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 45)
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position 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 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]

Career

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Sky Blue

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Koster made her league debut against Chicago Red Stars on 11 April 2010.[6]

AZ

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Koster made her league debut against Utrecht on 17 February 2011.[7]

Alkmaar

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Koster made her league debut against ADO Den Haag on 9 September 2011.[8] She made her league debut against Heerenveen on 30 September 2011, scoring in the 43rd minute.[9]

Ajax

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Koster made her league debut against Heerenveen on 24 August 2012.[10]

International career

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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.[11]

In 2005, Koster retired from the national team due to problems with Vera Pauw. She was recalled back to the national team in 2007.[12]

In 2009, Koster was a mainstay of the Dutch national team, which reached the semi-finals of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland.[13]

Koster made her 100th international appearance against Slovakia on 1 April 2010.[14]

In June 2013, national team coach Roger Reijners selected Koster for the Netherlands' squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[15]

Later career

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On 10 July 2019, it was announced that Koster had signed a contract with Ajax for an indefinite period.[16]

She became administrative manager of women's football for Ajax, and is part of changing the culture in the club after the incident with Marc Overmars.[17]

Personal life

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Koster maintained a weekly blog for the Telegraaf of Amsterdam.[18] Koster's biography, Never Again Offside, was published by Iris Koppe.[19]

International goals

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

References

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  3. ^ [2][permanent dead link] Women's Professional Soccer
  4. ^ [3] UEFA
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  • Daphne Koster at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Profile (in Dutch) at OnsOranje
  • WPS profile
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