Frank Verlaat

Frank Verlaat
Verlaat with Ajax in 2000
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-03-05) 5 March 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Haarlem, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Ajax 17 (0)
1989–1992 Lausanne 104 (15)
1992–1995 Auxerre 109 (15)
1995–1999 VfB Stuttgart 104 (6)
1999–2000 Ajax 21 (3)
2000–2003 Werder Bremen 81 (5)
2003–2004 Austria Wien 19 (3)
2004–2007 Sturm Graz 87 (3)
Total 542 (50)
International career
1995 Netherlands 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Verlaat (born 5 March 1968) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.

He had a 21-year career throughout Europe, playing in the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany and finishing his career in Austria. He earned one cap with the Netherlands national team.

Career

Verlaat moved to Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart from French side AJ Auxerre in 1995.[1] For VfB Stuttgart, he made 104 appearances in the league, two in continental competitions and six in the DFB-Pokal.[1]

Verlaat returned to former club Ajax in January 1999.[1] The transfer fee was reported as DM8.5 million.[1]

In summer 2000, Verlaat joined Bundesliga club Werder Bremen from Ajax on a three-year contract.[2] The transfer fee paid to Ajax was reported as DM3.5[3] or 4 million.[2]

Personal life

Verlaat's son Jesper is also a footballer and has also played for Werder Bremen, albeit for the club's reserves.[4]

Honours

Ajax

Auxerre

VfB Stuttgart

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bundesliga: Verlaat-Wechsel zu Ajax perfekt". Der Spiegel (in German). 21 June 1999. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Kurze Meldungen". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). No. 164. 18 July 2000. p. 47.
  3. ^ "Wechselbörse". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 17 July 2000. p. 24.
  4. ^ "Verlaat: Wie der Vater so der Sohn". kicker (in German). 7 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2022.


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