Boy Waterman (born 24 January 1984) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, w ...

. He was part of the Netherlands under-21 national team which won the 2007 Under-21 European Football Championship.

Club career

Waterman started his career at

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, debuting in 2004. After being loaned to

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and host ...

for half a year he completed a transfer in April 2007. On 10 February 2007, Waterman played his first Eredivisie match for AZ against Willem II. He made his European debut in AZ's 3–3 draw against Fenerbahçe (

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) on 14 February 2007. In August 2008, he was given by AZ Alkmaar on loan to ADO Den Haag. On 22 February 2010, he joined

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on loan until August. However, the loan deal was cancelled because of a

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injury. After that period Waterman played for De Graafschap, again on loan from AZ Alkmaar. In July 2011, he joined German club Alemannia Aachen, appearing in 30 competitive matches with the club. After Aachen was eventually relegated, he left on a free transfer to

. Waterman began the 2012–13 season as PSV's second-choice goalkeeper, behind Przemysław Tytoń. However, after five league games, Waterman was promoted to first-choice goalkeeper by manager

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. On 9 July 2015, Waterman signed a two-year contract with

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club

APOEL FC APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

. He made his APOEL debut on 14 July 2015, in his team's 0–0 home draw against FK Vardar for the

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of the

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. At the end of the season he crowned champion for the first time in his career, as APOEL managed to win the

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title for a fourth time in the row. On 15 May 2017, Waterman signed a two-year contract extension with APOEL, running until June 2019. On 24 August 2020, he joined OFI on a free transfer.

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Waterman is of Surinamese descent. In 2007 Waterman was called up by Jong Oranje coach

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to be part of his squad for the

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held in the Netherlands. Waterman was De Haan's first goalkeeper for the tournament and helped his team in their first match against

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to a 1–0 victory. He also started in their second match against

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but was substituted by

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in the first half with a back injury. The match against Portugal was eventually won and the Dutch managed to qualify for the semi finals of the tournament as well as for the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the semi finals Waterman returned on the pitch and The Netherlands eliminated

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after a 1–1 draw with 13–12 in a penalty shootout with 32 penalty kicks taken, with Waterman stopping three English penalties and scoring one himself. The Dutch went on to retain their 2006 title by beating

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4–1 in the final.

Career statistics

Honours

PSV * Johan Cruyff Shield:

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APOEL *

: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

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: 2019 Netherlands U21 *

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: 2007

References

External links

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