Paul Bosvelt
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Paul Bosvelt | ||
Date of birth | 26 March 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Doetinchem, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1994 | Go Ahead Eagles | 139 | (27) |
1994–1997 | Twente | 96 | (21) |
1997–2003 | Feyenoord | 177 | (33) |
2003–2005 | Manchester City | 53 | (2) |
2005–2007 | Heerenveen | 58 | (5) |
Total | 523 | (88) | |
International career | |||
2000–2004 | Netherlands | 24 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Paul Bosvelt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpʌu̯ɫ ˈbɔs.fɛɫt], born 26 March 1970) is a retired Dutch footballer. He played for Go Ahead Eagles and Twente before making his big move to Feyenoord in 1997.
Club career
Bosvelt went on to develop a reputation as a fearsome midfield general at de Kuip, making 167 appearances, during which he led Feyenoord to the league title in 1999 and won the UEFA Cup. In 2003, Bosvelt joined Manchester City, where he played an important role in the team. However, after two seasons he returned to Netherlands where he finished his career at Heerenveen.
International career
Bosvelt obtained 24 caps for the Netherlands. He played in Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. During Euro 2000, he reached the semi-final with Netherlands. Bosvelt missed an important penalty kick in the penalty shootout in the semi-finals, which led to a 3–1 defeat against Italy. After Euro 2004 he decided to retire from international football.
Retirement
Bosvelt retired from football on 13 May 2007, after a 4–0 defeat against Ajax. He played a total number of 523 games in both Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie.
Honours
Club
- Feyenoord
- Dutch National League: 1999
- Dutch Super Cup: 2000
- UEFA Cup: 2002
External links
- Official website Template:Nl icon
- Photos and stats at sporting-heroes.net
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands international footballers
- Go Ahead Eagles players
- FC Twente players
- Feyenoord players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Premier League players
- SC Heerenveen players
- Eredivisie players
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- People from Doetinchem
- Dutch football midfielder stubs