Mels van Driel

Mels van Driel is a former Dutch professional footballer, now technical manager of ASWH.

Career

Van Driel played in the youth of Feyenoord and in Feyenoord's first squad in the Eredivisie.
Van Driel then played for Eerste Divisie teams Excelsior, Fortuna Sittard and RBC Roosendaal, for the latter 2 doubling as captain. 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.
From 2011 to 2020 Van Driel played for ASWH. In August 2020, after playing in the preparations for a new season, he quit active playing and became the technical manager of ASWH.
As an international, Van Driel played in the Netherlands national under-21 football team.