Rogier Meijer
Dutch footballer and manager
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Rogier Meijer (born 5 September 1981) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. He is the assistant head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rogier Kriston Meijer | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Doetinchem, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VV Zelhem | |||
| VIOD Doetinchem | |||
| SV Babberich | |||
| 2003–2004 | De Graafschap | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | VV Bennekom | ||
| 2005–2014 | De Graafschap | 253 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | VIOD Doetinchem | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2015 | De Graafschap (U14) | ||
| 2015–2017 | De Graafschap (U19) | ||
| 2017–2019 | NEC (U19) | ||
| 2019–2020 | NEC (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2025 | NEC | ||
| 2025– | Bayer Leverkusen (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a player, Meijer appeared his entire professional career for De Graafschap as a midfielder. In May 2014, Meijer announced his retirement from professional football. After a year at his former amateur team VIOD, Meijer completely stopped playing football.
Coaching career
In his last year as an active footballer, Meijer was hired by De Graafschap as the manager of the U14's. In the summer 2015, he became U19 manager for the club which he was until the end of the 2016/17 season.[1][2]
In April 2017, it was announced that Meijer would take charge of the U19 team at NEC in the upcoming season.[1] On 3 April 2019, he was appointed as assistant manager for the first team until the end of the season.[3]
In June 2020, Meijer was appointed new head coach of NEC, signing a one-year contract.[4]
Following the end of the 2024–25 Eredivisie season, he left to take up an assistant manager role at Bayer Leverkusen.[5]
Career statistics
| Season | Club | Country | League | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | De Graafschap |  Netherlands | Eerste Divisie | 35 | 2 |
| 2006–07 | De Graafschap | Netherlands | Eerste Divisie | 32 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | De Graafschap | Netherlands | Eredivisie | 26 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | De Graafschap | Netherlands | Eredivisie | 32 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | De Graafschap | Netherlands | Eerste Divisie | 34 | 1 |
| 2010–11 | De Graafschap | Netherlands | Eredivisie | 30 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | De Graafschap | Netherlands | Eredivisie | 31 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | De Graafschap | Netherlands | Eerste Divisie | 25 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | De Graafschap | Netherlands | Eerste Divisie | 8 | 2 |
| 2014–15 | VIOD | Netherlands | Tweede Klasse | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 253 | 6 |
Last update: 20 August 2014
