Franciscus "Frank" de Boer (born May 15, 1970 in Hoorn, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch professional footballer. He is the younger twin brother, by 10 minutes, of Ronald de Boer. As well as being a good defender, he was also known for his passing skills and free kicks.
De Boer began his career as a left back at Ajax before switching to centre back, a position he made his own for many years in the national team. After winning both the Champions L...
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Franciscus "Frank" de Boer (born May 15, 1970 in Hoorn, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch professional footballer. He is the younger twin brother, by 10 minutes, of Ronald de Boer. As well as being a good defender, he was also known for his passing skills and free kicks.
De Boer began his career as a left back at Ajax before switching to centre back, a position he made his own for many years in the national team. After winning both the Champions League and UEFA Cup while at Ajax, he joined FC Barcelona where he was unable to repeat his earlier triumphs and suffered the ignominy of testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone. De Boer was suspended but he was reinstated after a successful appeal.
He briefly moved to Galatasaray in the summer of 2003 before joining Rangers in January 2004. He left Rangers in 2004 after Euro 2004 along with twin brother Ronald (his teammate at Ajax, Barcelona, and Rangers) to play the rest of his football career in Qatar with Al-Rayyan.
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