Fernando Derveld

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Personal information
Fernando Derveld
Full name	Fernando Albert Derveld
Date of birth	October 22, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth	Vlissingen, Netherlands
Height	1.90 m
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Esbjerg fB
Number	3
Youth clubs
	Walcheren PSV Eindhoven
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2000 2001-2005 2005-2006 2006-	PSV Eindhoven Willem II HFC Haarlem Norwich City West Brom (loan) Odense BK SC Heerenveen Esbjerg fB	0 (0) 40 (1) 37 (1) 22 (1) 2 (0) 122 (6) 18 (1) 13 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Fernando Albert Derveld (born 22 October 1976 in Vlissingen, Zeeland) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays for Esbjerg fB in Denmark. He is a left-back.

[edit] Biography

Derveld began his career in his home country the Netherlands, playing for the youth teams of Walcheren and PSV Eindhoven, before he made his senior debut with Willem II in the 1995-96 season. After three seasons at Willem II, he moved on to HFC Haarlem, where he stayed for one and a half years. He had a trial with English club Norwich City FC in early 2000, though the then City manager Bruce Rioch declined to offer him a contract. Rioch's successor at Norwich - Bryan Hamilton - did give him a contract when he took over towards the end of the 1999-00 season.

In total, Derveld played 25 games for Norwich, scoring one goal in a 3-2 win at West Bromwich Albion. He struggled to find form and was not held in high esteem by City supporters. When Hamilton left the club in late 2000, his successor - Nigel Worthington - made it clear that Derveld did not figure in his plans, and after a loan spell at West Bromwich Albion, his contract with Norwich was terminated in the summer of 2001.

He moved on to play for Odense BK in the Danish Superliga, under head coach Troels Bech. While playing in a UEFA Cup match for Odense BK against Celta Vigo in 2002, Derveld scored from a free-kick and was then sent off moments later. Derveld was ever-present in the Odense starting formation, and in the summer 2005, he moved back to the Netherlands to play for SC Heerenveen. Following a mediocre season at Heerenveen, he returned to Denmark where he re-united with Bech at Esbjerg fB.

[edit] External links

(Danish) Esbjerg fB profile
Career stats at Danmarks Radio
Career information at Flown from the Nest
Worst ever Norwich XI

Esbjerg fB - Current Squad
1 Hall \| 2 Hansen \| 3 Derveld \| 4 Stepanovs \| 5 Nøhr \| 6 Zimling \| 7 Bjurström \| 9 Demba-Nyrén \| 10 Borges \| 11 J. Bech \| 12 Pedersen \| 14 Vingaard \| 15 Klarström \| 16 Winde \| 17 Nielsen \| 18 Friis Jensen \| 19 Jørgensen \| 20 Onstad \| 21 Lucena \| 22 Lange \| 23 Grønborg \| 24 Høgh \| 25 Murcy \| 26 Vendelbo \| 31 Rieks \| 40 Jensen \| Coach T. Bech