players including Travis Dodd, Paul Reid, Adam Hughes and Lucas Pantelis. Imports brought in by Coolen such as Evgeniy Levchenko, Ricardo Da Silva and Andwele Slory failed to make an impact. After a poor start to the 2011/2012 season, it was announced on 18 December 2011, that Coolen would be replaced by former Adelaide United coach John Kosmina. He was supposed to stay at the club as the youth team coach, however on 21 December 2011, it was announced that he had left the club. Coolen took the club to court for breaching his four-year contract and was awarded $400,000 in an out-of-court settlement. In 2015, he was coach of the Aruba national football team for six weeks. In August 2016, Coolen left his post…
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- Heracles Almelo (1988–1994)
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- Go Ahead Eagles (1985–1988)
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- De Graafschap (1989–1990)
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- AZ Alkmaar (1994–1996)
Legacy
Clubs
Played together with
Aaron NemaneGo Ahead Eagles · 2018–2018
Ab GritterHeracles Almelo · 1984–1986- Abdelhali ChaiatDe Graafschap · 2008–2010
- Abdelkrim El HadriouiAZ Alkmaar · 1998–2002
Adam MaherAZ Alkmaar · 2010–2013
Adam SarotaGo Ahead Eagles · 2016- Adil AuassarDe Graafschap · 2012–2013
Adil RamziAZ Alkmaar · 2004–2006- Adrián DalmauHeracles Almelo
- Adrián SzőkeHeracles Almelo
- Ahmed AhahaouiGo Ahead Eagles · 2007–2009
Alair Cruz VicenteAZ Alkmaar · 2001–2004
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Identifiers & aliases
Rini Coolen is a Dutch retired football defender and currently the director of football at Eredivisie side N.E.C..
Opinions of fans — not verified facts.
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