Dorus de Vries
{{short description|Dutch former footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dorus de Vries
| image = Cel-Zen (4).jpg
| caption = De Vries making his UEFA Europa League debut, playing for Celtic against Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2018
| fullname = Dorus de Vries{{Cite book | editor-last = Hugman | editor-first = Barry J. | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09 | year = 2008
| publisher = Mainstream Publishing | isbn = 978-1-84596-324-8 | pages = 120–121 }}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|12|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| height = {{Height|m=1.86}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = De Kennemers
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Beverwijk
| position = Goalkeeper
| years1 = 1999–2003 |clubs1 = Telstar |caps1 = 81 |goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2003–2006 |clubs2 = ADO Den Haag |caps2 = 69 |goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2006–2007 |clubs3 = Dunfermline Athletic |caps3 = 23 |goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2007–2011 |clubs4 = Swansea City |caps4 = 181 |goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2011–2013 |clubs5 = Wolverhampton Wanderers |caps5 = 14 |goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2013–2016 |clubs6 = Nottingham Forest |caps6 = 53 |goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2016–2019 |clubs7 = Celtic |caps7 = 10 |goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 431 | totalgoals = 0
| club-update =
}}
Dorus de Vries (born 29 December 1980) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
De Vries began his professional career in his native the Netherlands with Telstar, before spending three seasons with ADO Den Haag. He moved to Britain in 2006, when he spent a season at Scottish club Dunfermline Athletic. before moving to Swansea City where he spent four seasons, culminating in promotion to the Premier League in 2011. He rejected a new deal with Swansea to instead join Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he spent two seasons largely as back-up. De Vries then signed for Nottingham Forest in July 2013. He retired from football in 2019, after three seasons with Celtic.
Club career
=Early career in Netherlands=
De Vries began his professional career at Telstar, making his first team debut during the 1999–2000 season. He remained with the club in the second tier of Dutch football until 2003, when he signed for Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag.
After mostly serving as back-up to Roland Jansen, he took over as number one during the 2004–05 campaign. However, this status proved short lived as the loan capture of Jaroslav Drobný during 2006 pushed De Vries aside, and he was told that he would not be offered a new contract.{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11929/2371897/quartet-to-leave-ado |title=Quartet to leave ADO |last=Glorie |first=Jeffrey |date=30 March 2006 |publisher=Sky Sports}}
=Dunfermline Athletic=
In the summer of 2006, following a successful trial, he signed a contract with Scottish Premier League club Dunfermline Athletic.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/5185452.stm |title=Pars sign Morrison and De Vries |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 July 2006 }} He made his debut in a 0–0 draw with Ayr United in the second round of the Scottish League Cup, saving a penalty to take the match to extra time before going on to win in a penalty shoot-out.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/5271242.stm |title=Ayr Utd 0–0 Dunfermline (6–7 pen) |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 August 2006}}
On 11 May 2007, he palmed a tame free kick into his own net against Inverness Caledonian Thistle to end Dunfermline's seven-year stay in the Scottish Premier League. However, following the match, Dunfermline manager Stephen Kenny refused to blame De Vries for his team's relegation, stating: "We can attach absolutely no blame to him because he has been out of this world this season."{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/6656353.stm |title=Blunder keeper tipped for the top |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 May 2007}} His final match for the club came in the 2007 Scottish Cup Final defeat to Celtic.
=Swansea City=
After becoming a free agent at the end of his contract, De Vries signed a two-year deal at Swansea City on 6 July 2007.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/6268874.stm |title=Swansea sign goalkeeper De Vries |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 July 2007}} In his first season with the Welsh side he helped the club to the League One title, as the club's first choice goalkeeper.
