The last three years of his life Andries Noppert They are movie worthy. The goalkeeper who last Monday defended the goal of Netherlands in the World Cup debut of louis van gaal against Senegal hides more than a strange story. Not only because this match was his first with the Dutch team, but because just two years ago he was about to retire from football.
Noppert28 years old, belongs to heerenveenbut in the summer of 2019 he was left without a team after leaving the foggy The Italian and the idea of hanging up his gloves to become a policeman flew into his head. He’s 25 years old, but he hasn’t gone beyond being a semi-professional yet, so it seems unreasonable to make that decision.
However, he signed for Dordrecht and from then on things started to improve. However, it was not professional until the beginning of 2021, when he joined the ranks of Go ahead Eagles, and then his life definitely changed forever. Less than two years, though Van Gaal He chose to be part of the trident of goalkeepers to defend Netherlands in this World Cup. In the past of both they are pasveer (39 years old/Ajax) and bijlow (24/Feyenoord) who seems to be fighting for the title, but it is Noppert the winner of the game. He will hardly forget on November 21, 2022 a man who could fight crime instead of stopping in Qatar.
The highest in the World Cup
On the other hand, Andries Noppert It also hides the particularity and record of being the tallest football player among all the aforementioned to play this World Cup in Qatar 2022. The little angel measures 203 centimeters.
Source: La Verdad
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