Rodney Ubbergen

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Rodney Ubbergen
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-04-06) 6 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
AFC
Ajax
AZ
RKC Waalwijk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2009 RBC Roosendaal 4 (0)
2009–2012 Telstar 9 (0)
2012–2014 SC Cambuur 0 (0)
2014–2015 FC Oss 1 (0)
2016–2019 DOVO 45+ (0)
Total59+(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rodney Ubbergen (born 6 April 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. [1] He is of Surinamese descent. [2]

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Career

Born in Amsterdam, Ubbergen has played for AFC, Ajax, AZ, RKC Waalwijk, RBC Roosendaal, Telstar, Cambuur and FC Oss. [3] [4]

After two seasons with Cambuur, he signed with FC Oss in August 2014 on an amateur basis. [5] In 2016, he joined amateur club DOVO. [6]

Personal life

Ubbergen has discussed his preference for the lower pressure and greater community feel of amateur football. In an interview with Vice , he explained that he finds more personal satisfaction and happiness playing on amateur fields and in local community settings rather than within the professional circuit. [7]

His private life has occasionally featured in the media, with Ubbergen dating model Kim Feenstra between 2014 and 2015. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rodney Ubbergen at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Unknown".[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Ronald Zwiers. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ubbergen derde doelman bij FC Oss" (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "DOVO versterkt zich per direct met Rodney Ubbergen". v.v. DOVO (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Langbroek, Jesper (7 March 2018). "Waarom Rodney Ubbergen gelukkiger is op amateurvelden en pleintjes". VICE (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "FC Oss-doelman dumpt Kim Feenstra voor ex-vrouw" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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