In the 2009–10 season, De Vries surpassed Roger Freestone's club record of 22 clean sheets in a single season with a shut-out against Scunthorpe United on 5 April 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8595494.stm |title=Swansea 3–0 Scunthorpe |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 April 2010}} He would go on to finish the season with 25 clean sheets, winning the Football League's Golden Glove award for the Championship in the process.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/8721110.stm |title=Goalkeeper Dorus de Vries wins top accolade |publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 June 2010}}
The following season, he was part of the team that won the Championship Play-off Final, against Reading, to reach the Premier League. Initially, De Vries stated that he wanted to stay with the club for their first Premier League season.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Dorus-keen-sort-new-deal-Liberty/story-12709110-detail/story.html |title=Dorus keen to sort new deal at the Liberty |work=This is South Wales |date=11 June 2011}} However, he rejected their contract offer shortly after and was subsequently signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers.{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13875692.stm |title=Wolves sign goalkeeper Dorus De Vries from Swansea |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 June 2011}}
=Wolverhampton Wanderers=
On 22 June 2011, it was confirmed that free agent De Vries had joined Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers, signing a three-year contract.{{cite news |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2011/06/22/wolves-complete-dorus-de-vries-deal/|title=Wolves complete Dorus De Vries move|work=Express & Star|date=22 June 2011}} At Wolves, De Vries primarily served as back-up to Wayne Hennessey and initially only gained playing time in cup competitions. He made his club debut on 23 August 2011 in a 4–0 League Cup win at Northampton Town.{{cite news|title=Northampton 0–4 Wolves|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/14539189|publisher=BBC Sport|date=23 August 2011}}
When first choice goalkeeper Hennessey suffered a torn cruciate knee ligament in April 2012,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17754937 |title=Wolves goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey out for six months |publisher=BBC Sport|date=18 April 2012}} De Vries made his first-ever Premier League appearance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/apr/22/wolves-manchester-city-mbm-premier-league|title=Wolves v Manchester City – as it happened | Jacob Steinberg|first=Jacob|last=Steinberg|date=22 April 2012|access-date=4 January 2020|work=The Guardian}} However, by this stage Wolves had become rooted in the relegation zone and the 0–2 defeat against eventual champions Manchester City on De Vries' league debut confirmed their relegation back to the Championship.{{cite news|title=Wolves 0–2 Manchester City|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17718140|publisher=BBC Sport|date=22 April 2012}} De Vries remained in the Wolves' goal for their remaining fixtures, including a trip to his former club Swansea, before which he said that he has no regrets about his decision to leave Swansea and join Wolves;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17864121|title=No Swansea regrets says Wolves goalkeeper Dorus de Vries|date=27 April 2012|access-date=4 January 2020|publisher=BBC Sport}} he received mixed reception from Swansea fans and went on to concede four times in a 4–4 draw.{{cite news|title=Dorus de Vries untroubled by mixed reception on Swansea City return|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2012/04/30/dorus-de-vries-untroubled-by-mixed-reception-on-swansea-city-return-91466-30865564/|work=Wales Online|date=30 April 2012}}
Following relegation, De Vries was a target for Liverpool following their appointment of former Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers as manager, but their bid of a reported £500,000 was not accepted.{{Cite web|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2012/10/26/stale-solbakken-admits-to-dorus-de-vries-bust-up/|title=Stale Solbakken admits to Dorus De Vries bust-up|work=Shropshire Star|access-date=4 January 2020}} With the new season beginning with Wayne Hennessey still sidelined through injury, new Wolves manager Ståle Solbakken opted to instead start with Carl Ikeme in goal. His only start under Solbakken came in a League Cup loss at Chelsea, during which the goalkeeper conceded six times.{{cite news|title=Chelsea 6–0 Wolves|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632463|publisher=BBC Sport|date=25 September 2012}} In late October Solbakken admitted that he and De Vries had had an angry confrontation regarding his lack of opportunities.{{cite news|title=Stale Solbakken admits to Dorus De Vries bust-up|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2012/10/26/stale-solbakken-admits-to-dorus-de-vries-bust-up/|work=Shropshire Star|date=26 October 2012}}
For a second consecutive season his chance to play league football only arrived through injury, when Ikeme suffered a self-inflicted broken hand in March 2013.{{cite news| title =Boss confirms Ikeme break |url=http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/boss-confirms-ikeme-break-190313-724169.aspx?pageView=full#anchored| publisher =Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C| date =19 March 2013| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140101114918/http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/boss-confirms-ikeme-break-190313-724169.aspx?pageView=full#anchored| archive-date =1 January 2014}} He played in all of Wolves' remaining fixtures as the team again struggled unsuccessfully to avoid relegation under another manager, Dean Saunders. Following relegation to League One, Saunders was fired and replaced by Kenny Jackett, who has stated that De Vries was free to leave on a free transfer as he sought to slim down the squad.{{cite news|title=Wolves grant Dorus De Vries a free transfer|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2013/06/27/wolves-grant-dorus-de-vries-a-free-transfer/|work=Express & Star|date=27 June 2013}}
