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.

Willy Boessen
Personal information
Full name Wil Boessen
Date of birth (1964-05-03) 3 May 1964 (age 60)
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

Club career

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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.

Managerial career

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Boessen trainer Fortuna Sittard - Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch)
  2. ^ FC Oss stelt trainer Boessen aan - NOS (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Netherlands - W. Boessen - Profile with news, career statistics and history Soccerway
  4. ^ Boessen na Thaise avonturen aan de slag bij Den Bosch - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  5. ^ WIL BOESSEN NIEUWE HOOFDTRAINER HELMOND SPORT, helmondsport.nl, 4 June 2019
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "NIEUWE GEZICHTEN IN STAF PSV ACADEMY" [NEW FACES IN PSV ACADEMY STAFF] (in Dutch). PSV Eindhoven. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. ^ "WIL BOESSEN APPOINTED AS PSV U21 HEAD COACH". PSV Eindhoven. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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