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New coach for Aruban team
THE Aruban Football Association (AVB) will select The letter was also signed by nine other players from Ursell Arends, former team manager of the national
the national team: Pancho Croes, Steve Escalona, Aruban team and resigned board member, mentioned
a new board next week at the first General Assembly Theric Ruiz, Erik Santos, Matthew Lentink Jelano that more than nine clubs signed the censure motion,
and then will submit a motion demanding that the Cruden, Emile Linkers, Donovan Leve Stone and and there is therefore a two-thirds majority, as stated
current management resigns. Eleven players from Richard Lynch. in the Bylaws of AVB, but according to Arends the
the national team support this motion. majority in the motion not important.
The players group expresses their concern about the
Sunday night the Football direction in which the current board of AVB with the “However a majority of the clubs should be present
Association announced that the Aruban football wants to go in. at the General Assembly. That is where the quorum
new coach Rini Coolen will train is required. To put the motion on the agenda, it was
the national team for their third The squad has given himself necessary for at least three clubs to sign the motion.
round in the World Cup Qualifier 100 percent and was eager to “Arends calls out all the clubs, especially the clubs that
have signed the motion to come assist the General
Coolen follows former coach Giovanni Franken, who play on behalf of Aruba. Assembly next week.
was put aside by AVB last week. Technical director
Marvic Bermudez and assistant coach Herbert Beeld- They realize that reaching the third round of the “Only then the results of the
snijder decided to step down shortly thereafter. Who World Cup qualifier was probably based on luck, vote will be added, that’s when
will become coach Coolen’s new assistant coach is but as a group and along with the staff they want to the future of the Aruban football
not known yet.. try their best to win the third round, but AVB needs Association will be determined.”
to find a new way to look at the future of Aruban
The AVB says that “bringing in Coolen feasible and football. This is why the players gave their support
affordable is because the league has been working the censure motion.
with the Dutch football club PEC Zwolle since August AVB reaction
last year, where Coolen was Director of the Youth
Academy since 2013. AVB received the motion on July 17
and Communication Manager
The Aruban National team gets a trainer with experi- Zahira Biekram responded
ence in the Dutch league (RBC Roosendaal, AGOVV a few days later that the
Apeldoorn, FC Twente and Heracles Almelo). He letter containing the mo-
is familiar with qualifying matches for the UEFA tion is pending before
(European football) and worked with the Australian the Board. 34 clubs are
Football Adelaid United. Coolen will get the Aruba affiliated with AVB. The
players started in intensive training as soon as pos- motion is supported by
sible. According to AVB all players, both in Aruba and 26 percent of the club and
abroad, have been summoned in connection with the that is not a majority.
preparations.
Players support motion According to AVB there is
speculation of manipula-
Of all those players there are eleven players who look tion and AVB is currently
forward to the General Assembly of AVB. Ronnie investigating whether they
Nouwen and Raymond Baten sent a letter to the club can take action against these
federations to express their support for the motion of practices.
censure on Monday. Majority required
during meeting
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