Erik Tammer (born 29 June 1969) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a striker. He is the current co-owner of

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club

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Playing career

Tammer played youth football with VV de Meeuwen, DSO/Ultrajectum, UVV and

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. He experienced his senior breakthrough at

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, where he became the

1991–92 Eerste Divisie The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1991–92 season was contested by 20 teams. TOP Oss from the amateurs replaced Dordrecht '90 who had merged with eredivisie-club SVV. Cambuur Leeuwarden won the championship. New entrants Entering from amateur f ...

top goalscorer, and subsequently was mostly known for his stint with

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. There, he reached promotion to the

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and during the same season reached the

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final, which was eventually lost to his former club Ajax. Tammer also experienced success at

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, and almost made a move to Spanish club

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. The transfer did not go through in the end, as representatives of Osasuna believed that Tammer had made negative comments about the club. Tammer ended his professional career as a forward in 2001 after 322 games and 154 goals. After this, he continued playing at amateur level, where he retired as part of

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in 2010, where he was also an assistant coach in his last season due to injuries.

Retirement

After his career, Tammer founded his own sports management company. In April 2006, he founded a job site for the sports industry with a partner. The purpose of the vacancy bank was to bring former professional athletes and the business community into contact with each other. In November 2009, Tammer became co-owner of the American

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clubs

and

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. He was also a scout for

since 2013. From July 2015, he became a scout for

club

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. Since July 2018, he became a scout for

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Honours

Club

Heerenveen *

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

play-offs: 1992–93 *

runner-up: 1992–93

Individual

* Eerste Divisie Golden Boot: 1991–92 Topscorers Dutch Jupiler League (Eerste Divisie)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tammer, Erik 1969 births Living people Dutch footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Men's association football forwards AZ Alkmaar players Excelsior Rotterdam players SC Heerenveen players Sparta Rotterdam players Go Ahead Eagles players ADO Den Haag players SC Cambuur players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Footballers from Utrecht (city) Expatriate footballers in Portugal Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States Zwart-Wit '28 players CVV de Jodan Boys players HBS Craeyenhout players UVV players Dutch football chairmen and investors SC Heerenveen non-playing staff NEC Nijmegen non-playing staff FC Utrecht non-playing staff