Jelle ten Rouwelaar (; born 24 December 1980 in
Joure
Joure (; West Frisian: ''De Jouwer'') is a town in the north of the Netherlands. It is the administrative center of De Fryske Marren, Friesland. With 13,090 inhabitants, it is also the most populous town in the municipality.
Residents of Joure a ...
) is a Dutch retired
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
, who started his professional career in the 1998–99 season playing for
FC Emmen. He was the first-choice
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
of
NAC Breda for nine years in which he hardly missed a match. In March 2011, he received a call-up for the Dutch national team, but he did not play.
On 29 April 2016, during the match against
Go Ahead Eagles
Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...
the fans started to applaud his recently deceased mother at the 61st minute in reference to his mother's age.
[http://www.newstalk.com/WATCH:-Dutch-goalkeeper-gets-emotional-midmatch-after-fans-applaud-his-deceased-mother ] On 19 May 2016, he played his last match during the playoffs of the Dutch professional competitions.
References
External links
Voetbal International profile
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1980 births
Living people
Dutch footballers
Association football goalkeepers
FC Emmen players
PSV Eindhoven players
FC Groningen players
FC Twente players
PEC Zwolle players
FC Eindhoven players
FK Austria Wien players
NAC Breda players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Dutch expatriate footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate footballers in Austria
Footballers from Friesland
People from Skarsterlân
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