Daphne Koster
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| Personal information | |||
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| 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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:20, 9 June 2015 (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
- ↑ SC Telstar
- ↑ Women's Professional Soccer
- ↑ UEFA
- ↑ id.
- ↑ "Daphne Koster". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ↑ Jungmann, Bart (13 April 2011). "Daphne Koster 'Ik was liever 24 gebleven, ideale leeftijd'" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ↑ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
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