Michel Kuipers

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Michel Kuipers
Full name	Michel Kuipers
Date of birth	June 26, 1974 (1974-06-26) (age 33)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	6'2" (188cm)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Brighton & Hove Albion
Number	16
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2000 2000 2000- 2003 2005 2006	Bristol Rovers → Chester City (loan) Brighton & Hove Albion → Hull City (loan) → Boston United (loan) → Boston United (loan)	001 (0) 000 (0) 199 (0) 003 (0) 004 (0) 011 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 March 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Michel Kuipers (born June 26, 1974 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a former Dutch marine who is a professional footballer currently playing for Brighton & Hove Albion and is a goalkeeper.

He started his footballing career with Blauw Wit Amsterdam, before moving to England in 1999 to join Bristol Rovers, where he spent sixteen months.

In June 2000 he joined Brighton on a free transfer, and quickly established himself as number one and became a firm fans favourite due to his quick reactions stops and outgoing style. Kuipers has suffered several career threatening injuries during his time at Withdean, being injured in a car crash in 2003 [1] and a severe shoulder injury in 2005 [2].

Michel has twice left the club on loan during his time at Brighton. He joined Hull on loan during the 2003/04 season (before his return to Albion and subsequent car crash) and joined Boston on loan during the 2005/06 season, to regain match fitness after recovering from his shoulder injury.

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v • d • e Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. – current squad

- Chamberlain • - Cox • - Dixon • - El-Abd • - Elphick • - Fogden • - Forster • - Fraser • - Gargan • - Gatting • - Hawkins • - Hinshelwood • - Kuipers • - Loft • - Lynch • - McLeod • - Murray • - Robinson • - Sullivan • - Thomson • - Whing • Manager: Adams