Paul Bosvelt

Paul Bosvelt
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-03-26) 26 March 1970
Place of birth Doetinchem, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Go Ahead Eagles (technical director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1994 Go Ahead Eagles 139 (27)
1994–1997 Twente 96 (21)
1997–2003 Feyenoord 177 (33)
2003–2005 Manchester City 53 (2)
2005–2007 SC Heerenveen 58 (5)
Total 523 (88)
International career
2000–2004 Netherlands 24 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Jong FC Twente
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Championship
2000
2004
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Bosvelt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpʌul ˈbɔsfɛlt], born 26 March 1970) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who is technical director of Go Ahead Eagles.

As a player he was a midfielder who notably played in the Eredivisie for FC Twente and Feyenoord and in the Premier League for Manchester City. He also had spells with Go Ahead Eagles and SC Heerenveen. He was capped 24 times by Netherlands.

As a coach he returned to Go Ahead Eagles as assistant manager, later returning to FC Twente as under-17 manager and a spell as Netherlands U21 assistant coach.