René van Eck (born 18 February 1966) is a Dutch former professional footballer and current manager of German Van Eck started his professional career at local side Excelsior Rotterdam before moving to FC Den Bosch aged 20.

[13] During his time at Carl Zeiss Jena, "players were asked to toughen up by learning fighting techniques.

"[14] On 5 February 2015, FC Den Bosch announced that Rene van Eck would lead the first team for the rest of the 2014–15 season.

[15] He returned to Switzerland to take the reins at FC Muri in May 2016[16] and took over again in April 2017 after a spell at German side Wacker Nordhausen.

Liga Interregional, he left the club again at the end of the season and was instead appointed manager of FC Zürich's U16s.

[18] On 21 February 2018, Van Eck was promoted to the first team staff as assistant coach of newly hired manager Ludovic Magnin.

[20] In the first half of 2020, Van Eck worked at the academy of Feyenoord, before returning to Switzerland ahead of the 2020-21 season, where he was appointed U-18 manager of Grasshopper Club Zürich.

Ahead of the 2020-21 season, Van Eck was appointed assistant coach of Takahisa Shiraishi at K.M.S.K.