Ronald de Boer
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Ronaldus "Ronald" de Boer (roːˈnɑl.dʏs ˈroː.nɑlt də ˈbur) (born 15 May 1970 in Hoorn
, Netherlands
) is a former Dutch
football midfielder
who has played for the Dutch national team
as well as a host of professional clubs in Europe. He is the older twin brother of Frank de Boer
.
(1987–88). On the professional club level, Ronald played for Ajax (1988–91 and 1993–98), Twente
(1991–93), FC Barcelona
(1998–2000), Rangers
(2000–04), Al-Rayyan (2004–05) and Al-Shamal
(2005–08). In both Qatari clubs, he was reunited again with his brother Frank, his teammate at Ajax, Barcelona and Rangers.
de Boer won the Champions League
with Ajax in 1994–95 season. While impressive at Ajax during the early 1990s towards the 1998 FIFA World Cup
, his high-profile transfer to Barcelona marked what would be an unlikely bad patch for a prolific goal-scoring midfielder as he managed to feature in only 33 games for the club and only scored one goal overall. In the 2000–01 season, he opted to join the Dutch legion at Rangers under the manager Dick Advocaat
. Among the Dutch internationals who at that time played for the Rangers were Arthur Numan
, Bert Konterman
, Fernando Ricksen
and Giovanni van Bronckhorst
. He spent four seasons with the club before joining Al-Rayyan after the 2003–04 season.
de Boer recovered from surgery on a neck injury and decided not to play in Al-Shamal's last two games of the 2006–07 season. On 19 March 2008, de Boer canceled his contract with Qatar
outfit Al-Shamal and retired.
and scored 13 goals for the Dutch national team
. He played for the Netherlands in the 1994 and the 1998 World Cups, where he played in six matches and scored two goals. He missed a penalty in the penalty shootout
against Brazil
in the 1998 semi-finals. de Boer also played in Euro 96 and Euro 2000.
In the Dutch national team de Boer was used in various positions, including right-half, centre forward, and attacking midfielder. In his early Ajax years, de Boer played either centre forward or attacking midfielder. In later years he shifted to right midfield.
de Boer was never officially captain of the Dutch national team or Ajax, but he has worn the captain's armband on several occasions for both club teams and the national team when the first-choice captain was not playing. In most teams, this was his brother Frank, with whom he has played side by side for most of his career.
|1987–88||rowspan="4"|Ajax||rowspan="4"|Eredivisie
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|1988–89||17||5||||||||||||||||
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|1989–90||20||7||||||||||||||||
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|1990–91||14||1||||||||||||||||
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|1991–92||rowspan="2"|Twente
||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie
||33||11||||||||||||||||
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|1992–93||16||11||||||||||||||||
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|1992–93||rowspan="7"|Ajax||rowspan="7"|Eredivisie
||15||5||||||||||||||||
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|1993–94||28||5||||||||||||||||
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|1994–95||25||5||||||||||||||||
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|1995–96||31||7||||||||||||||||
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|1996–97||28||5||||||||||||||||
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|1997–98||30||7||||||||||||||||
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|1998–99||15||2||||||||||||||||
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|1998–99||rowspan="2"|Barcelona
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
||13||0||||||||||||||||
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|1999–00||20||1||||||||||||||||
|-
|2000–01||rowspan="4"|Rangers
||rowspan="4"|Premier League
||17||6||1||0||1||0||7||1||24||7
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|2001–02||25||8||4||0||3||0||7||2||39||10
|-
|2002–03||33||16||5||1||3||1||2||2||43||20
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|2003–04||16||2||2||1||1||0||2||0||21||3
272||72||||||||||||||||
37||1||||||||||||||||
91||32||12||2||8||1||18||5||129||40
400||105||||||||||||||||
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|1993||4||3
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|1994||11||3
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|1995||7||0
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|1996||10||3
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|1997||4||0
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|1998||13||3
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|1999||7||0
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|2000||7||1
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|2001||1||0
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|2002||2||0
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|2003||1||0
|-
!Total||67||13
|}
Hoorn
-Cities :* Purmerend * Enkhuizen * Alkmaar * Amsterdam * Lelystad * Den Helder * Leeuwarden -Towns :* Edam...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
) is a former Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
football midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
who has played for the Dutch national team
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
as well as a host of professional clubs in Europe. He is the older twin brother of Frank de Boer
Frank de Boer
Franciscus "Frank" de Boer is a Dutch former professional footballer, and the younger twin brother of Ronald de Boer. Since 6 December 2010 he is the Manager of AFC Ajax.-Club career:...
