Daphne Koster

Daphne Koster

Personal information
Full name	Daphne Helena Koster
Date of birth	March 13, 1981
Place of birth	Den Haag, Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Ajax
Number	3
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–	Ajax	34	(0)
National team^‡
1997	Netherlands U-19
1997–	Netherlands	136	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:20, 9 June 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:44, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Daphne Helena Koster (born 13 March 1981) is a Dutch football defender, currently playing for Ajax in the Vrouwen Eredivisie.^[1] She has also played in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for Sky Blue FC.^[2] A powerful centre back, she is the captain of both the Netherlands women's national football team and Ajax.^[3][4]

Koster made her senior national team debut as a 16-year-old in August 1997, against Switzerland. At the time she was playing for boys' amateur club SVA Assendelft, where she remained until under-19 level.^[5]

In 2009 Koster was a mainstay of the Dutch team which reached the semi-finals of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland.^[6] In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Koster in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.^[7]

References

1. SC Telstar
2. Women's Professional Soccer
3. UEFA
4. id.
5. "Daphne Koster". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
6. Jungmann, Bart (13 April 2011). "Daphne Koster 'Ik was liever 24 gebleven, ideale leeftijd'" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
7. "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.