Diederik Boer
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 September 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Emmeloord, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Flevo Boys | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2014 | PEC Zwolle | 293 | (0) |
2014–2017 | Ajax | 2 | (0) |
2017–2019 | PEC Zwolle | 33 | (0) |
Total | 328 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Diederik Boer (born 24 September 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent most of his career playing for PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie.[1] After retirement in 2019, he is now the goalkeeping coach for the PEC Zwolle youth teams.[2]
Career
Boer was born in Emmeloord, Netherlands. He made his professional debut on 8 March 2003, when FC Zwolle lost to Ajax 5–0.[3] On 31 August 2014, he signed a three-year contract with Ajax to replace the departed Kenneth Vermeer as second keeper behind Jasper Cillessen.[4] Boer is missing the little finger of his right hand, meaning he plays with only nine fingers.[5]
Honours
PEC Zwolle
Ajax
- UEFA Europa League: runner-up 2016–17[6]
References
- ^ "Diederik Boer" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ^ "'Zwolle club icon' Diederik Boer (38) will stop keeping after this season | tellerreport.com". www.tellerreport.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Ronald's Voetbalstatistieken". Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ "Ajax contracteert Diederik Boer" (in Dutch). ajax.nl. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ McVitie, Peter [@petermcvitie] (31 August 2014). "Ajax and the goalkeeper with 9 fingers:" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "2016/17: United win it for Manchester". UEFA. 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017.
External links
- Diederik Boer at WorldFootball.net