.
Club career
At the amateur level, de Boer played for De Zouaven (1986–87) and LutjebroekLutjebroek
Lutjebroek is a village in the Netherlands. It is part of the municipality of Stede Broec. Lutjebroek has a population of just over 2000 people.In colloquial Dutch, Lutjebroek has become synonymous with "any insignificant speck on the map"...
(1987–88). On the professional club level, Ronald played for Ajax (1988–91 and 1993–98), Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
(1991–93), FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
(1998–2000), Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
(2000–04), Al-Rayyan (2004–05) and Al-Shamal
Al-Shamal
Al-Shamal is a Qatari football club based in Madinat ash Shamal. Al-Shamal were founded in 1980.- Notable Coaches : Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Allan Johnson Carlos Roberto Cabral Hemdan Hamad Adilson Fernandes Valdeir Vieira Stefano Impagliazzo Luiz Alberto - Current squad : - Current...
(2005–08). In both Qatari clubs, he was reunited again with his brother Frank, his teammate at Ajax, Barcelona and Rangers.
de Boer won the Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
with Ajax in 1994–95 season. While impressive at Ajax during the early 1990s towards the 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
, his high-profile transfer to Barcelona marked what would be an unlikely bad patch for a prolific goal-scoring midfielder as he managed to feature in only 33 games for the club and only scored one goal overall. In the 2000–01 season, he opted to join the Dutch legion at Rangers under the manager Dick Advocaat
Dick Advocaat
Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat is a Dutch football manager and former player currently the manager of the Russia national football team.He has been moderately successful as a football player and as a coach, which included two stints with the Dutch national football team...
. Among the Dutch internationals who at that time played for the Rangers were Arthur Numan
Arthur Numan
Arthur Numan is a retired Dutch footballer. He played as a left back and was a regular fixture in Netherlands national football team...
, Bert Konterman
Bert Konterman
Bert Konterman is a former professional footballer from the Netherlands. He retired in June 2004.Konterman's career began with the local amateur club SC Rouveen, then went on to play for clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie including FC Zwolle, Cambuur, Willem II and Feyenoord, until he was snapped up by...
, Fernando Ricksen
Fernando Ricksen
Fernando Ricksen is a Dutch football defender/midfielder. He played on the right side of defence, midfield or as a central holding player...
and Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst OON , known as Gio in Spain, is a retired Dutch footballer of Moluccan descent who served as the captain of the Dutch national team from August 2008 until his retirement....
. He spent four seasons with the club before joining Al-Rayyan after the 2003–04 season.
de Boer recovered from surgery on a neck injury and decided not to play in Al-Shamal's last two games of the 2006–07 season. On 19 March 2008, de Boer canceled his contract with Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
outfit Al-Shamal and retired.
International career
de Boer won 67 capsCap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
and scored 13 goals for the Dutch national team
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
. He played for the Netherlands in the 1994 and the 1998 World Cups, where he played in six matches and scored two goals. He missed a penalty in the penalty shootout
Penalty shootout (football)
A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...
against Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
in the 1998 semi-finals. de Boer also played in Euro 96 and Euro 2000.
