Van der Meer worked in the Donbas from 2011 to 2014, as head of training at Mettalurg Donetsk. He still has a lot of contact with people from that time. “An interpreter I had has not heard from his family in Mariupol for four days. He is now in Turkey. He has to leave on Sunday. I said come to me and we will see if you can bring your family here too. can get away.”
Former FC Utrechter Erik van der Meer had a great time in Ukraine
