Marco Boogers

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Marco Boogers
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-01-12) 12 January 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Dordrecht, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
EBOH
Feyenoord
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1988 DS'79 60 (18)
1988–1990 FC Utrecht 60 (15)
1990–1991 RKC 33 (14)
1991–1992 Fortuna Sittard 29 (13)
1992–1995 Sparta Rotterdam 25 (11)
1995–1996 West Ham United 4 (0)
1996 → Groningen (loan) 0 (0)
1996–1997 RKC Waalwijk [2] 9 (0)
1997–1999 FC Volendam 51 (25)
1999–2003 Dordrecht '90 128 (66)
Total399(162)
Managerial career
2005 FC Dordrecht (interim manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Boogers (born 12 January 1967) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward. Boogers spent almost all of his career in the Netherlands, apart from an ill-fated spell at English club West Ham United. He later worked as technical director at FC Dordrecht and managed the club on an interim basis in 2005.

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Playing career

West Ham United

After a decade playing in the Netherlands, especially prolific in their second tier Eerste Divisie, Boogers joined West Ham United from Sparta Rotterdam for £1 million in July 1995, [3] even though West Ham manager Harry Redknapp had never seen him play. [4] Coming on as a substitute against Manchester United at Old Trafford in only his second appearance for the club, he was almost immediately sent off for a violent knee-high challenge on Gary Neville. [5] The press called it a "horror tackle" and suggested that Boogers was hired to injure a Manchester United player on purpose. [6] Boogers himself claimed the wet grass made him slide too far and noted that Neville was able to finish the match, but nevertheless he was suspended for four matches. In November he returned as a substitute against Aston Villa in a 4–1 loss. He played his last match a month later, on 2 December, against Blackburn Rovers in a 4–2 defeat. He never started a league match for West Ham; all four of his appearances for the club were as a substitute. [7]

During his first few months at West Ham Boogers had been suffering from worsening pain in his knee. After an MRI scan he underwent an emergency surgery. As his recovery was expected to take three months he was given permission by Redknapp to return to the Netherlands on 28 December in order to attend the birth of his son. While Boogers was recovering from his injury Redknapp signed another striker, Iain Dowie, rendering Boogers surplus to requirements. [8]

Return to the Netherlands

In February 1996, Boogers was loaned out to Groningen for the remainder of the season, but a few days before he was scheduled to play his first match his knee problems returned and worsened, sending him back into recovery until March 1997. Even though he was still under contract at West Ham, Boogers knew he would not play there again. He last visited the club in February 1996 and never returned.[ citation needed ]

He finished his career playing for RKC Waalwijk, FC Volendam and Dordrecht '90. [8]

Technical director

After retiring as a player, Boogers worked for hometown club Dordrecht as technical director. His position was under threat, after he infamously clashed with then coach Jan Everse over Boogers' behaviour in 2015. [9] The book Koning van de Krommedijk (King of the Krommedijk stadium) was written about Dordrecht's 2014–15 Eredivisie season, but primarily about Boogers. [10]

He was briefly caretaker manager in 2005 after Robert Verbeek was dismissed. [11]

After returning to his previous role, Boogers left the club in August 2017. [12]

After football

Redknapp would later criticise Boogers in an interview, labelling him a poor player. He also claimed that he never saw Boogers play and that he contracted him on a whim based on a videotape where he appeared to be a world class player. Boogers himself disputed this and claimed scouts from West Ham United attended several of his matches with Sparta before signing him.[ citation needed ]

In 2007 Boogers was voted number 19 in The Times' poll of the "50 Worst footballers (to grace the Premier League)." [13]

Personal life

Caravan myth

During his convalescence in the Netherlands, The Sun newspaper ran an article claiming Boogers was depressed and had been found on a mobile home site in the Netherlands. Bill Prosser, who worked as West Ham United's PA and travel arranger at the time, disputed this claim, explaining to The Guardian's "The Fiver":

Marco was depressed after being sent off in his second appearance for West Ham at Old Trafford and disappeared for a few days. West Ham's Clubcall reporter phoned me and said he was trying to find Boogers for an interview but could not reach him. He asked if I had booked any flights for him. I told him I hadn't, but added: 'If he has gone back to Holland, he's probably gone by car again'. The reporter misheard me and stated on Clubcall that I had said 'If he's gone back to Holland, he's probably gone to his caravan'. As you know, journalists often listen to Clubcall. Which explains why, the following day, the back page headline in the Sun was: 'Barmy Boogers Living in a Caravan'. The legend endures and Marco Boogers never played for West Ham again. I feel a bit responsible for his misfortune". [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Marco Boogers Football Stats".
  2. ↑ "Cv Marco Boogers".
  3. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | Premiership | Never again". BBC News. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Redknapp: Sandro's no Boogers". Fourfourtwo.com. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  5. ↑ Kelly, Ciaran (16 July 2011). "The Curious Case of Marco Boogers". Backpage Football. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Premier League Hall of Shame: 4) Marco Boogers". 19 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Marco Boogers". Westhamstats.info. 12 January 1967. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  8. 1 2 "Nederlander grootste miskoop ooit". DePers.nl. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Trainer Everse stapt op bij Dordrecht na conflict met directeur Boogers - NU (in Dutch)
  10. ↑ 'FC Dordrecht-directeur Boogers heeft amicale kant' - Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch)
  11. ↑ Hans de Koning interim-coach FC Dordrecht - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  12. ↑ "Marco Boogers stopt als technisch directeur FC Dordrecht" (in Dutch). FC Dordrecht. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  13. ↑ Murphy, Alex (4 July 2007). "50 worst footballers". The Times. London. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
  14. ↑ "Cannon and Ball; and Thingummywigs". The Guardian. London. 21 November 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
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