Cor Varkevisser (born 14 May 1982 in

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...

) is a Dutch

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who plays for

Quick Boys Quick Boys is an amateur football club from Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands. The club, established on February 1, 1920, is the second most successful amateur football club in the Netherlands, behind IJsselmeervogels. The club joined the footbal ...

in the Dutch

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Club career

Varkevisser came through the youth ranks at

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

but moved to city rivals

Excelsior Rotterdam Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion. The club was fou ...

in 2001 to become a regular with them. After 4 seasons he transferred to

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, followin ...

. On July 1, 2007, he joined Sparta Rotterdam to become their reserve goalkeeper behind

Harald Wapenaar Harald Wapenaar (born 10 April 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. As well as playing in his native Netherlands, he also played league football in Italy and England. Career Wapenaar played for Italian cl ...

, but he became third in the pecking order after the arrival of

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due to injury of Wapenaar.

International career

Varkevisser played for Netherlands U-21.

External links

Voetbal International profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Varkevisser, Cor 1982 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Excelsior Rotterdam players VVV-Venlo players Sparta Rotterdam players SC Telstar players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Leiden