In the Dutch national team de Boer was used in various positions, including right-half, centre forward, and attacking midfielder. In his early Ajax years, de Boer played either centre forward or attacking midfielder. In later years he shifted to right midfield.
de Boer was never officially captain of the Dutch national team or Ajax, but he has worn the captain's armband on several occasions for both club teams and the national team when the first-choice captain was not playing. In most teams, this was his brother Frank, with whom he has played side by side for most of his career.
Statistics
|-|1987–88||rowspan="4"|Ajax||rowspan="4"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
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|1990–91||14||1||||||||||||||||
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|1991–92||rowspan="2"|Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
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|1992–93||16||11||||||||||||||||
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|1992–93||rowspan="7"|Ajax||rowspan="7"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
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|1993–94||28||5||||||||||||||||
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|1994–95||25||5||||||||||||||||
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|1995–96||31||7||||||||||||||||
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|1996–97||28||5||||||||||||||||
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|1997–98||30||7||||||||||||||||
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|1998–99||15||2||||||||||||||||
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|1998–99||rowspan="2"|Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||13||0||||||||||||||||
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|1999–00||20||1||||||||||||||||
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|2000–01||rowspan="4"|Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
||rowspan="4"|Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
||17||6||1||0||1||0||7||1||24||7
|-
|2001–02||25||8||4||0||3||0||7||2||39||10
|-
|2002–03||33||16||5||1||3||1||2||2||43||20
|-
|2003–04||16||2||2||1||1||0||2||0||21||3
272||72||||||||||||||||
37||1||||||||||||||||
91||32||12||2||8||1||18||5||129||40
400||105||||||||||||||||
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|-
|1993||4||3
|-
|1994||11||3
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|1995||7||0
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|1996||10||3
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|1997||4||0
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|1998||13||3
|-
|1999||7||0
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|2000||7||1
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|2001||1||0
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|2002||2||0
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|2003||1||0
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!Total||67||13
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Ajax
- EredivisieEredivisieThe Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
: 5- 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98
- KNVB CupKNVB CupThe KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
: 1- 1997–98
- Johan Cruijff Shield: 3
- 1993, 19941994 Dutch SupercupThe match for the fifth Dutch Supercup was held on 21 August 1994 in the Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam. The match featured the winners of the 1993-94 Eredivisie Ajax and the winners of the 1993-94 KNVB Cup Feyenoord...
, 19951995 Dutch SupercupThe match for the sixth Dutch Supercup was held on 16 August 1995 in the De Kuip in Rotterdam. The match featured the winners of the 1994–95 Dutch first division, and of course the UEFA Champions League 1995, Ajax, and, the winners of the 1994–95 KNVB Cup, Feyenoord. This was the third...
- 1993, 1994
- UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
: 1- 19951995 UEFA Champions League FinalThe 1995 UEFA Champions League Final was the 40th edition and took place in Vienna between AFC Ajax and A.C. Milan. It was Milan's third European Cup final in three years and they were aiming to tie Real Madrid's record of having won the European Cup six times...
- 1995
- UEFA Super Cup: 1
- 19951995 UEFA Super CupThe 1995 UEFA Super Cup was contested between the UEFA Champions League holders AFC Ajax and the Cup Winners' Cup holders Real Zaragoza. The cup was played later than usual, the two legs taking place in February 1996. The first leg was draw 1–1 at the La Romareda stadium in Zaragoza. The...
- 1995
- Intercontinental CupIntercontinental Cup (football)The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
: 1- 19951995 Intercontinental CupThe 1995 Intercontinental Cup was a football match played on November 28, 1995 between Ajax, winners of the 1994-95 European Cup, and Grêmio, winners of the 1995 Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo...
- 1995
Rangers
- Scottish Premier LeagueScottish Premier LeagueThe Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
: 1- 2002–03
- Scottish CupScottish CupThe Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
: 2- 2001–02, 2002–03
- Scottish League CupScottish League CupThe Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...
: 2- 2001–02, 2002–03