Wil_Boessen
Wil Boessen
Dutch footballer and manager
Wil Boessen (born 3 May 1964) is a Dutch football manager and a former player. He is the manager of Eerste Divisie side Jong PSV.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wil Boessen | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-05-03) 3 May 1964 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Sittard, Netherlands | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jong PSV (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1990 | Fortuna Sittard | 184 | (10) |
| 1990–1992 | FC Dordrecht | 71 | (1) |
| 1992–1993 | De Graafschap | 9 | (0) |
| 1993–1996 | Fortuna Sittard | 86 | (2) |
| 1997–1999 | Helmond Sport | 47 | (2) |
| Total | 397 | (15) | |
| 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– | Jong PSV | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Sittard, Boessen played a large part of his career for local side Fortuna Sittard. He also had spells at FC Dordrecht, De Graafschap and Helmond Sport.
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.[1] He moved to FC Oss in 2014.[2]
He was manager of Lampang in the Thai Division 1 League[3] and became manager of FC Den Bosch in summer 2017.[4]
On 4 June 2019, he was appointed manager of Helmond Sport.[5] Boessen was dismissed by Helmond Sport on 14 February 2022.[6]
Before the 2022–23 season, Boessen was hired by Jong PSV as an assistant coach to Adil Ramzi.[7]
After Ramzi left PSV, Boessen was appointed head coach of Jong PSV on 4 August 2023.[8]
- Boessen trainer Fortuna Sittard - Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch)
- FC Oss stelt trainer Boessen aan - NOS (in Dutch)
- 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.
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