Pascal Bosschaart

Pascal Bosschaart

Personal information
Full name	Pascal "The Legend" Bosschaart
Date of birth	February 28, 1980 (1980-02-28)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Central Defender, Left defender Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sydney FC
Number	4
Youth career
	SC Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2004	Utrecht	194	(0)
2004–2006	Feyenoord	53	(0)
2006–2011	ADO Den Haag	103	(0)
2011–	Sydney FC	19	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Pascal Bosschaart (born 28 February 1980 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch footballer who is playing for A-League club Sydney FC. Prior to this, he played and captained Dutch side ADO Den Haag which played in the Eredivisie. Bosschaart has never scored a league goal in his 14-year career.

Career

Eredivise

Bosschaart made his professional league debut for FC Utrecht in the 1997–98 season, playing for the club until the 2003–04 season, when he was bought by Feyenoord. His first game for Feyenoord was a 6–1 victory over De Graafschap. In August 2006, he moved to ADO Den Haag. Bosschaart did not see a great deal of game time under former manager André Wetzel in the 2008-09 season, and therefere joined Helsingborgs IF on trial in February 2009. However was not signed by the club, as he was not convincing enough to warrant a contract.

Sydney FC

On 17 June 2011, he signed a 1-year contract with Australian A-League club Sydney FC. On December 28 the club announced that they had re-signed the veteran defender on a 2-year extension, keeping him at the Harbour City club until the end of 2014.

On 14 January 2012, during the game between Brisbane Roar and Sydney FC, Bosschaart was embroiled in controversy, when following the game Brisbane's Albanian striker Besart Berisha ran up behind the Dutchman and tugged him on the shoulder before running towards the tunnel, motioning that we wanted to fight Bosschaart. Players from both teams came together at the mouth of the tunnel on the half way line to separate the belligerents, however no actual punches were thrown. It is claimed that during a match a month previously, in which Sydney FC won 2-0 and broke the Roar's 36-game unbeaten streak, Bosschaart may have provoked the Albanian by using racial taunts during the game, however this is heavily denied by Bosschaart. It is also claimed by Bosschaart, that Brisbane players, Ivan Franjic, Eric Paartalu and Berisha himself refused to shake hands with him before the match kicked off. After reviewing the incident post-game, the A-League's Match Review Panel (MRP) refused to punish either player over the incident, however the Football Federation Australia asked for a "please explain" from both clubs, and may face sanctions when decided upon on Friday, 20 January.