Purrel Fränkel (born 8 October 1976) is a Dutch former professional

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. He played 474 matches in professional football for

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De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...

and Vitesse.

Club career

Fränkel is a defender who was born in

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and made his debut in professional football, being part of the

squad in the 1994–95 season. He also played for

before joining Vitesse. In 2003, he scored an own goal against

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when the match was just 19 seconds old. This was an all-time record in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

, but it was broken three years later by Arnold Kruiswijk of

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, who, in a match against

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

, managed to pass his own goalkeeper after 9 seconds. In March 2009 he was suspended for a month by the

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(KNVB) after testing positive on smoking cannabis. After the relegation of De Graafschap in 2012, Fränkel decided he did not want to play in the

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 ...

any more and retired from professional football. He since played several years at amateur level for

VV DUNO Voetbalvereniging Door Uithouding Naar Overwinning, known as VV DUNO for short, is an association football club in Doorwerth, Netherlands. It plays at Sportpark De Waayenberg. Anoush Dastgir is current head coach of the club. History VV Duno wa ...

, and also worked as assistant coach during the 2018–19 season. During his time at DUNO, he helped lead the club from the ninth-tier

Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse ( en, Fourth Class) is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the West II region. The league is divided into 64 divisions, 32 played on Saturday a ...

to the fifth-tier

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Honours

De Graafschap *

: 2009–10 DUNO *

: 2013 *

Derde Klasse The ('Third Class') is the eighth tier of football in the Netherlands and the sixth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 44 divisions, 20 played on Saturday and 24 on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 teams. The champion ...

: 2014 *

Tweede Klasse The Tweede Klasse ( en, Second Class) is the seventh tier of football in the Netherlands and the fifth tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 22 divisions, 10 played on Saturday and 12 on Sunday. Each division consists of 14 te ...

: 2016 *

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

: 2018

References

External links

Player profile
- De Graafschap

- Voetbal International 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Paramaribo Association football fullbacks Dutch footballers Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players SC Telstar players De Graafschap players SBV Vitesse players VV DUNO players Eerste Klasse players Vierde Divisie players {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub