Milano Koenders (; born 31 July 1986) is a Dutch
footballer who plays as a
centre-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
or as a
right-back for
Tweede Klasse club
DWS. Koenders also runs his own football school.
Club career
Koenders is a defender who was born in
Amsterdam. He began his career at SDZ before joining
the Ajax youth department in 1996. He left Ajax after ten years, in 2006.
Koenders then joined to
RKC Waalwijk and made his debut in the professional football in the 2006–07 season, playing 30 matches. After one year, he left the club in 2007, and moved to AZ Alkmaar. There, he would make his European debut as a starter in a 1–1 away draw in the group stage of the
UEFA Cup against
Zenit Saint Petersburg. In January 2009, he was loaned out to
NEC. AZ went on to win the
2008–09 Eredivisie
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in his absence.
He was once again loaned out in early 2010, this time to
Sparta Rotterdam
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Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...
. In the summer of 2010, he signed another loan contract, now at
NAC Breda
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. In 2016, he opened his own football school after being inspired by fellow footballer
Nordin Wooter.
In summer 2016, Koenders joined Romanian club
Concordia Chiajna for the 2016–17 season.
In May 2019 it was confirmed, that
DWS would collaborate with the football school of Koenders. One month later, in June, DWS announced that Koenders also would be playing for the club.
International career
Born in the Netherlands, Koenders is of Surinamese descent. Koenders was member of the
Netherlands U21s and played his first game on 14 November 2006 against
England U21.
Koenders also represented
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
in two unofficial matches against
W Connection
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and
Curaçao national football team
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, captaining the team on both occasions.
Career statistics
Honours
AZ Alkmaar
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Eredivisie:
2008–09
References
External links
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Milano Koendersat Voetbal International
1986 births
Living people
Men's association football central defenders
Men's association football fullbacks
Dutch men's footballers
Footballers from Amsterdam
Netherlands men's youth international footballers
Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers
Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent
Eredivisie players
Liga I players
RKC Waalwijk players
AZ Alkmaar players
NEC Nijmegen players
NAC Breda players
Heracles Almelo players
CS Concordia Chiajna players
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania
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