Andre Ooijer
Andre Ooijer was born in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands on July 11th, 1974 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 49, Andre Ooijer biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 49 years old, Andre Ooijer has this physical status:
André Antonius Maria Ooijer (born 11 July 1974) is a Dutch footballer who played as a defender.
On May 6, he appeared in his last professional game for Ajax against Vitesse. He gained 55 caps during his international career with the Netherlands over a decade.
He was selected for UEFA EURO 2008 and three FIFA World Cups, assisting the Dutch in reaching the 2010 edition's finals.
Personal life
Joyce van de Kerkhof, the daughter of former Dutch footballer Willy van de Kerkhof, has been married to Ooijer. Joyce, Demi, and Danique have two children together. Denzell and Cerezo have two sons from a previous marriage.
Club career
Born in Amsterdam, Ooijer joined his first amateur football team when he was just five years old and started playing for other amateur clubs SDW and SDZ when he was only 12 years old. He joined Ajax in the 1986-87 season and spent time on the reserve team.
Sensing that he had no future in a club with so much competition, such as Ajax, he went on loan to Volendam for the 1994–95 season before signing for Roda JC in a permanent agreement at the start of the 1995–96 season. He excelled at right-back in his time as a center back, as well as defensive midfield. Ooijer came from Roda JC, and he joined PSV in the 1997-98 season.
Ooijer was selected to represent Oranje in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, but he did not start a single game and was supposed to be backup for Michael Reiziger, who was on the wrong side of defense, according to PSV.
With PSV and the KNVB Cup twice, Ooijer gained the Economies and the KNVB Cup once. He was also a regular participant in the UEFA Champions League with the club.
After losing promotion in the 2004–05 season for a sum of €1.5 million, Ooijer appeared to have ended his eight-year relationship with PSV, who were eager to maintain their Serie A top-flight status after winning promotion in the 2004–05 season. However, following the Italian Football Federation's (FIGC)'s probe into a match-fixing probe launched against Genoa, and the FIGC's subsequent guilty verdict, Genoa were relegated to Serie C1 as punishment, Ooijer's planned transfer was suspended and he returned to PSV.
On the 23rd of August 2006, Blackburn Rovers, an English Premier League club, agreed to Ooijer from PSV for a fee reportedly in the region of £2 million. The defender's first two-year deal came with the option of a further one-year contract extension.
Ooijer said that his departure from PSV was triggered by the club's decision to cancel on their proposed three-year contract, and that if the club had not done so, he would have continued to play in the Ethnic league.
On August 27, 2006 at Ewood Park, Ooijer's debut for Blackburn was against Chelsea. After fouling John Terry, the player forfeited a point, and Frank Lampard scored the next spot-kick. When Ooijer was outpaced by Didier Drogba in the match, which ended 2–0 to Chelsea, he was partially responsible for his second goal. After this difficult start, which was immediately followed by an own-goal in a game against Manchester City, he slowly adapted to Premier League football and became a mainstay in the Blackburn defence.
Ooijer sustained a fractured fibula and torn ankle ligaments during Blackburn's victory over Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium on January 20, 2007, his 20th appearance for the club. He was forced to miss the remainder of his Premier League debut season due to his injuries.
In the 94th minute of a 3–2 victory over Everton, Ooijer scored his first goal for the club on the first day of the 2008–09 Premier League season. He scored his second goal for the club on April 4, 2009, notching the winning goal in a 2–1 home game against Tottenham Hotspur, which was vital to Rovers' survival in the Premier League.
For the 2008–09 season, the club retained the right to extend the original two-year contract for a further 12 months.
Ooijer announced on PSV TV that he would be returning to PSV in May 2009, after his Blackburn deal came to an end.
Ooijer agreed to return to PSV on May 21, 2009, bringing his time in Ewood Park to an end. Ooijer's deal came to an end at the end of the season, and Ooijer left PSV for the second time.
Ooijer signed a one-year contract with Ajax on August 9, 2010, marking the start of a free transfer. In a 3–0 win over Roda JC on August 21, he made his debut in a 3–0 victory. Ooijer scored his first goal for Ajax against Heracles Almelo on October 30th. He signed a one-year contract extension with the club on April 15, 2011.
Ooijer announced on 13 March 2012 that he would retire from football at the end of the 2011-12 season. In a 3–1 victory over Vitesse on 6 May 2012, he played his last professional match and scored a goal for Ajax.
International career
Ooijer was selected as a replacement for Michael Reiziger by Netherlands national team for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France by manager Guus Hiddink. He endured a tumultuous tournament in the World Cup, with no one left the substitutes' bench, effectively ending his international debut.
Frank Rijkaard, the Dutch team's head coach, took note of Ooijer's development at club level. Rijkaard made his first appearance as a replacement for Reiziger, who was hospitalized during the game against Brazil on June 5, 1999. The match ended in a 2–2 draw, and Ooijer got off to a promising start for the national team. Despite his outstanding results, he was not selected in the final squad for the UEFA Euro 2000 tournament on home soil after being ruled out at the last minute.
After being turned down multiple times for a Rijkaard job, he was able to play for Dick Advocaat in 2003, winning a goal against Scotland in the qualification second-leg playoffs for UEFA Euro 2004 at the Amsterdam Arena.
Such was his fortune, but he did not make it to the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal, where he was also dropped by Advocaat in the final squad, including Reiziger and Johnny Heitinga, who were in the same position.
When Ooijer was selected as part of Marco van Basten's 2006 World Cup squad, he was finally able to get to work in a big tournament. He appeared in all four games for his country, with each game lasting the full 90 minutes.
Ooijer was called up to the Netherlands' Euro 2008 squad in Austria and Switzerland, where he played the first two games before being suspended for the final group game as the Netherlands had already qualified. He then appeared in the quarter-final match against Russia, which Russia won 3–1, putting an end to the Netherlands' campaign.
Ooijer was selected in the preliminary squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Bert van Marwijk, the Netherlands' national team's manager, revealed on May 27 that the player will be selected in the final squad of 23 players.
Ooijer was called into the starting XI for the Netherlands' 2–1 victory over Brazil just 20 minutes before kick-off to replace the injured Joris Mathijsen.
Managerial career
At the start of the 2014-15 season, Ooijer served as the head coach and an assistant coach to the first team for PSV.