Rogier Koordes (born 13 June 1972) is a Dutch former

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who played in England for

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between February 1997 and February 1999. In between this spell he played in the Netherlands for

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Oss OSS or Oss may refer to: Places * Oss, a city and municipality in the Netherlands * Osh Airport, IATA code OSS People with the name * Oss (surname), a surname Arts and entertainment * ''O.S.S.'' (film), a 1946 World War II spy film about O ...

, Haarlem, and

Ter Leede Ter Leede is a football club based in Sassenheim, Netherlands. The club was established on 30 April 1930, as a merger of the clubs ''Poellaan'' and ''Roda''. The men's team is currently playing in the Dutch Hoofdklasse, after being relegated from ...

Career

Koordes began his career at

, who finished the 1994–95 season in 11th place in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as th ...

, and then ninth place in 1995–96 under

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's stewardship. Koordes left the TATA Steel Stadion when he was purchased by

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First Division club

in February 1997 for a £75,000 fee. He played 13 league games in the remainder of the 1996–97 season, but featured just nine times in the 1997–98 campaign. He played 17 league and

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games in the 1998–99 campaign, but left

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in February 1999 after manager

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was sacked and replaced by

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. After leaving

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he returned to his native the Netherlands to play for

. TOP finished 16th in the Eerste Divisie in 1998–99, and then in last place in 1999–2000, before rising to tenth position in 2000–01. Koordes then switched to

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HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 198 ...

, and helped the club to 12th and 14th-place finishes in 2001–02 and 2002–03. He then left Haarlem Stadion and ended up with

. In January 2007 he joined Rijnvogels in the

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(Dutch 4th tier).

Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koordes, Rogier 1972 births Living people Footballers from Haarlem Dutch footballers Association football midfielders SC Telstar players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Port Vale F.C. players TOP Oss players HFC Haarlem players Eerste Divisie players English Football League players Ter Leede players