Jeroen Lambers (born 20 October 1980) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Lambers began playing football with

Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

after being scouted as a 17-year-old at his local club VV Zwartermeer. After seven years as a reserve goalkeeper in Groningen, Lambers had a successful trial with

Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...

and signed for the

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club in 2006. Lambers returned to the Netherlands in 2007 after losing his starting spot in Falkirk to

Kasper Schmeichel Kasper Peter Schmeichel (born 5 November 1986) is a Danish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Celtic F.C., Celtic and the Denmark national footb ...

. Instead, he signed with

Veendam Veendam () is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Veendam was established in 1648 as a peat colony by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck. Holland America Line has named fo ...

where he was mostly a backup to

Barry Ditewig Barry Ditewig (; born 14 October 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Ditewig started his career at SC Heerenveen, and later played two seasons for FC Emmen. After the two seasons in Drenthe and ...

. After playing some years in the lower leagues for WKE and VV Zwartemeer, he retired from football 2016 due to a bacterial infection in his knee.

References

1980 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players FC Groningen players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Scottish Premier League players Falkirk F.C. players SC Veendam players WKE '16 players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Emmen, Netherlands Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Scotland {{Netherlands-footy-goalkeeper-stub