Paul Bosvelt
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Paul Bosvelt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpʌul ˈbɔsfɛlt], born 26 March 1970) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who is technical director of Go Ahead Eagles.
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Full name | Paul Bosvelt | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1970-03-26) 26 March 1970 (age 54) | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Doetinchem, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Go Ahead Eagles (technical director) | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1989–1994 | Go Ahead Eagles | 139 | (27) | |||||||||||||||||
1994–1997 | Twente | 96 | (21) | |||||||||||||||||
1997–2003 | Feyenoord | 177 | (33) | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Manchester City | 53 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | SC Heerenveen | 58 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 523 | (88) | ||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2004[1] | Netherlands | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Go Ahead Eagles (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Twente (U19 assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Twente (U17) | |||||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Netherlands U21 (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Jong FC Twente | |||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Go Ahead Eagles (technical advisor) | |||||||||||||||||||
2018– | Go Ahead Eagles (technical director) | |||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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As a player he was a midfielder who notably played in the Eredivisie for FC Twente and Feyenoord and in the Premier League for Manchester City. He also had spells with Go Ahead Eagles and SC Heerenveen. He was capped 24 times by Netherlands.
As a coach he returned to Go Ahead Eagles as assistant manager, later returning to FC Twente as under-17 manager and a spell as Netherlands U21 assistant coach.