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Dutch footballer and manager
Eric van der Luer
(born 16 August 1965 in
Maastricht
,
Netherlands
) is a former
Dutch
international
footballer
who played as a midfielder.
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He began his career with hometown club
MVV
in 1982 and spent five seasons there before playing with Belgian side Assent FC for a season. He joined
Roda JC
in 1988 and would spend the next 14 seasons at the club, also winning two caps for his country. After joining
Alemannia Aachen
in 2002, van der Luer retired from professional football after the 2003?04 season. With Roda JC, van der Luer won the
KNVB Beker
(Dutch Cup) twice in (
1996?97
and
1999?2000
), scoring in both finals.
Coaching career
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From 2004 to 2008, van der Luer worked as a youth coach for
Roda JC
.
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In 2008, he then became manager of
Alemannia Aachen
's reserve team.
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He was later also appointed sporting director of the club's youth sector alongside his reserve team manager job. He stopped as manager for the reserve team at the end of the 2009?10 season and continued as head of the youth sector and assistant manager for the first team. He left the club in September 2011 alongside manager
Peter Hyballa
.
In July 2012 van der Luer became new manager of
KFC Uerdingen 05
. He guided the club to promotion to the
Regionalliga
in his first season. He was sacked in March 2014.
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In 2015 he return to his old club
Roda JC
as manager for the second team, Jong Roda JC, and a scout for the first team.
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When
Robert Molenaar
was sacked as manager of Roda's first team in March 2019, van der Luer was installed as caretaker manager for the rest of the season. Van der Luer left the club at the end of the season, where his contract expired.
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Honours
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Roda JC
References
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