Kåre Becker (born 27 January 1978) is a former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in Zambia to a Malawian father and Zimbabwean mother, Becker moved to the Netherlands at the age of 5 after living in Northern Ireland and Norway.Kåre Becker en zal terug naar het profvoetbal
docplayer.nl (Archived) In 2000, Becker was loaned to

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 t ...

in the Dutch second division. At the end of the 2000–01 season, when asked what he wanted to earn during new contract negotiations, he asked for time to think. Two days later, however, the local newspaper declared that the contract renewal was "halted due to excessive salary requirements". In 2001, Becker signed for another second division side,

PEC Zwolle Prins Hendrik Ende Desespereert Nimmer Combinatie Zwolle, commonly known as PEC Zwolle, is a Dutch professional football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football. They have played in the Ered ...

. However, during the season, manager was replaced by Peter Boeve, who treated him poorly and even assigned him a different locker room. As a result, he left at the end of 2001–02. For 2004–05, Becker signed for

Eintracht Nordhorn Eintracht Nordhorn was a German association football club from the city of Nordhorn, Lower Saxony. The club was founded in 1945 as ''Sportverein Nordhorn'' and adopted the name ''Eintracht Nordhorn'' in 1947. A separate football club known as ' ...

in the German fourth division, but did not play well having "greatly underestimated German football".

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* Living people 1978 births Zambian emigrants to the Netherlands Zambian people of Malawian descent Zambian people of Zimbabwean descent Dutch people of Malawian descent Dutch people of Zimbabwean descent Zambian men's footballers Dutch men's footballers Men's association football forwards Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players FC Twente players Heracles Almelo players PEC Zwolle players Eintracht Nordhorn players {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub