About René Meulensteen
Reinhard Jozef Petrus "René" Meulensteen (born 25 March 1964) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the current Director of Football Methodology at Stockport County. Meulensteen spent the early parts of his career working in the Netherlands before taking up managerial roles with the Qatar youth teams, as well as clubs Al-Ittihad and Al-Sadd. He then spent 12 years, split either side of a year stint at Brøndby, with Manchester United in various non-managerial capacities. Following his departure from the club in 2013, Meulensteen was in charge for short spells at Anzhi Makhachkala, Fulham, Maccabi Haifa and Kerala Blasters. == Managerial career == === Early career === While still playing, Meulensteen became a youth coach at NEC. In June 2006, he signed a three-year contract with Danish club Brøndby to become manager of the club, but resigned after six months. On 18 January 2007, Meulensteen rejoined Manchester United as technical skills development coach mainly to work with the first team. After the departure in July 2008 of their assistant manager, Carlos Queiroz to Portugal as their national team manager, Meulensteen took over as first team coach, with Mike Phelan being promoted to assistant manager. Both assumed their new roles on 13 August 2008. During his time as first-team coach, he helped Sir Alex Ferguson secure the Premier League title in 2008–09, 2010–11 and 2012–13; the Community Shield in 2008, 2010, 2011, the League Cup in 2008–09 and 2009–10; the UEFA Champions League in 2007–08 and FIFA Club World Cup in 2008. Manchester United confirmed his departure from the club on 26 June 2013, after incoming manager David Moyes decided to bring in his own coaching team.
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