Frank De Boer

Biography

Frank de Boer (born May 15, 1970 in Hoorn (Hoorn: hoorn (population: 67,952 in 2004) is a municipality and a town in the north-western netherlands,...
[follow hyperlink for more...]) , Netherlands (Netherlands: A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1579; half the country lies below sea level) ) is a Dutch (Dutch: The West Germanic language of the Netherlands) football (football: Any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal) defender (defender: A person who cares for persons or property) . He is the twin brother of Ronald de Boer (Ronald de Boer: ronald de boer (born may 15, 1970 in hoorn, netherlands) is a dutch football...
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He is the most-capped (capped: more facts about this subject) player in the history of Dutch football, having represented his national team 112 times. He made his debut in September 1990 against Italy (Italy: A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD) .

He began his career as a left back at Ajax (Ajax: A mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad) before switching to centre back, a position he made his own for many years in the national team. After winning both the Champions League (Champions League: more facts about this subject) and UEFA Cup (UEFA Cup: a second tournament took place between 1958 and 1960, all tournaments since have been held on a...
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[follow hyperlink for more...]) along with twin brother Ronald (his teammate at Ajax, Barcelona, and Rangers) to play the rest of his football in Qatar (Qatar: An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil) with Al-Rayyan.

De Boer was a natural leader and held the captaincy of the Dutch national team until his retirement after Euro 2004. He is considered a talented defender as what he makes up for lack of speed and pace, he makes up for in tenacity and extra work rate. De Boer performed best when partnering Jaap Stam (Jaap Stam: jaap stam (born july 17, 1972 in kampen, netherlands) is a dutch football player....
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De Boer ended his international career in disappointing fashion after an injury forced him to be replaced in a quarterfinal game with Sweden (Sweden: A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula) at Euro 2004. The injury ruled him out of the semifinal match with Portugal (Portugal: A republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)) which the Netherlands (the Netherlands: A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1579; half the country lies below sea level) lost 2-1 to go out of the tournament.

De Boer also played for the Netherlands in the 1994 (1994: more facts about this subject) and 1998 World Cup (1998 World Cup: more facts about this subject) s, Euro 92 (Euro 92: the 1992 european football championship (euro 92) final tournament was hosted by swede...
[follow hyperlink for more...]) , and Euro 2000 (Euro 2000: the 2000 uefa european championship, or euro 2000, was the 11th edition of the uefa...
[follow hyperlink for more...]) . He had a memorable assist on Dennis Bergkamp (Dennis Bergkamp: dennis bergkamp (born may 10, 1969 in amsterdam) is a former dutch international...
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