Football Club Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese Boys. It was the holder of the 2011 KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield trophies, and was Eredivisie champion in the 2009–10 season; the club has also finished as Eredivisie runner-up twice, was runner-up in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup, and has won the KNVB Cup three times. Twente's home ground since 1998 is De Grolsch Veste. Since 2019, the team have played in the Eredivisie, the top division of Dutch football.
Frans Thijssen is a Dutch former footballer. He started his professional career in 1970 with NEC Nijmegen. In 1973, he moved to FC Twente, where the midfielder played for nearly six seasons.
Paul Bosvelt is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who is technical director of Go Ahead Eagles.
Nikolay Borislavov Mihaylov is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Levski Sofia, where he is also the captain, and the Bulgarian national team.
Alfred Schreuder is a Dutch football coach and former player who is the manager of UAE Pro League club Al Ain FC.
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Otman Bakkal is a Dutch retired international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Karim El-Ahmadi Aroussi is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. El-Ahmadi was born in the Netherlands and played for FC Twente and Feyenoord before moving to the Premier League with Aston Villa in 2012 and subsequently returning to Feyenoord in September 2014 and before moving to the Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Professional League in 2018. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Morocco internationally.
Sander Bernard Jozef Boschker is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach at Twente.
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Eimert "Epi" Drost was an association football player and manager from the Netherlands, best known for his time with FC Twente.
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