John de Wolf
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John de Wolf (born 10 December 1962 in Schiedam, Zuid-Holland) is a retired Dutch footballer, who earned six caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring two goals.
Nicknamed "Big John" and "Rambo", De Wolf has played for Sparta Rotterdam, FC Groningen, Feyenoord, Wolverhampton Wanderers, VVV Venlo, Hapoel Asjkalon and Helmond Sport. During his period at Feyenoord, with whom he won the Dutch title in the eredivisie in 1993, he became well-known as a tough but fair defender.
In 2006 he received spotlight attention again because of his performance as one of the contestors in the Dutch hit-show Dancing with the Stars.
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Netherlands squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists | ||
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1 de Goeij | 2 F. de Boer | 3 Rijkaard | 4 Koeman | 5 Witschge | 6 Wouters | 7 Overmars | 8 Jonk | 9 R. de Boer | 10 Bergkamp | 11 Roy | 12 Bosman | 13 van der Sar | 14 van Gobbel | 15 Blind | 16 Numan | 17 Taument | 18 Valckx | 19 van Vossen | 20 Winter | 21 de Wolf | 22 Snelders | Coach: Advocaat |
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