Daphne Koster

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Daphne Koster
Koster (standing) in 2012
Personal information
Full name Daphne Helena Koster[1]
Date of birth (1981-03-13) 13 March 1981 (age 43)
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)
International career
1997 Netherlands U19
1997–2013 Netherlands 139 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daphne Helena Koster (born 13 March 1981) is a retired

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

coach Roger Reijners selected Koster for the Netherlands' squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[8]
She became manager of women's football for Ajax, and is part of changing the culture in the club after the incident with Marc Overmars.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[10]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 20 March 2001 Gemeentelijk Stadion, 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 Fortuna Wormerveer, 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. 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. ^ "Door de prestatiecultuur bij Ajax 'wordt de rest niet gezien': 'Heel gevaarlijk'". NOS.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 December 2017.

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