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Theodorus Antonius Gerardus Snelders (born 7 December 1963) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Theo Snelders

Personal information
Full name	Theodorus Antonius Gerardus Snelders
Date of birth	(1963-12-07) 7 December 1963 (age 58)
Place of birth	Westervoort, Netherlands
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1988	FC Twente	176	(0)
1988–1996	Aberdeen	227	(0)
1996–1999	Rangers	13	(0)
1999–2001	MVV	48	(0)
Total		464	(0)
National team
1989	Netherlands	1	(0)
1990	Scottish League XI	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Snelders was born in Westervoort, Gelderland. He started his career with FC Twente but is mostly remembered in Scotland, especially for his spell at Aberdeen following his move for £300,000 in summer 1988. A successful replacement for Jim Leighton, he had a very good first season at Pittodrie, winning the Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year in 1989. He saved Anton Rogan's penalty in Aberdeen's penalty shootout win over Celtic in the 1990 Scottish Cup Final.[1]

After fracturing a cheekbone in a collision with Ally McCoist of Rangers in 1991,[2] he was unavailable for the club's vital winner-takes-all match against the Gers in May of that year, with inexperienced understudy Michael Watt unable to prevent a 2–0 defeat.[3][2] Snelders had also played in the Aberdeen side that beat Rangers to win the 1989 Scottish League Cup Final,[4][2] but tasted defeat against the same opponents in that tournament's 1988 and 1992[5] editions and in the 1993 Scottish Cup Final,[6] and was the regular goalkeeper as the Dons finished runners-up to Rangers in five of his seven full league campaigns.[7]

Midway through the one of the campaigns in which the team was not challenging for honours (1991–92), Snelders was sent off for an incident of violent conduct on the pitch; his reaction to a penalty being awarded to Keith Wright of Hibernian was to strike the forward to the head, followed by kicking the ball over the stand and out of the stadium. His makeshift replacement, defender Brian Irvine, saved the spot-kick, only for Aberdeen to miss a penalty of their own and concede the winning goal in the last minute.[8] The other unsuccessful year (1994–95) concluded with a play-off to prevent the club being relegated for the first time in their history, which was averted.[9] He made 290 appearances for the club in all competitions.[7]

Having fallen behind Watt in the Aberdeen order, Snelders moved on to rivals Rangers for £300,000 in early 1996.[2] As a confirmed backup player, initially to Andy Goram followed by Lionel Charbonnier then Stefan Klos, he made just 18 appearances for the Glasgow club (two in the UEFA Champions League against Dutch side Ajax) before he was released in 1999.[10] He didn't make any appearances for Rangers after December 1997.[11] He played two seasons at MVV before he retired from playing and became a goalkeeping coach in his native Netherlands with FC Twente.[2]

International career

Snelders was a member of the Dutch squad at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship. He made his only full international appearance on 22 March 1989, against the Soviet Union. He kept a clean sheet as the Dutch won 2–0, with the goals coming from a Marco van Basten diving header and a Ronald Koeman penalty. Snelders was an unused substitute with the Dutch team at the 1994 World Cup.

Honours

Aberdeen[7]

• Scottish Premier Division: Runners-up 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94
• Scottish Cup: 1989–90; runners-up 1992–93
• Scottish League Cup: 1989–90; runners-up 1988–89

Rangers

• Scottish League Cup: 1996–97

References

External links

• Theo Snelders at Soccerbase
• Theo Snelders at Wereld van Oranje (in Dutch)
• Season by season appearances
• Profile at Sporting Heroes

На других языках

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[de] Theo Snelders

Theodorus Antonius Gerardus „Theo“ Snelders (* 7. Dezember 1963 in Westervoort, Niederlande) ist ein ehemaliger niederländischer Fußballtorhüter. Seine Karriere begann er 1980 bei Twente Enschede. 1988 wechselte er zum FC Aberdeen, wo er 1989 zum besten Spieler der Schottischen Premier League gewählt wurde. Im März 1996 wechselt er innerhalb der Schottischen Liga zu den Glasgow Rangers, wo er 1999 seine Karriere beendete. In der Saison 2004/05 arbeitete er als Torwarttrainer bei Twente Enschede.

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- [en] Theo Snelders

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[fr] Theo Snelders

Theodorus Antonius Gerardus Snelders, dit Theo Snelders, né le 7 décembre 1963 à Westervoort, est un footballeur néerlandais qui évolue au poste de gardien de but du milieu des années 1980 à la fin des années 1990.

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[it] Theo Snelders

Theodorus Antonius Gerardus Snelders, noto come Theo Snelders (Westervoort, 7 dicembre 1963), è un ex calciatore olandese, di ruolo portiere.

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[ru] Снелдерс, Тео

Теодорус Герардус Антониус Снелдерс (нидерл. Theodorus Antonius Gerardus "Theo" Snelders; родился 7 декабря 1963 года в Вестерворте, Нидерланды) — нидерландский футболист, вратарь известный по выступлениям за «Абердин», «Твенте» и сборную Нидерландов. Участник Чемпионата мира 1994 в США.

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