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Winston Lloyd Bogarde (born 22 October 1970) is a Dutch retired professional footballer, and was the assistant coach at Ajax. He was known for his physical strength, and played mostly as a central defender although he could occasionally play as full-back.[1]

Winston Bogarde

Bogarde in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Winston Lloyd Bogarde
Date of birth	(1970-10-22) 22 October 1970 (age 51)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Full-back
Youth career
	Alexandria '66
	Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1991	SVV	11	(1)
1990	→ Excelsior (loan)	10	(0)
1991–1994	Sparta Rotterdam	65	(14)
1994–1997	Ajax	62	(6)
1997	Milan	3	(0)
1998–2000	Barcelona	41	(4)
2000–2004	Chelsea	9	(0)
Total		201	(26)
National team
1995–2000	Netherlands	20	(0)
Teams managed
2017–2020	Jong Ajax (assistant)
2020–2022	Ajax (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He had spells at Ajax, Barcelona and Chelsea.[2] With the latter club he garnered worldwide attention as, although he received almost no playing time (no Premier League appearances in his last three seasons combined), he preferred to see out his lucrative contract.[3]

Bogarde represented the Dutch national team in one World Cup and one European Championship, being an international for five years.

Club career

Early years and Ajax

Born in Rotterdam, Bogarde started his career at Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging in the Eerste Divisie, as a winger,[1] then switched to the Eredivisie in summer 1991, playing with hometown club Sparta (he previously had a short loan spell with neighbouring SBV Excelsior in the second division) and scoring a career-best 11 goals in the 1993–94 season as it qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Bogarde signed for AFC Ajax in 1994. After a slow first year – he did not leave the bench in the final of the team's victorious campaign in the UEFA Champions League[4]– he became a defensive stalwart.

Milan and Barcelona

A.C. Milan signed Bogarde from Ajax for 1997–98, but he only made three Serie A appearances throughout his short stay. In January 1998 he moved to compatriot Louis van Gaal's FC Barcelona, playing 19 matches in the second part of the campaign as Barcelona won La Liga and the Copa del Rey.[5]

As the Dutch influence at Barcelona was reducing so was Bogarde's, who only managed one league contest in his first full season partly due to injuries,[6] although he bounced back for a second respectable one (21 games, two goals).[7][8]

Chelsea

Bogarde signed for Chelsea in 2000–01, after following the advice of compatriot Mario Melchiot to join him at the Premier League side.[9] He was signed when Gianluca Vialli was manager, although the latter had no idea the transfer was happening, it arguably being conducted by director of football Colin Hutchinson – Emerson Thome, also a centre-back, was shipped off to Sunderland;[10][11] only weeks after arriving, newly appointed coach Claudio Ranieri wanted the player to leave.[12]

According to Bogarde, it would be next to impossible to find a team that would offer him a contract comparable to the one he had at Chelsea: he was astounded at the salary the club had agreed on, as his value depreciated severely due to lack of first-team action, and decided to stay and honour his contract to the letter and appear for training every day, despite being only rarely selected to play.[13] Of his contract he said, "Why should I throw fifteen million Euro away when it is already mine? At the moment I signed it was in fact my money, my contract"; in the end, he only appeared 11 times during his four-year tenure, reportedly earning £40,000 a week during this period.[14][15]

After playing as a substitute against Ipswich Town on Boxing Day in 2000,[16] Bogarde only played one more competitive match before his contract expired in July 2004. He also featured from the bench, against Gillingham for that season's League Cup on 6 November 2002.[17]

During his spell at Stamford Bridge, the club attempted to sell Bogarde due to his large salary, and demoted him to the reserve and youth teams in an effort to force him to leave. In response to press criticism, he responded: 'This world is about money, so when you are offered those millions you take them. Few people will ever earn so many. I am one of the few fortunates who do. I may be one of the worst buys in the history of the Premiership but I don't care.'[18]

On 8 November 2005, 34-year-old Bogarde announced his retirement from professional football after failing to reach an agreement with a club.[19] He returned to Ajax in the summer of 2017, being named assistant manager at their reserves under former teammate Michael Reiziger.[20][21]

International career

Courtesy of steady performances at Ajax, Bogarde was summoned to UEFA Euro 1996 by Netherlands manager Guus Hiddink, who also included him in the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[22] A starter in the first competition, he only backed up Arthur Numan in the second.

Bogarde had the chance to feature in his first start at a World Cup match against Brazil in the semi-finals, after starter Numan was suspended in the previous encounter against Argentina, but he sustained a serious shin injury during training and was hospitalised,[23] being replaced by Philip Cocu.

Personal life

Bogarde's nephews, Melayro and Lamare Bogarde, are both footballers and Dutch youth internationals.[24] Lamare recently signed a professional contract with Aston Villa.[25]

Honours

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1994–95, 1995–96
• Dutch Supercup: 1995
• UEFA Champions League: 1994–95
• Intercontinental Cup: 1995
• UEFA Super Cup: 1995

Barcelona

• La Liga: 1997–98, 1998–99
• Copa del Rey: 1997–98
• UEFA Super Cup: 1997

References

External links

• Beijen profile (in Dutch)
• Stats at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
• Winston Bogarde at BDFutbol
• Winston Bogarde at Soccerbase
• Winston Bogarde at Wereld van Oranje (in Dutch)
• Winston Bogarde at National-Football-Teams.com
• Winston Bogarde – FIFA competition record (archived)
• 11V11 profile

На других языках

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[de] Winston Bogarde

Winston Lloyd Bogarde (* 22. Oktober 1970 in Rotterdam) ist ein ehemaliger niederländischer Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Winston Bogarde

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[es] Winston Bogarde

Winston Bogarde (Róterdam, 22 de octubre de 1970) es un exfutbolista neerlandés que ha jugado en varios clubes de la Eredivisie, la Liga española y la Premier League. Era conocido por su fuerza física y jugaba principalmente como defensa central, aunque ocasionalmente podía jugar como lateral.[1]

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[fr] Winston Bogarde

Winston Bogarde, est un footballeur international néerlandais né le 10 octobre 1970 à Rotterdam.

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[it] Winston Bogarde

Winston Bogarde (Rotterdam, 22 ottobre 1970) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore olandese, di ruolo difensore, tecnico in seconda dell'Ajax.

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[ru] Богард, Винстон

Винстон Ллойд Богард, Уинстон Богард[3] (нидерл. Winston Lloyd Bogarde; 22 октября 1970, Роттердам) — нидерландский футболист, защитник. Победитель Лиги чемпионов в составе амстердамского «Аякса». Выступал также за итальянский «Милан» и испанскую «Барселону». Последним клубом был английский «Челси», в котором из-за травмы отыграл всего 11 матчей за 4 года. В 2005 году завершил карьеру.

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