Robbert Schilder

Dutch footballer (born 1986) Robbert Schilder (born 18 April 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Ajax Born in Amstelveen, Schilder started playing for local club NFC at age 6, before moving to VV Amstelveen Heemraad. There, he was scouted by Ajax, and eventually joined their famed youth academy in 1999. After progressed through the different youth levels of the Amsterdam club between 1999 and 2005, Schilder was added to the Ajax first team in the winter break of the 2005–06 season. In the home game against Willem II on 8 February 2006, he made his debut for the club. In that season, his contribution on the pitch was limited to four appearances. Ajax won the KNVB Cup that year, but Schilder did not play any minutes in the tournament. Because the cup was won, Ajax started the following season with a match against PSV for the Johan Cruyff Shield. Schilder was in the starting lineup for that game, but he was substituted off by head coach Henk ten Cate at half-time. Ajax won the game that would also be the only appearance for Schilder for Ajax that season. He left on a season-long loan to Heracles Almelo, where he played 31 league m