Björn van der Doelen

Wouterus Jacobus Antonius "Björn" van der Doelen (born 24 August 1976) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Björn van der Doelen
Van der Doelen performing in 2015
Personal information
Full name Wouterus Jacobus
Antonius van der Doelen
Date of birth (1976-08-24) 24 August 1976
Place of birth Goirle, Netherlands
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2001 PSV 95 (5)
1997–1998 → Standard Liège (loan) 30 (2)
2001–2004 Twente 47 (2)
2004 → NEC (loan) 21 (3)
2004–2006 NEC 56 (1)
Total 249 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Van der Doelen was born in Goirle, North Brabant He started his professional career for PSV Eindhoven in the 1994–95 season in the Dutch highest league, Eredivisie. Later on he played for Standard Liège (Belgium), FC Twente and N.E.C..[1]

International career

He was a member of the Dutch squad at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.[2]

Music career

In recent years, he started a career as singer/songwriter, first in the band Allez Soldaat, with band members Maarten van der Zanden (guitar), Steffen Pauws (bass) and Jules Fransen (drums). Later, using his own name.[3][4]

He also made a song about the city Nijmegen, as a declaration of love for the city for the club he loved the most to play football for (N.E.C.).

References
  1. NEC versterkt zich met Van der Doelen - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  2. Björn van der Doelen – FIFA competition record
  3. Björn van der Doelen brengt zelf album uit: 'Val allemaal maar kapot, ik doe het zelf wel’ - Omroep Brabant (in Dutch)
  4. Henk lift mee met Björn van der Doelen - Volkskrant (in Dutch)


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