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 KuwaitVoetbaltrainers in het buitenland / 'Rwanda is het Zwitserland van Afrika' - Volkskrant to become manager of the Eritrean national team and then APR in Rwanda. In April 2014 it was announced that he was part of an eight-man shortlist to replace Eric Nshimiyimana as Rwanda manager. He later won the Ethiopian league with St George in 2014.En de oeuvreprijs gaat naar ... Nederland - Volkskrant
Personal life After retiring, Feller moved back to Holland to live in Zwaag and wrote a book about his adventures in African football.Rene Feller werd een bekende voetbaltrainer in Afrika: "Als het hier niet mag, dan toch ergens anders" - He died on 18 August 2019.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
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