Kåre Becker

Kåre Becker
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-01-27) 27 January 1978
Place of birth Mufulira, Zambia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Forward
Youth career
Vitesse Delft
Delfia
Feyenoord
De Graafschap
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2001 FC Twente 1 (0)
2000–2001 → Heracles (loan) 25 (4)
2001–2002 PEC Zwolle 18 (1)
2002–2004 Sportclub Enschede
2004–2005 Eintracht Nordhorn
2005-2009 De Tubanters 1897
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kåre Becker (born 27 January 1978) is a Zambia-born Dutch retired footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Career

Born in Zambia to a Malawian father and Zimbabwean mother, Becker moved to the Netherlands at the age of 5 after living in Northern Ireland and Norway.[2]

In 2000, Becker was loaned to Heracles Almelo in the Dutch second division. At the end of the 2000–01 season, when asked what he wanted to earn during new contract negotiations, he asked for time to think. Two days later, however, the local newspaper declared that the contract renewal was "halted due to excessive salary requirements".[2]

In 2001, Becker signed for another second division side, PEC Zwolle. However, during the season, manager Paul Krabbe was replaced by Peter Boeve, who treated him poorly and even assigned him a different locker room.[2] As a result, he left at the end of 2001–02.[3]

For 2004–05, Becker signed for Eintracht Nordhorn in the German fourth division, but did not play well having "greatly underestimated German football".[2]

Personal life

His son Kaid Phiri Becker plays in the Go Ahead Eagles academy.

References

  1. 1 2 Kåre Becker at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kåre Becker en zal terug naar het profvoetbal[link removed] docplayer.nl (Archived)
  3. ↑ "Käre Becker weer weg bij FC Zwolle". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 25 October 2002. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
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