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Frank de Boer
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Personal information |
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Full name |
Franciscus de
Boer |
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Date of birth |
May 15, 1970
(1970-05-15) (age 39) |
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Place of birth |
Hoorn, Netherlands |
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Height |
1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in)[1] |
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Playing position |
Defender |
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Club information |
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Current club |
Netherlands
(assistant manager)
Ajax (youth coach) |
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Senior career* |
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Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
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1988–1998 |
Ajax |
328 |
(29) |
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1998–2003 |
FC Barcelona |
143 |
(5) |
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2003–2004 |
Galatasaray |
19 |
(2) |
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2004 |
Rangers |
15 |
(2) |
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2004–2005 |
Al-Rayyan |
16 |
(5) |
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National team‡ |
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1990–2004 |
Netherlands |
112 |
(13) |
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Teams managed |
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2008– |
Ajax (youth coach) |
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2008– |
Netherlands
(assistant manager) |
*
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league
only and correct as of May 6, 2009.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 10, 2006 |
Franciscus "Frank" de Boer (born May 15, 1970
in Hoorn, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch professional footballer. He is the younger twin brother,
by 10 minutes, of Ronald de Boer. As well as being a good
defender, he was also known for his passing
skills and free kicks.
Club
career
De Boer began his career as a left back at Ajax before switching to centre back, a
position he made his own for many years in the national team. After
winning both the Champions League and UEFA Cup
while at Ajax, he joined FC Barcelona where he was unable to repeat
his earlier triumphs and suffered the ignominy of testing positive
for the banned substance nandrolone. De Boer was suspended but he was
reinstated after a successful appeal.[2]
He briefly moved to Galatasaray in the summer of 2003
before joining Rangers in January 2004. He left Rangers
in 2004 after Euro 2004 along with twin brother Ronald
(his teammate at Ajax, Barcelona, and Rangers) to play the rest of
his football career in Qatar
with Al-Rayyan.
Frank de Boer announced his retirement from football in April
2006. Since 2007 he has taken up a coaching role at his former club
Ajax where he is in charge of the club's youth sector.
Coaching
career
Currently, he's the second assistant of the Netherlands national
football team, with retired player Phillip Cocu.
International career
Having represented his national team 112 times, he was the most
capped player in the history of the Netherlands national
team, until Edwin van der Sar surpassed him. De
Boer made his debut for the Netherlands in September 1990 against
Italy.
De Boer also played for the Netherlands in the 1994 and 1998 World
Cups, Euro 92, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, but missed Euro 96 through injury. He is
well-remembered for the arching 60-yard pass which allowed Dennis Bergkamp
to score the last-minute goal that knocked out Argentina in the
quarterfinals of the 1998 World Cup. During Euro 2000, hosted in
his home country and Belgium, De Boer reached another semi-final
with the Dutch team. De Boer missed an important penalty kick in
the penalty shootout in the semi-finals, which led to defeat
against Italy.
De Boer was a natural leader and held the captaincy of the Dutch
national team until his retirement after Euro 2004. He is
considered a talented defender and compensates lack of speed and
pace with tenacity and extra hard work. He ended his international
career in disappointing fashion after an injury forced him to be
replaced in a quarterfinal game with Sweden at Euro 2004. The
injury ruled him out from the semifinal match against Portugal, which the Netherlands lost
1-2.
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Barcelona
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