Piet den Boer

Piet den Boer
Personal information
Full name Pieter den Boer
Date of birth (1958-03-17) 17 March 1958
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Forward[1]
Youth career
CVV
Xerxes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981-1982 Excelsior 34 (26)
1982-1989 KV Mechelen 213 (88)
1989-1990 Girondins Bordeaux 37 (14)
1990-1991 Caen 34 (4)
1991-1993 Tielen 45 (22)
Total 363 (154)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Piet den Boer (born 17 March 1958 in the Netherlands) is a Dutch retired footballer.[2][3][4] He scored the winning goal for Belgian side KV Mechelen in the 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.

Career

He started playing football at hometown club CVV in Rotterdam Charlois.[5] The moustached Den Boer became top goalscorer of the Eerste Divisie with Excelsior in his first season as a professional and, despite winning promotion with the club, was lured to Belgian second tier side KV Mechelen with whom he also won promotion in his first season. He scored the only goal in the 1987 Belgian Cup final, which qualified Mechelen for the 1987-88 European Cup Winners' Cup.[6]

Den Boer retired after spells in France and returned to Belgium to work as a private banker with ABN AMRO. He also wrote a couple of books and worked for IJsboerke and as an event organiser.[7]

Honours

Player

KV Mechelen[8]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Piet den Boer, de antivedette wordt 60 jaar sportmagazine.knack.be
  2. ↑ Piet den Boer geniet nog altijd na van die gouden kopbal tegen Ajax in 1988 ad.nl
  3. ↑ De goede werken van Piet den Boer sportamagazine.be
  4. ↑ Interview with mechelsehattrick.be
  5. ↑ "Piet den Boer". Kent u deze nog? (in Dutch). 11 December 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Boks, Jasper (17 March 2015). "Piet den Boer opende deuren en poorten". Helden Magazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  7. ↑ Geeraerts, Stef (29 February 2024). "Piet den Boer: 'Mensen helpen is het mooiste wat er is'". Onderox (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "KV Mechelen | Geschiedenis".
  9. ↑ "Belgium - List of Cup Finals".
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