Björn van der Doelen

Björn van der Doelen
Personal information
Full nameWouterus Jacobus
Antonius van der Doelen
Date of birth24 August 1976
Place of birthGoirle, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–2001PSV95(5)
1997–1998Standard Liège (loan)30(2)
2001–2004Twente47(2)
2004NEC (loan)21(3)
2004–2006NEC56(1)
Total249(13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Wouterus Jacobus Antonius "Björn" van der Doelen (born 24 August 1976 in Goirle, North Brabant) is a former football midfielder from the Netherlands, who started his professional career for PSV Eindhoven in the 1994/95 season in the Dutch highest league, Eredivisie. Later on he played for Standard Liège (Belgium), FC Twente and NEC Nijmegen. He was a member of the Dutch squad at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Recently, he started a career as singer/songwriter in the band Allez Soldaat, with band members Maarten van der Zanden (guitar), Steffen Pauws (bass) and Jules Fransen (drums).

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