Daphne Koster

Last updated

Daphne Koster
Daphne Koster.jpg
Koster (standing) in 2012
Personal information
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*
YearsTeamApps(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]

Contents

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]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 March 2001 Gemeentelijk Stadion, Kontich, BelgiumFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3–04–0 Friendly
2.10 May 2001 West Lothian Courier Stadium, Livingston, ScotlandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2–02–0
3.13 August 2001 Fortuna Wormerveer, Wormerveer, NetherlandsFlag of Finland.svg  Finland 2–12–1
4.25 April 2004 Den Dreef, Heverlee, BelgiumFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1–03–0 2005 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
5.10 August 2008 Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria, South AfricaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–02–1 Friendly
6.29 October 2009 Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, NetherlandsFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 7–013–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7.27 March 2010 Polman Stadion, Almelo, NetherlandsFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2–02–0

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anouk Hoogendijk</span> Dutch footballer

Anouk Anna Hoogendijk is a Dutch former professional footballer who played for Ajax as a midfielder or defender. She is nicknamed Noukie. A full international with over 100 caps since 2004 for the Dutch national team, she has represented the nation at one FIFA Women's World Cup and two UEFA Women's Euro tournaments. She played for Bristol Academy Women in the inaugural 2011 FA WSL campaign.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Petra Hogewoning</span> Dutch footballer

Petra Marieka Jacoba Hogewoning is a Dutch retired football defender. She played for clubs in the Netherlands, Russia, the United States and Germany, as well as for the Netherlands women's national football team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Renée Slegers</span> Dutch footballer and coach

Renée Josiena Anna Slegers is a Dutch football coach and former international midfielder. As a player she represented Willem II, as well as Swedish Damallsvenskan clubs Djurgårdens IF and Linköpings FC. She won 55 caps for the Netherlands women's national football team and appeared at UEFA Women's Euro 2013. In November 2018 Slegers was appointed head coach of IF Limhamn Bunkeflo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loes Geurts</span> Dutch footballer (born 1986)

Loes Geurts is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Damallsvenskan club BK Häcken. Since making her international debut in 2005, Geurts has collected over 100 caps for the Netherlands national team. She kept goal for the Netherlands at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mandy van den Berg</span> Dutch footballer

Mandy van den Berg is a Dutch football defender who plays for PSV and formerly for the Netherlands national team. She formerly played club football in the Eredivisie Vrouwen for ADO Den Haag, for Vittsjö GIK of the Swedish Damallsvenskan and for LSK Kvinner FK of the Norwegian Toppserien.

Chantal Alida Maria de Ridder is a Dutch football striker, who played for BeNe League club AFC Ajax as well as the senior Netherlands women's national football team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claudia van den Heiligenberg</span> Dutch female association football player

Claudia Voňková, née Anna Gerarda Maria "Claudia" van den Heiligenberg is a former Dutch footballer who played for Bayern Munich II in the German 2. Bundesliga. She played for the Dutch national team between 2005 and 2016 and won national league and cup titles in the Netherlands.

Angela Anna Christ is a Dutch football goalkeeper, who played for Eredivisie club PSV and for the Netherlands women's national football team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sherida Spitse</span> Dutch footballer

Sherida Spitse is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ajax and the Netherlands national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Merel van Dongen</span> Dutch footballer

Merel Didi van Dongen is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Netherlands women's national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vanity Lewerissa</span> Dutch footballer

Vanity Tonja Caroll Lewerissa is a Dutch football midfielder currently playing for Ajax in the Dutch Eredivisie. She previously played in the Belgian 1st Division for Standard Liège, with whom she has also played the Champions League. As a junior international she played the 2010 U-19 European Championship. She made her debut in the senior Netherlands women's national football team on 6 March 2015 in a match against Finland and was part of the squads at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.

Mandy Versteegt is a former Dutch footballer. She played as a striker for BeNe League club AFC Ajax and the Netherlands national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Desiree van Lunteren</span> Dutch footballer

Desiree van Lunteren is a former Dutch footballer who played as a right-back or a midfielder.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anouk Dekker</span> Dutch footballer

Marieke Anouk Dekker is a Dutch footballer who plays for Braga. She is a member of the Netherlands national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kika van Es</span> Dutch footballer

Kika van Es is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eredivisie club PSV and the Netherlands national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dominique Janssen</span> Dutch footballer

Dominique Johanna Anna Janssen is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for German Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Netherlands national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kelly Zeeman</span> Dutch footballer

Kelly Zeeman is a Dutch professional footballer. She played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liza van der Most</span> Dutch footballer (born 1993)

Liza Estefany van der Most is a Dutch footballer who plays as defender for AFC Ajax in the Eredivisie and the Netherlands women's national football team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sisca Folkertsma</span> Dutch footballer

Sippie Catharine "Sisca" Folkertsma is a Dutch footballer who plays as a forward for French Division 1 Féminine club Bordeaux and the Netherlands national team. She was member of the team that became champions at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. After the tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daphne van Domselaar</span> Dutch footballer

Daphne van Domselaar is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club Twente and the Netherlands national team.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ SC Telstar
  3. ↑ [ permanent dead link ] Women's Professional Soccer
  4. ↑ UEFA
  5. ↑ id.
  6. ↑ "Daphne Koster". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  7. ↑ Jungmann, Bart (13 April 2011). "Daphne Koster 'Ik was liever 24 gebleven, ideale leeftijd'" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant . Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Door de prestatiecultuur bij Ajax 'wordt de rest niet gezien': 'Heel gevaarlijk'". NOS.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 December 2017.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.