Daphne Koster
Dutch footballer
Koster
(standing)
in 2012
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daphne Helena Koster [1] | ||
Date of birth | ( 1981-03-13 ) 13 March 1981 (age 42) | ||
Place of birth | The Hague , Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1987–2000 | SVA | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls ) |
2000–2007 | Ter Leede | ||
2007–2010 | AZ | 56 | (8) |
2010 | Sky Blue FC | 18 | (0) |
2011 | AZ | 4 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Telstar | 8 | (1) |
2012–2017 | Ajax | 87 | (0) |
International career | |||
1997 | Netherlands U19 | ||
1997–2013 | Netherlands | 139 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Daphne Helena Koster (born 13 March 1981) is a retired Dutch football player, who played as a defender for Ajax in the Vrouwen Eredivisie . [2] She also played in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for Sky Blue FC . [3] A powerful centre back , she was the captain of both the Netherlands women's national football team and Ajax. [4] [5]
Koster made her senior national team debut as a 16-year-old in August 1997 against Switzerland . At the time, she was playing for a boys' amateur club, SVA Assendelft, where she played until under-19 level. [6]
In 2009, Koster was a mainstay of the Dutch national team, which reached the semi-finals of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland . [7] In June 2013, national team coach Roger Reijners selected Koster for the Netherlands' squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden . [8] She became manager of women's football for Ajax, and is part of changing the culture in the club after the incident with Marc Overmars . [9]
International goals
- Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first. [10]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 20 March 2001 | Gemeentelijk Stadion , Kontich , Belgium | Belgium | 3 –0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
2. | 10 May 2001 | West Lothian Courier Stadium , Livingston , Scotland | Scotland | 2 –0 | 2–0 | |
3. | 13 August 2001 | Fortuna Wormerveer , Wormerveer , Netherlands | Finland | 2 –1 | 2–1 | |
4. | 25 April 2004 | Den Dreef , Heverlee , Belgium | Belgium | 1 –0 | 3–0 | 2005 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
5. | 10 August 2008 | Caledonian Stadium , Pretoria , South Africa | South Africa | 1 –0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
6. | 29 October 2009 | Oosterenkstadion , Zwolle , Netherlands | North Macedonia | 7 –0 | 13–1 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
7. | 27 March 2010 | Polman Stadion , Almelo , Netherlands | Slovakia | 2 –0 | 2–0 |
References
- ↑ Pinedo, Danielle (7 August 2020). "Daphne Koster: 'Mensen denken soms dat ik keihard ben' " [ Daphne Koster: 'People sometimes think I'm tough' ] . NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch) . Retrieved 22 December 2021 .
- ↑ SC Telstar
- ↑ [ permanent dead link ] Women's Professional Soccer
- ↑ UEFA
- ↑ id.
- ↑ "Daphne Koster" . UEFA.com . UEFA . Archived from the original on 21 July 2013 . Retrieved 21 July 2013 .
- ↑ Jungmann, Bart (13 April 2011). "Daphne Koster 'Ik was liever 24 gebleven, ideale leeftijd' " (in Dutch). de Volkskrant . Retrieved 21 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad" . UEFA.com . UEFA . 30 June 2013 . Retrieved 21 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Door de prestatiecultuur bij Ajax 'wordt de rest niet gezien': 'Heel gevaarlijk' " . NOS.nl (in Dutch). NOS . 12 July 2022 . Retrieved 12 July 2022 .
- ↑ "Profile" . onsoranje.nl (in Dutch) . Retrieved 22 December 2017 .
External links
- Daphne Koster at Soccerway
- Profile (in Dutch) at OnsOranje
- WPS profile
Netherlands squads
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