Daphne Koster


Daphne Helena Koster is a retired Dutch football player, who played as a defender for Ajax in the Vrouwen Eredivisie. She also played in the American Women's Professional Soccer for Sky Blue FC. A powerful centre back, she was the captain of both the Netherlands women's national football team and Ajax.
Koster made her senior national team debut as a 16-year-old in August 1997 against Switzerland. At the time, she was playing for a boys' amateur club, SVA Assendelft, where she played until under-19 level.
In 2009, Koster was a mainstay of the Dutch national team, which reached the semi-finals of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland. In June 2013, national team coach Roger Reijners selected Koster for the Netherlands' squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.

International goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 March 2001Gemeentelijk Stadion, Kontich, Belgium3–04–0Friendly
2.10 May 2001West Lothian Courier Stadium, Livingston, Scotland2–02–0Friendly
3.13 August 2001Fortuna Wormerveer, Wormerveer, Netherlands2–12–1Friendly
4.25 April 2004Den Dreef, Heverlee, Belgium1–03–02005 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
5.10 August 2008Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa1–02–1Friendly
6.29 October 2009Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands7–013–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7.27 March 2010Polman Stadion, Almelo, Netherlands2–02–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification