- Willem Korsten
Football player infobox | playername =Willem Korsten |
fullname = Willem Korsten
nickname =
dateofbirth =21 January 1975
cityofbirth =Nijmegen
countryofbirth =Netherlands
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = left winger
youthyears =
youthclubs =NEC Nijmegen
years = 1992-1993
1993-1999
1999
1999-2002
clubs =NEC Nijmegen Vitesse Arnhem
→Leeds United A.F.C (loan)Tottenham Hotspur F.C
caps(goals) = 4 (0)
75 (12)
7 (2)
23 (3)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 08:43, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate =Willem Korsten (born
21 January 1975 inNijmegen ,Gelderland ) is a former Dutchfootball (soccer) player. He was a left winger.Football career
Korsten played in the
Netherlands forNEC Nijmegen andVitesse Arnhem where he played well enough to earn a loan move toLeeds United . In this short amount of time Korsten showed he had the pace, skill and strength to cope with English football and Leeds decided to pursue a permanent transfer. Fact|date=February 2007 However,Tottenham Hotspur also made a bid for the Dutch midfielder which was accepted.Fact|date=February 2007 Korsten chose to join Tottenham Hotspur permanently instead for a fee in the region of £1.5 million.Fact|date=February 2007Korsten will be best remembered for scoring two spectacular goals for Tottenham Hotspur against
Manchester United F.C. on final day of the 2000–01 season, a match which proved to be his last as a professional footballer.Due to injuries, his career was cut short at the age of 26 [cite web|accessdate=2008-07-06|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/1577936.stm|title=Korsten forced to retire|publisher=
BBC Sport ] .Korsten returned to his former Dutch club, NEC Nijmegen, as a coach for its football academy [cite web|accessdate=2008-07-06|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/1906770.stm|title=Korsten's coaching role|publisher=
BBC Sport ] .References
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