Arjen Robben announced a surprising return at FC Groningen on Saturday. De Bedummer is not the first former international of Orange to return to his decision to quit as prof. An overview of players who preceded him this century.
Marc Overmars at Go Ahead Eagles (2008)
The 86-time international thought it was beautiful in 2004 after periods at Go Ahead Eagles, Willem II, Ajax, Arsenal and FC Barcelona, but made such an impression four years later at the farewell match of Jaap Stam that he decided to go Go Ahead’s shirt. to put on again. After 24 games, the Epenaar stopped permanently a year later.
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Marc Overmars in the Go Ahead Eagles shirt. (Photo: Pro Shots)
Edgar Davids at Crystal Palace (2010) and Barnet (2012)
With the 74-time international, the temptation to return as a professional was even twice too great. After the end of his second Ajax period in the summer of 2008, he started working at Crystal Palace in 2010. Davids turned in his contract after six games in more than two months and returned to the small Barnet FC at the end of October 2012 as a player / trainer at the age of 39. More than a year later that adventure also ended and his great career was really over.
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Edgar Davids returned to Barnet for the second time in 2012 as a prof. (Picture: Getty Images)
Henk Timmer at sc Heerenveen (2010)
A goalkeeper problem in Friesland led Timmer to put his gloves back on in March 2010, after his contract had ended with Feyenoord a season earlier. De Hierdenaar, seven-time international of the Dutch national team, defended the goal of Heerenveen for nine games.
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A proud Henk Timmer at the statue of Abe Lenstra at the stadium of sc Heerenveen. (Photo: Pro Shots)
Andwelé Slory at FC Dordrecht (2015)
The former player of Excelsior and Feyenoord had said goodbye to professional football at the end of 2011 after an Australian adventure, but returned to it 3.5 years later when FC Dordrecht approached him. That was not a great success, because the two-time Orange customer came to a handful of matches and could not save the club from relegation from the Eredivisie.
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Andwelé Slory relegated with FC Dordrecht from the Eredivisie. (Photo: Pro Shots)
Demy de Zeeuw at NAC Breda (2015)
In the summer of 2014, the midfielder’s career seemed to be over, when his rental period with Anderlecht was over and his contract with Spartak Moscow had ended. Six months later, NAC managed to seduce the former player of Go Ahead Eagles, AZ and Ajax into a contract. In a half season, De Zeeuw, who wore the Orange shirt 27 times, came to sixteen games and two goals on behalf of the club that relegated that season.
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Demy de Zeeuw extended his career with six months of NAC Breda. (Photo: Pro Shots)
Royston Drenthe at Sparta Rotterdam (2018)
After a colorful career, the former player of Feyenoord and Real Madrid seemed to have said goodbye to professional football two years ago. Drenthe played with the amateurs of XerxesDZB, but Sparta Rotterdam convinced the one-time Orange international to make a comeback. After a year in which he contributed to the promotion of Sparta to the Eredivisie (32 matches, five goals), he returned to the amateur world at Kozak Boys.
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Royston Drenthe had a creditable season in the shirt of Sparta Rotterdam. (Photo: Pro Shots)
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