Purrel Fränkel

Purrel Fränkel

Personal information
Full name	Purrel Fränkel
Date of birth	(1976-10-08) 8 October 1976
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Osdorp
	Amstelland
	Telstar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1998	Telstar	88	(0)
1998–2002	De Graafschap	106	(1)
2002–2007	Vitesse	149	(2)
2007–2012	De Graafschap	131	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 August 2012

Purrel Fränkel (born 8 October 1976) is a Surinamese former footballer. He played 474 matches in professional football for Telstar, De Graafschap and Vitesse.

Club career

Fränkel is a defender who was born in Paramaribo and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Telstar squad in the 1994-95 season. He also played for De Graafschap before joining Vitesse.

In 2003, he scored an own goal against FC Twente when the match was just 19 seconds old. This was an all-time record in the Eredivisie, but it was broken three years later by Arnold Kruiswijk of FC Groningen, who, in a match against Heracles Almelo, managed to pass his own goalkeeper after 9 seconds.

In March 2009 he was suspended for a month by the Dutch FA after testing positive on smoking cannabis.

After the relegation of De Graafschap in 2012, Fränkel decided he did not want to play in the Eerste Divisie any more and retired from professional football. Currently he plays for the amateurs of vv DUNO from Doorwerth.

External links

• Player profile - De Graafschap
• Dutch league stats - Voetbal International Template:Nl icon