Milano Koenders
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 31 July 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | DWS | ||
Youth career | |||
?–1996 | SDZ | ||
1996–2006 | Ajax | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | RKC Waalwijk | 30 | (0) |
2007–2012 | AZ Alkmaar | 21 | (0) |
2009 | → N.E.C. (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2010 | → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2010–2012 | → NAC Breda (loan) | 24 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Heracles Almelo | 53 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Concordia Chiajna | 18 | (1) |
2019– | DWS | ||
National team | |||
2005–2006 | Netherlands U20 | 2 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Netherlands U21 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:39, 20 March 2019 (UTC) |
Milano Koenders (Dutch pronunciation: [miˈlaːnoː ˈkundərs]) (born 31 July 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a centre back or as a right-back for AFC DWS. Koenders also runs his own football school.
Club career[]
Koenders is a defender who was born in Amsterdam. He began his career at SDZ before joining the Ajax youth department in 1996. He left Ajax after ten years, in 2006.
Koenders then joined to RKC Waalwijk and made his debut in the professional football in the 2006–07 season, playing 30 matches. After one year, he left the club in 2007, and moved to AZ Alkmaar. In January 2009, he was loaned out to N.E.C.[1] AZ went on to win the 2008–09 Eredivisie in his absence.
He was once again loaned out in early 2010, this time to Sparta Rotterdam. In the summer of 2010, he signed another loan contract, now at NAC Breda.[2] In 2016, he opened his own football school.[3]
In summer 2016, Koenders joined Romanian club Concordia Chiajna for the 2016–17 season.[4]
In May 2019 it was confirmed, that AFC DWS would collaborate with the football school of Koenders. One month later, in June, AFC DWS announced that Koenders also would be playing for the club.[5]
International career[]
Born in the Netherlands, Koenders is of Surinamese descent.[6] Koenders was member of the U-21 team (Jong-Oranje), he played his first game on 14 November 2006 against England.[7] He also represented Suriname in 2 unofficial matches against W Connection F.C. and Curaçao national football team. And was the captain both times.
Career statistics[]
Season | Club | League | Games | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|
2006/07 | RKC Waalwijk | Eredivisie | 30 | 0 |
2007/08 | AZ Alkmaar | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 |
2008/09 | AZ Alkmaar | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 |
2008/09 | NEC Nijmegen | Eredivisie | 14 | 2 |
2009/10 | Sparta Rotterdam | Eredivisie | 13 | 1 |
2010/11 | NAC Breda | Eredivisie | 24 | 0 |
2011/12 | NAC Breda | Eredivisie | 25 | 1 |
2012/13 | Heracles Almelo | Eredivisie | 23 | 0 |
2013/14 | Heracles Almelo | Eredivisie | 15 | 0 |
2014/15 | Heracles Almelo | Eredivisie | 15 | 0 |
2016/17 | Concordia Chiajna | Liga I | 18 | 1 |
Total | 198 | 5 |
Honours[]
AZ Alkmaar
References[]
- ^ [1] Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine KOENDERS MAKES NEC LOAN SWITCH
- ^ [2] Bij AZ overbodige Koenders maakt seizoen af bij NAC
- ^ [3]
- ^ ""Vulturii" au obținut semnătura fundașului Milano Koenders". C.S. Concordia Chiajna (in Romanian). Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ DWS stunt met aantrekken van oud-prof Milano Koenders, hetamsterdamschevoetbal.nl, 13 June 2019
- ^ "Suriname naar WK 2018: "Wordt een aardig team"". 5 December 2014.
- ^ [4][permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Milano Koenders at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- Milano Koenders at Soccerway
- Milano Koenders at WorldFootball.net
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Association football central defenders
- Association football fullbacks
- Dutch footballers
- Footballers from Amsterdam
- Netherlands youth international footballers
- Netherlands under-21 international footballers
- Dutch people of Surinamese descent
- Eredivisie players
- Liga I players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- AZ Alkmaar players
- NEC Nijmegen players
- NAC Breda players
- Heracles Almelo players
- CS Concordia Chiajna players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Dutch football defender stubs