René Eijer (Den Helder, 1 January 1963) is a former Dutch footballer and is now trainer/coach. E made on 22 may 1982 during an away game at FC Utrecht his debut in the professional football at Sparta. He then plays in a team with Danny Blind and Louis van Gaal.He played six seasons in the first team of Sparta in which he played 137 League and scored 11 times. In 1987 he moved to VVV where he stayed for two seasons and then further his career at Vitesse. He would play four years for Vitesse and ended up with that club in all those years every once in the top 5 of the Eredivisie. He played 128 League games for Vitesse in which he scored 13 times. E played a total of 21 UEFA-Cupwedstrijden, 10 with Sparta and 11 with Vitesse.