Mathieu Boots
{{short description|Dutch retired football player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
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|birth_place=Venhuizen, Netherlands
|height={{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
|position=Defender
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|youthclubs1= SV De Valken
| years1 = 1997–1998 | years2 = 1998–2001 | years3 = 2001–2002 | years4 = 2003–2004 | years5 = 2004–2010 | years6 =2010–2013
| clubs1 = Hollandia | clubs2 = Volendam | clubs3 = KV Mechelen | clubs4 = Yokohama FC | clubs5 = Volendam | clubs6 =Hollandia
| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 5 | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 1 | caps4 = 73 | goals4 = 12 | caps5 = 139 | goals5 = 4 | caps6 = | goals6 =
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|pcupdate=13 July 2010
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Mathieu Boots (born 23 June 1975 in Venhuizen) is a Dutch retired football player.
Club career
A relative late newcomer, Boots made his professional debut for Volendam in an August 2000 Eerste Divisie match against VVV.[http://www.fcvolendam.nl/nieuws/item/fc-volendam-buiten-de-lijnen-4/ Mathieu Boots doet een stapje terug] - FC Volendam {{in lang|nl}} He then moved abroad a year later to play for Belgian side KV Mechelen with whom he won promotion to the Eerste Klasse but got relegated after one season in the top flight.
Boots then spent two seasons in the J2 League with Yokohama FC,{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|title=Stats Centre: Mathieu Boots Facts|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=14&CPID=15&TEID=1074&PLID=68831&pStr=Player|accessdate=2009-08-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617065912/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=14&CPID=15&TEID=1074&PLID=68831&pStr=Player|archivedate=2012-06-17}} only to return to Volendam in 2004.[http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/mathieu-boots-keert-terug-bij-fc-volendam.htm Mathieu Boots keert terug bij FC Volendam] - Voetbal International {{in lang|nl}} He retired from professional football in 2010.[http://www.fcvolendam.nl/nieuws/item/mathieu-boots-neemt-afscheid-ols-profvoetballer/ Mathieu Boots neemt afscheid als profvoetballer] - FC Volendam {{in lang|nl}}
He returned to his former club Hollandia to play amateur football in the Topklasse.[http://www.rtvnh.nl/sport/31866/mathieu-boots-naar-hollandia-hoorn Mathieu Boots naar Hollandia Hoorn] - RTV Noord Holland {{in lang|nl}} In 2013, he left Hollandia for lower league side De Valken, where he started playing football as a child.
Club statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||
| colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season
! Club ! League ! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals | |||||
| colspan=3 |Japan
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 | Total | ||||||||
| 2003 | rowspan="2"|Yokohama FC | rowspan="2"|J2 League | 33 | 4 | ||||
| 2004 | 40 | 8 | ||||||
| colspan=3|Total
!73||12|||||||| |
After football
After retiring as a player, Boots became an accountant.[https://nl.linkedin.com/in/mathieu-boots-81184315 Jobs career] - LinkedIn
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{J.League player}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110325123833/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/2003/ J. League]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110325123838/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/2004/ J. League]
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Category:People from Venhuizen
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:K.V. Mechelen players
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Derde Divisie players
Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Category:HVV Hollandia players
Category:Footballers from North Holland
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