Winston Lloyd Bogarde (born 22 October 1970) is a Dutch retired professional footballer, and was the assistant coach at

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. He was known for his physical strength, and played mostly as a central defender although he could occasionally play as full-back. He had spells at

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and

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. With the latter club he garnered worldwide attention when he received little playing time (no

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level appearances in his last three seasons combined), and nevertheless insisted to see out his lucrative contract. Bogarde represented the Dutch national team in one

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and one European Championship, being an international for five years.

Club career

Early years and Ajax

Born in

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, Bogarde started his career at Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging in the

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, as a winger, then switched to the

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in summer 1991, playing with hometown club

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(he previously had a short loan spell with neighbouring

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in the second division) and scoring a career-best 11 goals in the 1993–94 season as it qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Bogarde signed for

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in 1994. After a slow first year – he did not leave the bench in the final of the team's victorious campaign in the

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– he became a defensive stalwart.

Milan and Barcelona

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signed Bogarde from Ajax for 1997–98, but he only made three

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appearances throughout his short stay. In January 1998 he moved to compatriot

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, playing 19 matches in the second part of the campaign as Barcelona won

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and the

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. As the Dutch influence at Barcelona was reducing so was Bogarde's, who only managed one league contest in his first full season partly due to injuries, although he bounced back for a second respectable one (21 games, two goals).

Chelsea

Bogarde signed for

in 2000–01, after following the advice of compatriot

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to join him at the

side. He was signed when Gianluca Vialli was manager, although the latter had no idea the transfer was happening, it arguably being conducted by

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Colin Hutchinson – Emerson Thome, also a centre-back, was shipped off to Sunderland; only weeks after arriving, newly appointed coach Claudio Ranieri wanted the player to leave. According to Bogarde, it would be next to impossible to find a team that would offer him a contract comparable to the one he had at Chelsea: he was astounded at the salary the club had agreed on, as his value depreciated severely due to lack of first-team action, and decided to stay and honour his contract to the letter and appear for training every day, despite being only rarely selected to play. In the end, he only appeared 11 times during his four-year tenure, reportedly earning £40,000 a week during this period. After playing as a substitute against Ipswich Town on Boxing Day in 2000, Bogarde only played one more competitive match before his contract expired in July 2004. He also featured from the bench, against Gillingham for that season's

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on 6 November 2002. During his spell at Stamford Bridge, the club attempted to sell Bogarde due to his large salary, and demoted him to the reserve and youth teams in an effort to pressure him to leave. In response to concurrent UK press criticism, he responded: 'Why should I throw fifteen million euro away when it is already mine? At the moment I signed it was in fact my money, my contract. Both sides agreed wholeheartedly (...) Few people will ever earn so many. I am one of the few fortunates who do. I may be one of the worst buys in the history of the Premiership, but I don't care.' On 8 November 2005, 34-year-old Bogarde announced his

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from professional football. He returned to Ajax in the summer of 2017, being named assistant manager at their reserves under former teammate

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International career

Courtesy of steady performances at Ajax, Bogarde was summoned to UEFA Euro 1996 by

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manager Guus Hiddink, who also included him in the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. A starter in the first competition, he only backed up

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in the second. Bogarde had the chance to feature in his first start at a

match against

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in the semi-finals, after starter Numan was suspended in the previous encounter against

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, but he sustained a serious shin injury during training and was hospitalised, being replaced by

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Personal life

Bogarde's nephews, Melayro and Lamare Bogarde, are both footballers and Dutch youth internationals. Lamare recently signed a professional contract with Aston Villa.

Honours

Ajax *

: 1994–95, 1995–96 * Dutch Supercup:

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: 1994–95 * Intercontinental Cup:

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Barcelona *

: 1997–98, 1998–99 *

: 1997–98 *

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bogarde, Winston 1970 births Living people Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch footballers Association football defenders Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players SV SVV players Excelsior Rotterdam players Sparta Rotterdam players AFC Ajax players Serie A players A.C. Milan players La Liga players FC Barcelona players Premier League players Chelsea F.C. players Netherlands international footballers UEFA Euro 1996 players 1998 FIFA World Cup players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England UEFA Champions League winning players