=Nottingham Forest=
File:Dorus de Vries 2014.jpg, 2014]]
On 3 July 2013, De Vries signed a two-year deal with Championship club Nottingham Forest.{{cite news|title=Dorus De Vries: Nottingham Forest sign Wolves keeper|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23164416|publisher=BBC Sport|date=3 July 2013}} Upon joining the club, De Vries stated the move wouldn't be easy for him over a first choice goalkeeper.{{cite web|url=http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/article/dorus-difficult-task-893481.aspx |title=Dorus' Difficult Task |publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C. |access-date=13 August 2014 |date=3 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813221518/http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/article/dorus-difficult-task-893481.aspx |archive-date=13 August 2014 |url-status=dead }} De Vries was given the number 29 shirt.{{cite web|url=http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/article/squad-numbers-announced-962423.aspx |title=Squad Numbers Announced |publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C. |access-date=13 August 2014 |date=2 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813221521/http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/article/squad-numbers-announced-962423.aspx |archive-date=13 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}
In his first season at Nottingham Forest, De Vries was primarily second choice goalkeeper behind Karl Darlow throughout the season, making his debut for the club on 21 April 2014 in a 2–1 win over Leeds United,{{cite news|title=Leeds United 0–2 Nottingham Forest|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27016131|publisher=BBC Sport|date=21 August 2014|access-date=13 August 2014}} and remained in goal for the remainder of the season with Darlow injured. De Vries was again second choice in 2014–2015, eventually displacing Darlow for a spell including the 2–1 derby win over Derby County, but Darlow was re-instated by Dougie Freedman, immediately on replacing Stuart Pearce as manager.
Following Darlow's move to Newcastle United, De Vries was promoted to first-choice goalkeeper for the 2015–16 season and took the number one shirt.{{Cite web |title=Newcastle sign Forest's Jamaal Lascelles and Karl Darlow |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28721552 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 August 2014 |access-date=13 January 2016}} He played in all but one of Forest's league matches, missing the away fixture against Sheffield Wednesday with a back injury.{{Cite web |title=Player Statistics |url=http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/stats/player-stats/ |publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C. |date=13 January 2016 |access-date=13 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210025559/http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/stats/player-stats/ |archive-date=10 February 2016 }} On 1 May 2016 De Vries was voted Player of the Season for 2015–16 by Forest's supporters after a consistent year in goal, which included a hat-trick of Player of the Month awards for August, February and March.{{Cite web |title=Dorus named the top man |url=http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/article/dorus-named-the-top-man-3087716.aspx |publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C. |date=30 April 2016 |access-date=1 May 2016}} He also saved all three of the penalties he faced during the season.
De Vries made one appearance for Forest in the 2016–17 season: on opening day in a 4–3 victory over Burton Albion.{{Soccerbase season|id=44053|season=2016|name=Dorus de Vries|access-date=23 February 2018}} He suffered a knee injury and was replaced by new signing Stephen Henderson.{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Nick |title=Nottingham Forest and Assombalonga edge Burton Albion in thriller |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/06/nottingham-forest-burton-albion-championship-match-report |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=6 August 2016}}
=Celtic=
On 13 August 2016, De Vries signed a two-year deal with Celtic.{{cite news|title=Celtic delighted to sign goalkeeper Dorus de Vries|url=http://www.celticfc.net/news/11077|publisher=Celtic|date=13 August 2016}} He made his debut on 27 August, playing the full match in Celtic's 4–1 win over Aberdeen at Celtic Park.{{cite news|last=English|first=Tom|title=Celtic 4 – 1 Aberdeen|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37139495|access-date=29 August 2016|publisher=BBC Sport|date=27 August 2016}} He played in his first Old Firm match on 10 September, in only his second appearance, as Celtic beat Rangers 5–1. Three days later he made his European debut, in a 7–0 defeat to Barcelona at Camp Nou in the UEFA Champions League. After playing the full ninety minutes of the 2–2 draw away at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, de Vries was substituted at half-time against Kilmarnock on 24 September, replaced by Craig Gordon; this was his last appearance of the 2016–17 season.
