Frank Verlaat

Frank Verlaat

Personal information
Full name	Frank Verlaat
Date of birth	(1968-03-05) 5 March 1968
Place of birth	Haarlem, Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1989	Ajax	17	(0)
1989–1992	Lausanne	104	(15)
1992–1995	Auxerre	109	(15)
1995–1999	VfB Stuttgart	104	(6)
1999–2000	Ajax	21	(3)
2000–2003	Werder Bremen	81	(5)
2003–2004	Austria Wien	19	(3)
2004–2007	Sturm Graz	87	(3)
Total		542	(50)
International career
1995	Netherlands	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Verlaat (born 5 March 1968) is a Dutch former football defender, who retired in 2007, after a professional career of 21 years.

He had a long career throughout Europe, playing in the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany and finishing his career in Austria. He earned one cap with the Netherlands national team.

He is reputed to have had the fastest rise to starting in the final of a UEFA club competition, having started as centre-back for Ajax in the 1986-87 European Cup Winners’ Cup final against Lokomotive Leipzig after making his league debut for Ajax only three days earlier.

Honours

• European Cup Winners’ Cup: 1986-87
• French Cup: 1993-94
• German Cup: 1996–97

References

• Frank Verlaat at WorldFootball.net
• Profile at dutchplayers.nl
• Frank Verlaat at fussballdaten.de (in German)