Edwin Gorter

Edwin Gorter
Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-07-06) 6 July 1963
Place of birth	Den Haag, Netherlands
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)^[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	RVC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1984	DS'79	81	(18)
1984–1986	Roda JC	65	(19)
1986–1991	Lugano	151	(72)
1991–1994	Caen	65	(6)
1994	Lommel	14	(0)
1994–1995	Utrecht	26	(11)
1995–1996	Vitesse Arnhem	18	(5)
1996–1998	NAC Breda	18	(0)
1998–1999	New England Revolution	34	(8)
1999	Miami Fusion	15	(3)
Total		486	(142)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Edwin Gorter (born 6 July 1963) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Early and personal life

Born in Den Haag,^[2] Gorter's mother died when he was 8 years old.^[3]

Gorter has two children,^[4] including son Donny who is also a professional footballer.^[3]^[5] His other child is a daughter, Sharon.^[3] Gorter has described himself as a "stern but fair" father.^[3]

Playing career

Gorter played for RVC, DS'79, Roda JC, Lugano, Caen, Lommel, Utrecht, Vitesse Arnhem, NAC Breda, the New England Revolution and the Miami Fusion.^[2]^[6]

While playing in Switzerland for Lugano, Gorter won the Foreigner of the Year award for the 1990–91 season.^[5]

In 1994, while playing for Utrecht, Gorter attempted to gouge the eyes of opposition player Björn van der Doelen,^[5]^[7] receiving a seven-match ban as a result.^[8] He left the club at the end of that season.^[9]

He moved to the United States in February 1998,^[10] playing in Major League Soccer for the New England Revolution and the Miami Fusion.^[1]^[11]

Later career

After he retired from playing football, Gorter became a player's agent.^[4] He later worked as a television analyst for Eredivisie Live, and as a regional distributor for Cambridge België health products.^[12]

References

1 2 "Profile". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
1 2 "Profile". Dutch Players Abroad. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
1 2 3 4 "'De naam Gorter opent geen deuren'" (in Dutch). BN DeStem. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
1 2 Dave Brousseau (20 January 2000). "Gorter Retires, Plans New Career As An Agent". SunSentinel. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
1 2 3 "Zo vader, zo zoon: Edwin en Donny" (in Dutch). Voetbal.nl. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Frank Beijen. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
↑ "Priemende vinger van Gorter was geen 'bewustje'" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. 7 November 1994. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
↑ Marieke van der Voort (25 November 2010). "Beet van Luis Suarez valt buiten de top tien" (in Dutch). Metronieuws. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
↑ "Gorter (31) keert FC Utrecht en voetbal de rug toe" (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. 26 April 1995. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
↑ "Edwin Gorter naar Amerika" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 3 February 1998. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
↑ Frank Dell'Apa (5 April 1998). "MLS Misfit Gorter Fits In With Revolution". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
↑ "Gorter is een Cruijff-man" (in Dutch). Sportkwadraat. Retrieved 4 February 2015.

Swiss Footballer of the Year

Previous winners	1972–73: Karl Odermatt 1973–74: verilmedi 1974–75: Umberto Barberis 1975–76: Köbi Kuhn 1976–77: Hansjörg Pfister 1977–78: Rudolf Elsener 1978–79: Umberto Barberis 1979–80: Umberto Barberis 1980–81: Heinz Lüdi 1981–82: Claudio Sulser 1982–83: Lucien Favre 1983–84: Heinz Hermann 1984–85: Heinz Hermann / Rolf Osterwalder 1985–86: Heinz Hermann 1986–87: Heinz Hermann 1987–88: Heinz Hermann 1988–89: Peter Nadig 1989–90: André Egli 1990–91: Adrian Knup 1991–92: Jean-Paul Brigger 1992–93: Ciriaco Sforza 1993–94: Thomas Bickel 1994–95: Nestor Subiat 1995–96: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1996–97: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1997–98: Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Foreigner of the Year	1974–75: Ilija Katić 1975–76: Ilija Katić 1976–77: Eigil Nielsen 1977–78: Martin Chivers 1978–79: Jurica Jerković 1979–80: Piet Hamberg 1980–81: Robert Kok 1981–82: Jurica Jerković 1982–83: Jurica Jerković 1983–84: Raúl Nogués 1984–85: Charly Herberth 1985–86: Lars Lunde 1986–87: Robert Prytz 1987–88: John Eriksen 1988–89: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90: Iván Zamorano 1990–91: Edwin Gorter 1991–92: Igor Dobrovolski 1992–93: Sonny Anderson 1993–94: Élber 1994–95: Petar Aleksandrov 1995–96: Viorel Moldovan 1996–97: Viorel Moldovan 1997–98: Shabani Nonda

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