De Vries made only one appearance in the entire 2017 calendar year: a 1–0 win over Dundee on 14 October.{{Soccerbase season|id=44053|season=2017|name=Dorus de Vries|access-date=23 February 2018}} On 27 January 2018, De Vries replaced Gordon at half-time shortly after the latter suffered a knee injury in the 1–0 win over Hibernian.{{cite news|title=Celtic 1–0 Hibernian: Injuries to Craig Gordon & Leigh Griffiths sour win|date=27 January 2018|access-date=23 February 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42847904}} This gave De Vries an extended run in the side, taking in Scottish Premiership clashes with Aberdeen, Hearts, Kilmarnock, and St Johnstone, Scottish Cup victories over first Partick Thistle and then Greenock Morton, and De Vries' UEFA Europa League début, which came against Zenit Saint Petersburg. Celtic exited the Europa League after a 3–1 aggregate defeat to Zenit; the Russians' second goal, described by De Vries as a "knuckleball", deceived him, and it is his belief that his side never recovered from that concession.{{cite news|title=Zenit St Petersburg 3–0 Celtic: Knuckle ball floored us – Dorus de Vries|date=23 February 2018|access-date=23 February 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43159951}} De Vries was injured in training on 9 March and replaced by Scott Bain in the match with Rangers two days later,{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43275522 |title=Rangers 2–3 Celtic |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 March 2018 |access-date=4 July 2018 |first=Bryn |last=Palmer}} and made no further appearances in the 2017–18 season, finishing with 10 appearances: two in the Scottish Cup, two in the Europa League, and six in the League.
De Vries left Celtic at the end of the 2018–19 season, and then announced his retirement from football.{{cite news |first=Craig |last=Fowler |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/former-celtic-player-announces-retirement-after-leaving-parkhead-1-4959280 |title=Former Celtic player announces retirement after leaving Parkhead |work=The Scotsman |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=7 July 2019}}
Career statistics
{{updated|4 July 2019}}{{soccerbase|id=44053|name=Dorus de Vries}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=4 |ADO Den Haag
|18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|– | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05
|Eredivisie |31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|– | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2005–06
|Eredivisie |20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 20 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!69 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 70 | 0 | |||
| Dunfermline Athletic
|27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2 | ||||
| |34 | 0 | |||||||||
| rowspan=5 |Swansea City
|46 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6{{efn|Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy|name=statsFLT}} | 0 | 58 | 0 | |
| 2008–09
|40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2 | ||||
| |46 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2009–10
|Championship |46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2 | ||||
| |48 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2010–11
|Championship |46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3{{efn|Appearance(s) in Football League play-offs}} | 0 | 51 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!178 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8||0 | 9||0 | 203 | 0 | |||
| rowspan=3|Wolverhampton Wanderers
|4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2 | ||||
| |9 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2012–13
|Championship |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2 | ||||
| |11 | 0 | |||||||||
| colspan=2|Total
!14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 20 | 0 | ||
| rowspan=5|Nottingham Forest
|Championship |3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15
|Championship |4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16
|Championship |45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 48 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17
|Championship |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!53 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 63 | 0 | ||
| rowspan=4|Celtic
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017–18
|Scottish Premiership |6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2018–19
|Scottish Premiership |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| colspan=3|Career total
!347 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 401 | 0 |
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Honours
=Club=
Swansea City
Celtic
=Individual=
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{celticfc.net|team/1420|archive=20190606032553}}
{{Nottingham Forest F.C. Player of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vries, Dorus De}}
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