Winston Bogarde

Winston Bogarde
Bogarde in 2017
Personal information
Full name Winston Lloyd Bogarde
Date of birth (1970-10-22) 22 October 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, left-back
Youth career
Alexandria '66
Sparta Rotterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 SVV 11 (1)
1990Excelsior (loan) 10 (0)
1991–1994 Sparta Rotterdam 65 (14)
1994–1997 Ajax 62 (6)
1997 AC Milan 3 (0)
1998–2000 Barcelona 41 (4)
2000–2004 Chelsea 9 (0)
Total 201 (26)
International career
1995–2000 Netherlands 20 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2020 Jong Ajax (assistant)
2017 Jong Ajax (interim)
2020–2022 Ajax (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Winston Lloyd Bogarde (born 22 October 1970) is a Dutch retired professional footballer. He was known for his physical strength, and played mostly as a centre-back although he could occasionally play as left-back.[1]

He had spells at Ajax, Barcelona and Chelsea.[2] With the latter club he garnered worldwide attention when he received little playing time (no Premier League level appearances in his last three seasons combined), and nevertheless insisted on seeing out his lucrative contract.[3]

Bogarde represented the Netherlands national team in one World Cup and one European Championship, being an international for five years.

  1. ^ "Winston Bogarde". BBC. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  2. ^ "¿Qué hacía Bogarde en el Granada-Barça?" [What was Bogarde doing in Granada-Barça?]. Sport (in Spanish). 14 May 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ "No way out for Bogarde". UEFA. 8 January 2004. Archived from the original on 16 April 2005. Retrieved 21 July 2009.