Piet den Boer
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pieter den Boer | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CVV | |||
| Xerxes | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981-1982 | Excelsior | 34 | (26) |
| 1982-1989 | KV Mechelen | 213 | (88) |
| 1989-1990 | Girondins Bordeaux | 37 | (14) |
| 1990-1991 | Caen | 34 | (4) |
| 1991-1993 | Tielen | 45 | (22) |
| Total | 363 | (154) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Piet den Boer (born 17 March 1958 in the Netherlands) is a Dutch retired footballer.[2][3][4] He scored the winning goal for Belgian side KV Mechelen in the 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.
He started playing football at hometown club CVV in Rotterdam Charlois.[5] The moustached Den Boer became top goalscorer of the Eerste Divisie with Excelsior in his first season as a professional and, despite winning promotion with the club, was lured to Belgian second tier side KV Mechelen with whom he also won promotion in his first season. He scored the only goal in the 1987 Belgian Cup final, which qualified Mechelen for the 1987-88 European Cup Winners' Cup.[6]
Den Boer retired after spells in France and returned to Belgium to work as a private banker with ABN AMRO. He also wrote a couple of books and worked for IJsboerke and as an event organiser.[7]
