Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daphne Helena Koster | ||
Date of birth | March 13, 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Den Haag, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Ajax | ||
Number | 3 | ||
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– | Ajax | 34 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
1997 | Netherlands U-19 | ||
1997– | Netherlands | 136 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:20, 9 June 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:44, 17 July 2013 (UTC) |
Daphne Helena Koster (born 13 March 1981) is a Dutch football defender, currently playing for Ajax in the Vrouwen Eredivisie. She has also played in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for Sky Blue FC. A powerful centre back, she is the captain of both the Netherlands women's national football team and Ajax.
Koster made her senior national team debut as a 16-year-old in August 1997, against Switzerland. At the time she was playing for boys' amateur club SVA Assendelft, where she remained until under-19 level.
In 2009 Koster was a mainstay of the Dutch team which reached the semi-finals of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland. In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Koster in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.