Ruud Jorge Boffin (born 5 November 1987) is a Belgian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Early career

Born in

Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. With more than 41,500 inhabitants, it is on ...

, Boffin began his career with the youth team of

Racing Genk Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (), commonly known as KRC Genk or Racing Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and have won four championship title ...

, before moving to Dutch team PSV in 2005. Boffin never made a senior appearance for PSV, and began his professional career on loan at

FC Eindhoven Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known as FC Eindhoven, is a professional association football, football club based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football ...

during the 2007–08 season. Boffin moved to

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently ...

in 2008, and spent the second half of the 2009–10 season on loan at

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

. Boffin made a total of 86 league appearances in Dutch football.

West Ham United

Boffin signed for English team

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on 1 September 2010, on a two-year deal, alongside fellow new signing

Lars Jacobsen Lars Christian Jacobsen (born 20 September 1979) is a retired Danish professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), right back. He is currently an assistant coach of HB Køge. During a 20-year pl ...

. Boffin signed for an undisclosed nominal fee following a trial for the club, and was announced as cover for

Robert Green Robert Paul Green (born 18 January 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played in the Premier League and Football League and for the England national team. Green made his first-team debut for Norwi ...

. Boffin made his West Ham debut on 18 December 2010, in the 1–1 Premier League draw against

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...

. In April 2012 having found his playing opportunities infrequent due to the form of

and the signing of Stephen Henderson, Boffin's contract was cancelled by mutual consent. Boffin made one League and two Cup appearances for West Ham.

Eskişehirspor

In May 2012, he signed for Turkish club

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Eskişehir. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the ...

. On 25 September 2016, he scored a goal by a direct free-kick from his own half at

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game against

Ümraniyespor Ümraniyespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Ümraniye, Istanbul. The club has played in red-and-white kits since its formation in 1938. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 3,513-capacity Ümraniye Belediyesi � ...

, which ended 2–0.

Antalyaspor

After having played in the second-tier TFF First League with Eskişehirspor, Boffin signed with

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

club

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white. The association football, football side play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the cl ...

in 2017. In his first season, he had to share his playing time with

Ferhat Kaplan Ferhat Kaplan (born 7 January 1989) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for TFF Second League club Batman Petrolspor. Career Kaplan began his career at the Metaspor football school in 2000. He was transferred to Darda ...

, but he soon grew into the starter. In 2021, he reached the final of the

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for the second time in his career.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boffin, Ruud 1987 births Living people Footballers from Sint-Truiden Belgian men's footballers Belgian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers KRC Genk players PSV Eindhoven players FC Eindhoven players MVV Maastricht players VVV-Venlo players West Ham United F.C. players Eskişehirspor footballers Antalyaspor footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Premier League players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Expatriate men's footballers in England Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century Belgian sportsmen