Rini Coolen is a former football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 defender

Defender (football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 from the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, who played for Go Ahead Eagles

Go Ahead Eagles

The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...

, Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title...

, De Graafschap

De Graafschap

De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the "De Vijverberg" stadium. Their current home ground stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...

 and AZ Alkmaar.

Biography

He retired in 1995, and soon afterwards became a football manager, who worked for Heracles Almelo, FC Twente

FC Twente

FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...

, and AGOVV Apeldoorn

AGOVV Apeldoorn

AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts...

. By mutual agreement he left FC Twente on February 1, 2006. In November 2008 he signed for RBC Roosendaal as the successor of released coach Rob Meppelink

Rob Meppelink

Rob Meppelink is a former amateur football player from The Netherlands. He became a football coach in 1990. Since then he guided clubs like AZ Alkmaar, ADO Den Haag, and RBC Roosendaal.-References:*...

. He is currently the head coach of A-League

A-League

The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

 club Adelaide United.

His inaugural season with Adelaide United proved to be a huge success, taking the club from their disastrous bottom-placed finish in the 2009-10 season to third place in the 2010-11 season. However, his time at the club has been marred by rumours of off-field dramas, most notably surrounding former Reds captain Travis Dodd

Travis Dodd

Travis Dodd is an Indigenous Australian football player who plays for Perth Glory in the A-League. He plays as an attacking midfielder or winger.-Club career:...

 who has since moved to Perth Glory.

Statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %
Adelaide United		5 July 2010	Present

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