Peter van Vossen

Peter van Vossen
Personal information
Full name Peter Jacobus van Vossen
Date of birth April 21, 1968 (1968-04-21) (age 43)
Place of birth Zierikzee, Netherlands
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club FC Omniworld
(Assistant Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 VC Vlissingen ? (?)
1989–1992 SK Beveren 84 (36)
1992–1993 RSC Anderlecht 30 (6)
1993–1995 Ajax Amsterdam 41 (6)
1995–1996 Istanbulspor 16 (5)
1996–1998 Rangers F.C. 22 (5)
1998–2001 Feyenoord Rotterdam 73 (10)
2001–2003 De Graafschap 44 (9)
2003–2004 VV Bennekom
2004 Vitesse 6 (0)
National team
1992–2000 Netherlands 31 (9)
Teams managed
2010-2011 RBC Roosendaal (assistent)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Peter Jacobus van Vossen (born April 21, 1968 in Zierikzee, Netherlands) is a former Dutch footballer, who played for K.S.K. Beveren, Anderlecht, Ajax, Istanbulspor, Rangers, Feyenoord, De Graafschap and Vitesse. During his time with Ajax he won the 1994/95 European Cup. During his time at Rangers he is well known for missing an open goal in an Old Firm Derby against Celtic. This led to the term 'doing a Van Vossen'. Luckily for van Vossen Rangers ran out 1-0 winners.

He joined Rangers in January 1996 in an exchange deal for Russian striker Oleg Salenko from Turkish side Istanbulsor, but made just seven Scottish Premier Division appearances that season, failing to score. He managed five goals in 14 appearances the following season as Rangers matched Celtic's record of nine successive league title, but featured just once in the 1997-98 campaign before returning to Holland and signing for Feyenoord.[1]

Van Vossen picked up 31 international caps for Holland, scoring nine goals. He participated at 1994 FIFA World Cup and at the Euro 2000. Van Vossen was initially selected to participate at Euro 1992, but missed it due to thrombosis.[1]

References

  1. ^ Grootemaat, Frank (2010-02-08). "De trombose en het gemiste EK" (in Dutch). Sportgeschiedenis.nl. http://www.sportgeschiedenis.nl/2010/02/08/de-trombose-en-het-gemiste-ek.aspx. Retrieved 2010-02-08. 

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