Roel Brouwers
{{short description|Dutch footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
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| name = Roel Brouwers
| image = Rooel1.jpg
| caption = Brouwers in 2015
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|11|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Heerlen, Netherlands
| height = {{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = Centre back
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| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2001
| youthclubs1 = RKVV Weltania
| years1 = 2001–2005
| clubs1 = Roda JC
| caps1 = 49
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2005–2007
| clubs2 = Paderborn 07
| caps2 = 59
| goals2 = 7
| years3 = 2007–2016
| clubs3 = Borussia Mönchengladbach
| caps3 = 173
| goals3 = 15
| years4 = 2016
| clubs4 = Roda JC
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 0
| totalcaps = 289 | totalgoals = 23
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Roel Brouwers ({{IPA|nl|rul ˈbrʌu.ərs}}; born 28 November 1981) is a Dutch former footballer{{cite web | url = http://www.rodajc.nl/nieuwsbericht/02-10-2016/roel-brouwers-stopt-per-direct | title = ROEL BROUWERS STOPT PER DIRECT | publisher = worldfootball.net | accessdate = 12 July 2012}} who last played for Roda JC Kerkrade in the Dutch Eredivisie.{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/roel-brouwers/ | title = Roel Brouwers | publisher = Roda JC | accessdate = 2 October 2016}}
Club career
Brouwers played the majority of his professional career in Germany. He started at hometown amateur side Weltania Heerlen and had a few seasons with Roda JC before moving abroad to play for SC Paderborn 07. He then spent 9 years with Borussia Mönchengladbach, for whom he made his Champions League debut in September 2015 against Sevilla.{{cite web | url = https://www.1limburg.nl/roel-brouwers-maakt-debuut-champions-league | title = Roel Brouwers maakt debuut in Champions League | language = nl | website = 1Limburg | date = 15 September 2015 | access-date = 5 February 2017}}
He rejoined Roda in summer 2016,{{cite web | url = http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/brouwers-keert-terug-naar-oude-liefde-roda-jc.htm | title = Brouwers keert terug naar oude liefde Roda JC | language = nl | website = Voetbal International | date = 17 May 2016 | access-date = 5 February 2017}} only to finish his career in October 2016 after losing his place in the starting line-up and suffering minor injuries.{{cite web | url = http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/brouwers-34-zet-per-direct-punt-achter-loopbaan.htm | title = Brouwers (34) zet per direct punt achter loopbaan | language = nl | website = Voetbal International | date = 2 October 2016 | access-date = 5 February 2017}}
Personal life
Although he was under contract at Borussia Mönchengladbach, Brouwers used to live with his wife and son in the Netherlands, in Voerendaal near the German border, 80 motorway kilometres located from Mönchengladbach.{{cite web | url=http://www.mopo.de/fussball/gladbachs-kult-verteidiger-roel-brouwers--punkt-zum-geburtstag,5067054,29188254.html | title= Roel Brouwers: Punkt zum Geburtstag | accessdate= 1 March 2015 | date= 28 November 2014 | work=Hamburger Morgenpost | language=de}}
References
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Category:Footballers from Heerlen
Category:People from Voerendaal
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:Roda JC Kerkrade players
Category:SC Paderborn 07 players
Category:Borussia Mönchengladbach players
Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:2. Bundesliga players
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