Diederik Boer

Diederik Boer (born 24 September 1980) is a former Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent most of his career playing for PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie.[1] After retirement in 2019, he is now the goalkeeping coach for the PEC Zwolle youth teams.[2]

Diederik Boer
FC Volendam – FC Zwolle; 24 August 2007
Personal information
Full name Diederik Boer
Date of birth (1980-09-24) 24 September 1980
Place of birth Emmeloord, Netherlands
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Flevo Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2014 PEC Zwolle 293 (0)
2014–2017 Ajax 2 (0)
2017–2019 PEC Zwolle 33 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 July 2018

Career

Boer was born in Emmeloord, Netherlands. He made his professional debut on 8 March 2003, when FC Zwolle lost to Ajax 5–0.[3] On 31 August 2014, he signed a three-year contract with Ajax to replace the departed Kenneth Vermeer as second keeper behind Jasper Cillessen.[4] Boer is missing the little finger of his right hand, meaning he plays with only 9 fingers.[5]

Honours

Club

PEC Zwolle

Ajax

References
  1. "Diederik Boer" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  2. "'Zwolle club icon' Diederik Boer (38) will stop keeping after this season | tellerreport.com". www.tellerreport.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Ajax contracteert Diederik Boer" (in Dutch). ajax.nl. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. McVitie, Peter [@petermcvitie] (31 August 2014). "Ajax and the goalkeeper with 9 fingers:" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. "2016/17: United win it for Manchester". UEFA. 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017.
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