Ferdi Vierklau

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Ferdi Vierklau
Personal information
Full name Ferdinand Rudols Marcel Vierklau
Date of birth (1973-04-01) 1 April 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Bilthoven, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
FAK
USV Elinkwijk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1996 Utrecht 117 (4)
1996–1997 Vitesse 30 (1)
1997–1998 Tenerife 32 (1)
1999–2002 Ajax 38 (0)
Total217(6)
International career
1996–1997 Netherlands 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ferdinand 'Ferdi' Rudols Marcel Vierklau (born 1 April 1973) is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a right back.

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Club career

Vierklau was born in Bilthoven, Utrecht. In his country, he played for FC Utrecht, Vitesse Arnhem and AFC Ajax (March 1999 to June 2002), appearing in 185 Eredivisie matches over 11 seasons and scoring five goals; he won the double with the Amsterdam club in the 2001–02 campaign, but was already a fringe player at the time.

Vierklau also played one and a half seasons with CD Tenerife in Spain, [1] being relegated in his second year in La Liga and subsequently signing with Ajax. He retired at the age of 29.

International career

Vierklau earned two caps for the Netherlands, in a period of eight months. His debut was on 5 October 1996, as he played 71 minutes in a 3–1 away win against Wales for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification stages.

Honours

Ajax

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References

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