Edwin Vurens
Edwin Vurens ( born June 6, 1968 in Stompwijk ) is a Dutch former football player and current coach. He played in the Eredivisie for Sparta Rotterdam, FC Twente and Roda JC; later he was in the National League A is active at FC St. Gallen FC Servette Genève and was Swiss champion and cup winner. He also made an international match in the Dutch national team.
Club career
Vurens began his career in his native village at the Stompwijkse Boys and came across the RKAVV from Leidschendam 1986 Sparta Rotterdam, where he made his professional debut in the 1987/88 season and scored 2 goals in 15 games. His highest-scoring season in Rotterdam was 1991/92; 14 times met the Vurens used in the storm or in the midfield in 32 games over the penalty box. After the twelfth and 13th places in the Eredivisie, the Spartans amounted in 1993 to eighth place, followed Vurens with five goals in 18 games before the winter break had its share. He attracted the attention of Premier League rivals FC Twente, where he moved in the winter break 1992/93.
The Enschedern he made in two and a half years 80 league games in which he scored 21 goals. Twente was with him three times in fifth and played two seasons in the UEFA Cup, but different in each case in the first round; Vurens scored 1993 against Bayern Munich and 1994 against Kispest Honvéd FC a goal each. During this time he was also international. In the 1995/96 season he made a cup match with FC Twente before joining Roda JC Kerkrade.
With Roda he played under coach Huub Stevens also two seasons in the UEFA Cup; 1996 while he scored a goal against the eventual UEFA Cup winners Schalke 04 in the Eredivisie he reached in 1996 with Roda fourth place. After Stevens left the club, also switched Vurens the employer; he went to Switzerland for FC St. Gallen, where he still completed six games in the 1996/97 season.
With St. Gallen in 1998 reached the Swiss Cup final in which he scored two goals for the 2-0 lead. After Vurens then missed a penalty, Lausanne leveled sport and won the final after penalty shootout. With Servette, where he moved during the following season, he was the same in the season 1998/99 Swiss champion. In his last season, 2000/ 01 in Geneva, he was able to accumulate only twelve times due to injury, but was with Servette Cup winner. Then finished Vurens his active career.
Stations
As a professional footballer
- Sparta Rotterdam ( Eredivisie 1987-1992, 147 Einsätze/34 goals)
- FC Twente (Eredivisie 1993-1995, 80/21, UEFA Cup 4/2; KNVB Cup 8/4 )
- Roda (Eredivisie 1995-1997, 56 /10; UEFA Cup 6/1; KNVB Cup 7/5)
- FC St. Gallen ( National League A 1997-1999, 56 /15)
- Servette FC Genève ( National League A 1998-2001, 49 /13)
National
In February 1995, received just as the Bond Coach Guus Hiddink committed eight rejections of Ajax players he had called for the friendly against Portugal because their calendars was too full. One of the replacements he found at FC Twente: Edwin Vurens. On 22 February 1995 Vurens allowed to accumulate in the starting lineup of Oranje and was thus in this game as well as his debut in Oranje Frank Verlaat and Michel Kreek. The final score of 0:1 making the Portuguese as early as the 8th minute ago. Vurens, the club usually on the left, played on the unfamiliar right wing position. At half-time he was exchanged for the first time also used in the national Kerkrader Eric van der Luer. The 45 minutes against Portugal remained his only international appearance. However, he was allowed to play again later against the national team - in a test match against Servette of the Netherlands.
Achievements
- Swiss Champion 1999 ( with Servette FC Genève )
- Swiss Cup Winner 2001 ( with Servette FC Genève )
Coach
Vurens has supervised several Dutch amateur clubs after his active career, as in the 2005/06 season FC Zoetermeer and from 2007 in the Hoofdklasse, the third division of the Netherlands, the VUC in The Hague. In the 2009/10 season, he is also in the highest amateur class coach of the ŠVARC in Alphen aan den Rijn; his contract runs there until 2012.