Mathieu Boots (born 23 June 1975 in
Venhuizen
Venhuizen (; ) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland (region), West-Frisia, in the municipality of Drechterland. Venhuizen was a separate municipality until 1 January 2006, w ...
) is a Dutch retired
football
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player.
Club career
A relative late newcomer, Boots made his professional debut for
Volendam
Volendam () is a tourist town in the Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Edam-Volendam, Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands, known for its streets, old fishing boats and the traditional clothing wor ...
in an August 2000
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...
match against
VVV.
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- FC Volendam He then moved abroad a year later to play for Belgian side
KV Mechelen
Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen (), often called KV Mechelen (, KVM) or simply by their former French name Malinois /ˌmalɪˈnwɑː/, is a Belgian professional association football, football club based in Mechelen in the Antwerp (pr ...
with whom he won promotion to the
Eerste Klasse
The Eerste Klasse () started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into ten divisions. These divisions correspond to the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association: each district i ...
but got relegated after one season in the top flight.
Boots then spent two seasons in the
J2 League
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with
Yokohama FC
is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club was formed by fans of Yokohama Flügels as a protest against Flügels' merger with Yokohama Marinos in 1999, becoming th ...
, only to return to Volendam in 2004. He retired from professional football in 2010.
He returned to his former club
Hollandia to play amateur football in the
Topklasse
The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede Div ...
. In 2013, he left Hollandia for lower league side De Valken, where he started playing football as a child.
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Club statistics
After football
After retiring as a player, Boots became an accountant.Jobs career
- LinkedIn
References
External links
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J. LeagueJ. League
1975 births
Living people
People from Venhuizen
Men's association football defenders
Dutch men's footballers
FC Volendam players
K.V. Mechelen players
Yokohama FC players
Eerste Divisie players
J2 League players
Derde Divisie players
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Japan
HVV Hollandia players
Footballers from North Holland
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