Winston Bogarde

Winston Bogarde represents the kind of defender I find easy to respect. A 190cm Dutch centre-back born in Rotterdam, he passed through Ajax, AC Milan, Barcelona, and Chelsea, a resume few players ever match. What stands out to me is his physical reliability and the versatility to drop to left-back when needed. Defenders rarely get the spotlight that strikers do, but attacks only sparkle because someone like Bogarde holds the line. That he later moved into coaching, passing on hard-won knowledge to the next generation, only deepens my appreciation for how he spent his time in the game.

Name (English)

Winston Bogarde

Name (Japanese)

ウィンストン・ボハルデ

Reading

うぃんすとん・ぼはるで

Born

October 22, 1970 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

Origin

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Height

190 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach / athlete

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87

Tags

• South Holland
• association football player
• association football coach
• athlete

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.