Mels van Driel
Dutch footballer
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Mels van Driel (born Rotterdam, 2 February 1983) is a former Dutch professional footballer, now technical manager of ASWH.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mels van Driel[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1983[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands[2] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Netherlands U-19 | |||
| Netherlands U-21 | |||
Career
Van Driel played in the youth of Feyenoord[3] and in Feyenoord's first squad in the Eredivisie (2002).[4]
Van Driel then played for Eerste Divisie teams Excelsior (2003–2005),[5][6] Fortuna Sittard (2005–2008)[7][8][9] and RBC Roosendaal (2008–2011),[10][11][12] for the latter 2 doubling as captain.[13] At Fortuna Sittard he had asked a referee that an opponent from Helmond Sport would be given a yellow card, after which another Helmond Sporter "greeted" Van Driel with the Nazi salute.[14][15]
From 2011 to 2020 Van Driel played for ASWH.[10][16][11] In August 2020, after playing in the preparations for a new season, he quit active playing and became the technical manager of ASWH.[17]
As an international, Van Driel played in the Netherlands national under-21 football team.[18]
| Season | Club | Caps | Goals | League |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003/04 |  SBV Excelsior | 35 | 1 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2004/05 | SBV Excelsior | 30 | 0 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2005/06 | Fortuna Sittard | 32 | 0 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2006/07 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 0 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2007/08 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 0 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2007/08 | RBC Roosendaal | 12 | 0 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2008/09 | RBC Roosendaal | 30 | 1 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2009/10 | RBC Roosendaal | 4 | 0 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2010/11 | RBC Roosendaal | 26 | 0 | Eerste Divisie |
| Totals | 220 | 2 | ||