Gérard de Nooijer (born 4 April 1969) is a Dutch

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and former player.

Playing career

De Nooijer played as a defender for

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

(1988–1998), SC Heerenveen (1998–2003),

Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after it ...

(2003–2004) and

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

(2004–2005).

Coaching career

In the 2020–21 season, he worked as assistant coach with

Personal life

He is the twin brother of striker

Dennis de Nooijer Dennis de Nooijer (born 4 April 1969 in Oost-Souburg, Zeeland) is a retired football (soccer) striker from the Netherlands, who played for Sparta Rotterdam (1987–1998), SC Heerenveen (1998–2002), NEC Nijmegen (2001–2003) and FC Dordrech ...

, who also played professional football during the late 1980s and 1990s. His son

Bradley de Nooijer Bradley de Nooijer (born 7 November 1997) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays mainly as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back for Bulgarian club PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia. Club career De Nooijer m ...

is now a professional footballer.

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1969 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Sparta Rotterdam players SC Heerenveen players FC Dordrecht players Feyenoord players Dutch twins Men's association football defenders Twin sportspeople Sportspeople from Vlissingen Footballers from Zeeland FC Dordrecht managers Eerste Divisie managers Sparta Rotterdam non-playing staff {{netherlands-footy-defender-stub