René Feller

René Feller

Personal information
Date of birth	(1942-12-23)23 December 1942
Place of birth	Hoorn, Netherlands
Date of death	18 August 2019(2019-08-18) (aged 76)
Place of death	Zwaag, Netherlands
Managerial career
Years	Team
1997–1998	Qadsia
2003–2007	Eritrea U20
2007–2008	Eritrea
2008–2009	APR
2014	St George

René Feller (23 December 1942 – 18 August 2019) was a Dutch football manager.

Managerial career

Feller worked as a pottery salesman before he was lured by a Kuwaiti refugee to become a football manager there. He then was recommended by the Eritrean ambassador in Kuwait[1] to become manager of the Eritrean national team[2] and then APR in Rwanda.[3] In April 2014 it was announced that he was part of an eight-man shortlist to replace Eric Nshimiyimana as Rwanda manager.[4] He later won the Ethiopian league with St George in 2014.[5]

Personal life

After retiring, Feller moved back to Holland to live in Zwaag and wrote a book about his adventures in African football.[6] He died on 18 August 2019.[7]

References

1. Voetbaltrainers in het buitenland / 'Rwanda is het Zwitserland van Afrika' - Volkskrant (in Dutch)
2. "Eritrea appoint Dutchman Feller". BBC. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
3. "Feller appointed as APR coach". BBC. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
4. Andrew Jackson Oryada (25 April 2014). "Ratomir Dujkovic on shortlist for Rwanda coach position". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
5. En de oeuvreprijs gaat naar ... Nederland - Volkskrant (in Dutch)
6. Rene Feller werd een bekende voetbaltrainer in Afrika: "Als het hier niet mag, dan toch ergens anders" -
7. René Feller (1942-2019): Hij was geen topcoach, maar maakte meer mee dan Guus Hiddink en Dick Advocaat bij elkaar, volkskrant.nl, 13 September 2019