Ulrich van Gobbel

Ulrich van Gobbel
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-01-16) 16 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Paramaribo, Suriname[nb 1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Feyenoord (U-19 manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 Willem II 33 (3)
1990–1995 Feyenoord 122 (2)
1995–1996 Galatasaray 25 (2)
1996–1997 Southampton 27 (1)
1997–2002 Feyenoord 100 (3)
Total 307 (11)
International career
1993–1994 Netherlands 8 (0)
Managerial career
2017– Feyenoord (U-19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ulrich van Gobbel (born 16 January 1971) is a Dutch Surinamese football coach and a former player who played as a defender for Feyenoord (where he had two spells), Galatasaray and Southampton. He works as a coach with the Under-19 squad of Feyenoord.[1]

Career

At Southampton, he scored two goals, with one coming against Lincoln City in the League Cup[2] and one in the league against Leicester City.[3][4]

A powerful and exceptionally speedy defender - he clocked almost 11.20 seconds over the 100 metres with automatic timing, and 6.7 s hand-timed over the 60m - he made eight international appearances for the Netherlands national team.

Honours

Feyenoord

Galatasaray

Notes

  1. ^ Dutch dependency until 1975

References

  1. ^ "Feyenoord 2017–18 UEFA Youth League squad". UEFA. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Palace and Portsmouth talk to Shipperley". 4TheGame. 23 October 1996. Retrieved 23 November 2009.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ O'Hagan, Simon (22 March 1997). "Claridge pushes falling Saints". The Independent. London. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Games played by Ulrich van Gobbel in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. ^ "JOHAN CRUIJFF SCHAAL 1999 - FINAL". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 22 December 2021.


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