Remco van der Schaaf

Infobox Football biography
playername = Remco van der Schaaf


fullname = Remco van der Schaaf
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|2|28|df=y
cityofbirth = Ten Boer
countryofbirth = Netherlands
height = height|ft=6|in=1
position = Central Midfield
currentclub = Burnley
clubnumber = 26
youthyears =
youthclubs = VV Omlandia
TOP Oss
years = 1997–2002
2000
2002–2005
2005–2008
2008–
clubs = Vitesse
→ Fortuna Sittard (loan)
PSV Eindhoven
Vitesse
Burnley
caps(goals) = 82 (5)
04 (0)
39 (1)
70 (5)
01 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Netherlands U21
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 27 September 2008
ntupdate =

Remco van der Schaaf (born 28 February 1979 in Ten Boer, Groningen) is a Dutch football player who currently plays as a midfielder for English side Burnley.

Career

Club career

After playing youth football for VV Omlandia and TOP Oss, Van der Schaaf began his professional career in 1997 at Vitesse, where he spent part of the 1999–2000 season on loan at Fortuna Sittard. Van der Schaaf signed for PSV Eindhoven in 2002, and was injured in a 2004 UEFA Cup match by Titus Bramble of Newcastle United. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/3622067.stm|title=Bramble escapes Uefa action|accessdate=2008-09-27|date=2004-04-13|publisher=BBC] Van der Schaaf resigned for Vitesse in 2005, and in July 2008 he signed a three-year deal with Burnley, [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/7494148.stm|title=Burnley sign up van der Schaaf|accessdate=2008-09-27|date=2008-07-09|publisher=BBC] turning down a contract from Welsh side Cardiff City in the process. [cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2008/06/26/bluebirds-plea-to-van-der-schaaf-91466-21154174/|title=Bluebirds plea to Van Der Schaaf|accessdate=2008-09-27|date=2008-06-26|author=Terry Phillips|publisher=Wales Online]

International career

Van der Schaaf has represented the Dutch under-21 side. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1651820.stm|title=England U21s go through|accessdate=2008-09-27|date=2001-11-13|publisher=BBC]

References

External links

*soccerbase|32473
* [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=11668&cc=5739 Player profile at ESPNsoccernet]
* [http://www.burnleyfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10413~28234,00.html Player profile at Burnley F.C.]
*nl icon [http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/RemcoVanDerSchaaf.htm Player profile at Voetbal International]