Daphne Koster

Daphne Helena Koster (born 13 March 1981) is a retired Dutch football player, who played as a defender for Ajax in the Vrouwen Eredivisie.[1] She also played in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for Sky Blue FC.[2] A powerful centre back, she was the captain of both the Netherlands women's national football team and Ajax.[3][4]

Daphne Koster
Personal information
Full name Daphne Helena Koster
Date of birth (1981-03-13) 13 March 1981
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1987–2000 SVA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 Ter Leede
2007–2010 AZ 56 (8)
2010 Sky Blue FC 18 (0)
2011 AZ 4 (0)
2011–2012 Telstar 8 (1)
2012–2017 Ajax 87 (0)
National team
1997 Netherlands U19
1997–2013 Netherlands 139 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Koster made her senior national team debut as a 16-year-old in August 1997 against Switzerland. At the time, she was playing for a boys' amateur club, SVA Assendelft, where she played until under-19 level.[5]

In 2009, Koster was a mainstay of the Dutch national team, which reached the semi-finals of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland.[6] In June 2013, national team coach Roger Reijners selected Koster for the Netherlands' squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[7]

International goals
Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[8]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 March 2001Gemeentelijk Stadion, Kontich, Belgium Belgium3–04–0Friendly
2.10 May 2001West Lothian Courier Stadium, Livingston, Scotland Scotland2–02–0
3.13 August 2001Fortuna Wormerveer, Wormerveer, Netherlands Finland2–12–1
4.25 April 2004Den Dreef, Heverlee, Belgium Belgium1–03–02005 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
5.10 August 2008Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa South Africa1–02–1Friendly
6.29 October 2009Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands North Macedonia7–013–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7.27 March 2010Polman Stadion, Almelo, Netherlands Slovakia2–02–0

References
  1. SC Telstar
  2. Women's Professional Soccer
  3. UEFA
  4. id.
  5. "Daphne Koster". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  6. Jungmann, Bart (13 April 2011). "Daphne Koster 'Ik was liever 24 gebleven, ideale leeftijd'" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  7. "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  8. "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 December 2017.


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