Dorus de Vries

I have always considered goalkeeping the loneliest, most punishing job in football, and that is why Dorus de Vries appeals to me. Standing 186 cm and starting out at Telstar in the Netherlands, he then had the nerve to move to Britain in 2006 and test himself abroad, beginning in Scotland. Keepers do not score the glory goals; they make the one save that quietly rescues a match. I respect that kind of unflashy, high-pressure craftsmanship, where a single mistake is unforgiving yet a single stop can define a season. De Vries strikes me as a dependable last line, and I admire that steadiness.

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Name (English)

Dorus de Vries

Name (Japanese)

ドルス・デ・フリース

Reading

どるす・で・ふりーす

Born

December 29, 1980 (age 45)

Origin

Beverwijk, North Holland, Netherlands

Height

186 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorus%20de%20Vries
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1250853

Tags

• North Holland
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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