Björn van der Doelen
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Wouterus Jacobus Antonius "Björn" van der Doelen (born 24 August 1976 in Goirle
Goirle
Goirle is a municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Part of the suburban area of the city of Tilburg, it shares with it its phone area code and public transport system....

, North Brabant
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) is a former football midfielder
Midfielder
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 from the Netherlands
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, who started his professional career for PSV Eindhoven in the 1994/95 season
1994-95 in Dutch football
The 1994/95 season in Dutch football saw Ajax Amsterdam winning the title in the Eredivisie, while Feyenoord Rotterdam won the Dutch National Cup. For the first time in history of Dutch professional football a club stayed unbeaten in the highest league...

 in the Dutch highest league, Eredivisie
Eredivisie
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. Later on he played for Standard Liège
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 (Belgium), FC Twente
FC Twente
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 and NEC Nijmegen.

Recently, he started a career as singer/songwriter in the band Allez Soldaat, with band members Maarten van der Zanden (guitar), Steffen Pauws (bass) and Jules Fransen (drums).
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