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Rike Koekkoek
Rike Koekkoek (born 16 February 1960) is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. She made 28 appearances for the Germany national team from 1982 to 1987. Career Clubs Koekkoek was a midfielder at first for FSV Frankfurt, twice reaching the final of the German championship, emerging victorious in 1986. Her team lost 3–1 to SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 on June 30, 1984, in the Frankfurt Stadion am Bornheimer Hang, but they won the championship title on June 28, 1986, in the stadium on Paffrather Strasse 5–0 against the same team they lost to two years earlier. On June 28, 1987, with TSV Siegen for the third time, she reached the final of the German championship, which was won 2–1 against their previous club. She experienced a similar course in the DFB Cup competition. She first lost the final held on May 8, 1983, in Frankfurt am Main 0–3 against KBC Duisburg. Then on May 26, 1985, in the Berlin Olympic Stadium, she gave her team a 1–0 lead in the 25th min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on what formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have equal responsibilities between attack and defence. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |