Meulensteen in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 March 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Beugen, Netherlands | ||
Teams managed | |||
Years | Team | ||
1990–1993 | NEC Nijmegen (youth) | ||
1993–1999 | Qatar U18 | ||
1999–2000 | Al-Ittihad | ||
2000–2001 | Al-Sadd | ||
2001–2006 | Manchester United Youth | ||
2005–2006 | Manchester United Reserves | ||
2006–2007 | Brøndby | ||
2007–2013 | Manchester United (assistant) | ||
2013 | Anzhi Makhachkala (assistant) | ||
2013 | Anzhi Makhachkala | ||
2013–2014 | Fulham | ||
2016–2017 | Maccabi Haifa |
René Meulensteen (born 25 March 1964) is a Dutch football manager.
He has worked at Manchester United in a variety of functions, and had brief spells as manager of Brøndby in Denmark, Anzhi Makhachkala in Russia Fulham in England and Maccabi Haifa in Israel.
While still playing, Meulensteen became a youth coach at NEC Nijmegen.
In June 2006, he signed a three-year contract with Danish club Brøndby IF to become manager of the club, but resigned after six months.
On 18 January 2007, Meulensteen rejoined Manchester United as technical skills development coach mainly to work with the first team. After the departure in July 2008 of their assistant manager, Carlos Queiroz to Portugal as their national team manager, Meulensteen took over as first team coach, with Mike Phelan being promoted to assistant manager. Both assumed their new roles on 13 August 2008.
During his time as first-team coach, he helped Sir Alex Ferguson secure the Premier League title in 2008–09, 2010–11 and 2012–13; the Community Shield in 2008, 2010, 2011, the League Cup in 2008–09 and 2009–10; the UEFA Champions League in 2007–08 and FIFA Club World Cup in 2008.