Govert Boyen

Last updated

Govert Boyen
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-03-07) 7 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
unemployed
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998 Hasselt 8 (0)
1999–2001 Diest 0 (0)
2001–2002 Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee 30 (0)
2002–2004 Antwerp 5 (0)
2004–2007 Lommel United 97 (0)
2007–2008 OH Leuven 32 (0)
2008Dordrecht (loan) ? (?)
2009 Verbroedering Geel-Meerhout 8 (0)
2009–2012 Veldwezelt 8 (0)
2013–2014 Herk 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2012

Govert Boyen (born 7 March 1977 in Sint-Truiden) is a Belgian reitred football goalkeeper. He was last on the books of Veldwezelt where he retired in the summer of 2012. [1] After that he became goalkeeping coach and due to unavailability of the main goalkeeper at Herk FC, he made two more appearances in December 2013 and January 2014. [2] In the 2016-17 season he was again twice on the bench but did not appear for Zepperen-Brustem.

Previously, he played for Antwerp in the Belgian Pro League and spent most of his career with Lommel United and OH Leuven in the Belgian Second Division.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jan Koller</span> Czech footballer

Jan Koller is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was noted for his height, strong physique and heading ability.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Philippa Boyens</span> New Zealand screenwriter

Philippa Jane Boyens is a New Zealand screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplay for The Lord of the Rings series, King Kong, The Lovely Bones, and the three-part film series The Hobbit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean-Marie Pfaff</span> Belgian footballer

Jean-Marie Pfaff is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper who spent most of his professional career with Beveren and Bayern Munich. Pfaff was capped 64 times playing for Belgium, and participated at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup tournaments. Pfaff was named goalkeeper of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and he was the first player to receive the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper award in 1987.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michel Preud'homme</span> Belgian footballer (born 1959)

Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'homme is a Belgian retired footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper. Currently, he is vice-president and sports director at Standard Liège.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Víctor Valdés</span> Spanish footballer

Víctor Valdés Arribas is a Spanish football coach and former professional player from Catalonia who played as a goalkeeper. He spent most of his professional career with Barcelona in La Liga appearing in 535 official games whilst winning 21 major titles. Internationally he was also part of the Spain squads which won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. Regarded as one of Barcelona's best-ever goalkeepers, Valdés also went on to play for Manchester United, Standard Liège and Middlesbrough.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn</span> Dutch mathematician

Nicolaas Govert "Dick"de Bruijn was a Dutch mathematician, noted for his many contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics and logic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrew Boyens</span> New Zealand footballer

Andrew Victor Boyens is a New Zealand former footballer who played as an centre-back and is the technical director for New Zealand Boyens has represented New Zealand at the international level.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean-François Gillet</span> Belgian footballer (born 1979)

Jean-François Gillet is a Belgian professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He works as a goalkeeping coach at Standard Liège. At international level, he was a member of the Belgian squad that took part at UEFA Euro 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piet Kraak</span> Dutch footballer

Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Kraak was a Dutch football goalkeeper and manager. Known for his ferocity in the penalty area, Kraak played most of his senior career for Stormvogels. He also gained 33 caps for the Netherlands national team, including appearances at the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1952 Summer Olympics. After his playing career he worked as a coach, notably at Velox before moving to Denmark where he coached AaB and Holbæk B&I, among others.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon Mignolet</span> Belgian footballer (born 1988)

Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge.

Geurts is a Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Geurt may be a variant of Geert from Gerard, or a short form of Govert or Godert. Notable people with the surname include:

Govert is a Dutch masculine given name. It is a form of the name Godfried. Other forms include Govaart and Govaert. People with this name include:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mathew Ryan</span> Australian soccer player (born 1992)

Mathew David Ryan is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Roma and captains the Australia national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thibaut Courtois</span> Belgian footballer (born 1992)

Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid. Regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world, he is known for his reflexes, acrobatic saves, and command of the penalty area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matz Sels</span> Belgian footballer (born 1992)

Matz Willy Els Sels is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Belgium national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Govert-Marinus Augustijn</span>

Govert-Marinus Augustijn was a Dutch potter in the style of the Art Nouveau. He was the son of pottery manufacturer Govert Johannes Augustijn and Maria van Dijke.

The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short is a 1966 Belgian drama film directed by André Delvaux, starring Senne Rouffaer and Beata Tyszkiewicz. It tells the story of a schoolteacher who falls in love with one of his students, and moves away in order to escape his infatuation. The film is based on the 1947 novel with the same title by Johan Daisne.

Boyen may refer to:

<i>The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim</i> Upcoming anime fantasy film

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is an upcoming anime fantasy film directed by Kenji Kamiyama from a screenplay by the writing teams of Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews and Phoebe Gittins & Arty Papageorgiou. It is based on the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. Produced by New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Animation, and Sola Entertainment, the film stars Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino, Miranda Otto, Laurence Ubong Williams, and Shaun Dooley. The War of the Rohirrim is set 183 years before Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and tells the story of Helm Hammerhand (Cox), a legendary king of Rohan, and his family as they defend their kingdom against an army of Dunlendings.

Jan Boyen is a former Paralympian sportsman from Belgium. He competed in powerlifting, motorcycle sport, para-cycling and equestrianism.

References

  1. "Govert Boyen" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20140106_00915359