Bert Konterman

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Bert Konterman
Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-01-14) 14 January 1971
Place of birth	Rouveen, Netherlands
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender (Retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1989–1993	FC Zwolle	121	(7)
1993–1996	Cambuur	96	(19)
1996–1998	Willem II	78	(10)
1998–2000	Feyenoord	65	(4)
2000–2003	Rangers	79	(5)
2003–2004	Vitesse	31	(0)
Total		470	(45)
National team
1999–2000	Netherlands	12	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Bert Konterman (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrt ˈkɔn.tər.ˌmɑn], born 14 January 1971 in Rouveen) is a former professional footballer from the Netherlands. He retired in June 2004.

Konterman's career began with the local amateur club SC Rouveen, then went on to play for clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie including FC Zwolle, Cambuur, Willem II and Feyenoord, until he was snapped up by Dick Advocaat in 2000 to play for Rangers F.C. for a fee of £4.5m.

Konterman was part of a growing Dutch influence at Ibrox under Advocaat, but did not make a similarly impressive impact to the likes of Ronald de Boer and Arthur Numan. He endured a difficult start at Ibrox in defence; however, following the arrival of Alex McLeish, Konterman was often used in an advanced role in the heart of the midfield. In this position, he had a more successful spell at the club including netting a winning strike after extra time from 30 yards against arch rivals Celtic in a League Cup semi-final.^[1] After a 3 year spell with Rangers and winning 6 caps for the Dutch national team, Konterman returned home in the summer of 2003 signing for Vitesse Arnhem.

Konterman is a Christian.^[2] After retiring from football he took up the position of general manager at Dutch club FC Zwolle. In 2010 Konterman began a part-time new career as a travel salesman alongside former teammate Michael Mols in his homeland.^[1]

Honours

Rangers

Scottish Premier League (1): 2003
Scottish League Cup (2): 2002, 2003

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Changing room chat: Konterman kicks off in the pulpit". The Scotsman. 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
↑ Joe McHugh (2002-02-10). "Born again Bert has faith in Rangers new manager". The Mirror. Retrieved 2010-07-18.

External links

Bert Konterman career stats at Soccerbase

v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2000 semi-finalists

1 Van der Sar 2 Reiziger 3 Stam 4 F. De Boer (c) 5 Zenden 6 Seedorf 7 Cocu 8 Davids 9 Kluivert 10 Bergkamp 11 Overmars 12 Van Bronckhorst 13 Konterman 14 Van Vossen 15 Bosvelt 16 R. De Boer 17 Van Hooijdonk 18 de Goey 19 Numan 20 Winter 21 Makaay 22 Westerveld Coach: Rijkaard

Persondata
Name	Konterman, Bert
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch footballer
Date of birth	14 January 1971
Place of birth	Rouveen, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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