Daphne Koster

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Daphne Koster
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Personal information
Full name Daphne Helena Koster[1]
Date of birth (1981-03-13) 13 March 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1987–2000 SVA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 Ter Leede
2007–2010 AZ 56 (8)
2010 Sky Blue FC 18 (0)
2011 AZ 4 (0)
2011–2012 Telstar 8 (1)
2012–2017 Ajax 87 (0)
National team
1997 Netherlands U19
1997–2013 Netherlands 139 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Daphne Helena Koster (born 13 March 1981) is a retired Dutch football player, who played as a defender for Ajax in the Vrouwen Eredivisie.[2] She also played in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for Sky Blue FC.[3] A powerful centre back, she was the captain of both the Netherlands women's national football team and Ajax.[4][5]

Koster made her senior national team debut as a 16-year-old in August 1997 against Switzerland. At the time, she was playing for a boys' amateur club, SVA Assendelft, where she played until under-19 level.[6]

In 2009, Koster was a mainstay of the Dutch national team, which reached the semi-finals of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland.[7] In June 2013, national team coach Roger Reijners selected Koster for the Netherlands' squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[8]

International goals[]

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[9]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 20 March 2001 , Kontich, Belgium  Belgium 3–0 4–0 Friendly
2. 10 May 2001 West Lothian Courier Stadium, Livingston, Scotland  Scotland 2–0 2–0
3. 13 August 2001 , Wormerveer, Netherlands  Finland 2–1 2–1
4. 25 April 2004 Den Dreef, Heverlee, Belgium  Belgium 1–0 3–0 2005 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
5. 10 August 2008 Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa  South Africa 1–0 2–1 Friendly
6. 29 October 2009 Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands  North Macedonia 7–0 13–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7. 27 March 2010 Polman Stadion, Almelo, Netherlands  Slovakia 2–0 2–0

References[]

  1. ^ Pinedo, Danielle (7 August 2020). "Daphne Koster: 'Mensen denken soms dat ik keihard ben'" [Daphne Koster: 'People sometimes think I'm tough']. NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ^ [1] SC Telstar
  3. ^ [2][permanent dead link] Women's Professional Soccer
  4. ^ [3] UEFA
  5. ^ [4] id.
  6. ^ "Daphne Koster". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  7. ^ Jungmann, Bart (13 April 2011). "Daphne Koster 'Ik was liever 24 gebleven, ideale leeftijd'" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 December 2017.

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