Oscar Moens

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Oscar Moens (born 1 April 1973 in 's-Gravenzande) is a Dutch goalkeeper. He is currently without a club, after he announced that he will retire from soccer.

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[edit] Early career

Moens started his professional football career at first division team Excelsior Rotterdam in the 1992/1993 season. He then transferred to Go Ahead Eagles in the winter of 1995/1996 as this gave him the opportunity to play in the Eredivisie. At the end of this season he was bought by AZ Alkmaar for the sum of ƒ750.000,- (€340.000).

[edit] AZ Alkmaar

At AZ Alkmaar he played from 1996/1997 till 1999/2000 as a member of the starting line-up.

Chairman Dirk Scheringa was so contented with Moens' performance that AZ Alkmaar offered him a lucrative new contract, including a payment for his image rights, which was unprecedent for the Eredivisie at the time. He also earned his first National cap.

This contract did not pass the IRS scrutiny however, and a subsequent conflict between Moens and Scheringa resulted in Moens calling in sick at the end of the 1999/2000 season. For this he got suspended from the first team indefinitely.

In the season 2000/2001 he was loaned out to RBC Roosendaal. With this club he played 14 games and halfway the season 2000/2001 he was called back to AZ Alkmaar where he played till 2002/2003.

[edit] Late career

Italian Serie B club Genoa contracted Moens for the 2003/2004 season, although he never played a match for this club. Willem II saved him from falling into obscurity by signing him the following season.

In 2004/2005 Moens had a good first season, earning him a recall to the Netherlands national football team. In 2005/2006, however, he suffered an injury which only allowed him to play 11 games.

In the summer of 2006 he moved to PSV Eindhoven, as second keeper behind Heurelho da Silva Gomes.

[edit] National Team

Oscar Moens made two appearances for the Dutch national squad. On 13 October 1998 he played his first international match in a friendly with Ghana in the Gelredome in Arnhem, which ended in 0-0. His second appearance was on 10 November 2001 against Denmark where he played the entire match. The final score was 1-1, Jerrel Hasselbaink scoring for Holland.