Paul Bosvelt

Paul Bosvelt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpʌul ˈbɔsfɛlt], born 26 March 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Go Ahead Eagles and Twente before moving to Feyenoord in 1997. After six seasons with Feyenoord he joined Manchester City. Two years later, he returned to the Netherlands spending two seasons at SC Heerenveen before retiring.

Paul Bosvelt
Personal information
Full name Paul Bosvelt
Date of birth (1970-03-26) 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 SC Heerenveen 58 (5)
Total 523 (88)
National team
2000–2004[1] Netherlands 24 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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,[2] where he played an important role in the team. However, after two seasons he returned to Netherlands where he finished his career at SC Heerenveen.[3]

International career

Bosvelt made his debut for the Netherlands in a March 2000 friendly match against Belgium and earned a total of 24 caps, scoring no goals.[4] 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 470 games in both Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie.

In summer 2016 Bosvelt was named coach at Jong FC Twente next to his position as an assistant at Netherlands U-21.[5] Since April 2018 Bosvelt is technical manager at Go Ahead Eagles.

Honours

Club

Feyenoord

References
  1. "Paul Bosvelt - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. Paul Bosvelt voor twee jaar naar Man City - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  3. sc Heerenveen contracteert Paul Bosvelt - Heerenveen (in Dutch)
  4. Intl career stats Archived 5 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine - Ons Oranje (in Dutch)
  5. Paul Bosvelt trainer van de beloften van FC Twente - RTV Oost (in Dutch)


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