Paul Bosvelt

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Paul Bosvelt

Full name	Paul Bosvelt
Date of birth	March 26, 1970 (1970-03-26) (age 38)
Place of birth	Doetinchem, Netherlands
Height	183cm
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1994 1994-1997 1997-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007	Go Ahead Eagles Twente Feyenoord Manchester City Heerenveen Total 1989-2007	139 (27) 096 (21) 177 (33) 053 0(2) 058 0(5) 523 (88)
National team²
2000-2004	Netherlands	24 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 6, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of December 10, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Bosvelt (born March 26, 1970 in Doetinchem) is a former Dutch footballer.

Bosvelt worked his way through the Dutch leagues with Go Ahead Eagles and FC Twente before making his big move to Feyenoord in 1997.

Bosvelt went on to develop a reputation as a fearsome midfield general at de Kuip, making 167 top-flight appearances and leading the side to the Eredivisie title in 1999 and in the 2002, guided his team to UEFA Cup victory as a captain. In 2003, Bosvelt joined English Premiership side Manchester City where he became and inportant player, but after 2 seasons he returned home to play for SC Heerenveen.

Bosvelt obtained 24 caps for the Netherlands national football team. He played for Holland on the European Championships of 2000 and 2004. After the latter tournament, to which he was called as a last-minute substitute, he decided to retire from international football.

Bosvelt retired from professional football on May 13, 2007, after a loss with SC Heerenveen (0-4) against Ajax Amsterdam. He played a total number of 523 games in the Dutch football leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie).

[edit] External links

Official website/blog (in Dutch)
Photos and stats at sporting-heroes.net

v • d • e Netherlands squad - UEFA Euro 2004

1 van der Sar • 2 Reiziger • 3 Stam • 4 Bouma • 5 van Bronckhorst • 6 Cocu • 7 van der Meyde • 8 Davids • 9 Kluivert • 10 van Nistelrooy • 11 van der Vaart • 12 Makaay • 13 Westerveld • 14 Sneijder • 15 F. de Boer • 16 Overmars • 17 van Hooijdonk • 18 Heitinga • 19 Robben • 20 Seedorf • 21 Bosvelt • 22 Zenden • 23 Waterreus • Coach: Advocaat