Eduard Franciscus de Goeij (born 20 December 1966), known as Ed de Goey, is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Vierde Divisie club VOC Rotterdam.
In a 20-year playing career, de Goey played for Sparta Rotterdam, Feyenoord, Chelsea and Stoke City. He played 31 times for the Netherlands national team.
Club career De Goey started playing football at hometown amateur side Olympia before moving to professional club Sparta. He signed for Feyenoord in 1990 and stayed there for seven years. During his time in Rotterdam, he missed a total of just eight games and won one Eredivisie title (in 1993) and four KNVB Cups in 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1995. He was awarded the Dutch Golden Boot in 1994.
De Goey joined Chelsea in June 1997 from Feyenoord for £2,250,000. He was first choice goalkeeper for the first three years of his six years spell, and was a member of the sides that won the League Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup (both in 1998) and the FA Cup in 2000. In 1999–2000, he set club records for most appearances (59) and clean sheets (27) during a season, both since surpassed by Frank Lampard and Petr Čech respectively. De Goey later lost his place in the side to Italian Carlo Cudicini and made just 25 appearances in his final three seasons. He was released by Chelsea in May 2003.
He joined Stoke City in August 2003 and became the club's first choice goalkeeper for the 2003–04 season where he made 38 appearances. He faced competition with Steve Simonsen in 2004–05 and made 17 appearances before losing his place completely in 2005–06 and was released at the end of the season.
International career De Goey played 16 games for the Netherlands national under-21 football team and 5 for the U19s.
He also played 31 times for the senior Netherlands team, including every game for his country at the 1994 FIFA World Cup where the Netherlands reached the quarter-finals, losing to eventual winners Brazil.
Coaching career On 6 July 2007, De Goey joined Queens Park Rangers as a first team coach, but chairman Gianni Paladini terminated his contract before the end of the season. In July 2010, De Goey joined RKC Waalwijk as a goalkeeping coach, a position he held until 2014, when he parted ways with the club. A few weeks later, De Goey joined DHC Delft in the Dutch Sunday Hoofdklasse A League. In 2015 he was named goalkeeper coach at ADO Den Haag. As of 2018, De Goey is goalkeeping coach at Dutch fifth tier side VOC Rotterdam.
Personal life De Goey is married and has two sons. He lives in Bergschenhoek and manages his own football goalkeeping school.
Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSparta Rotterdam1985–86Eredivisie120———1201986–87Eredivisie340———3401987–88Eredivisie340———3401988–89Eredivisie310———3101989–90Eredivisie340———340Total1450———1450Feyenoord1990–91Eredivisie340———3401991–92Eredivisie340———3401992–93Eredivisie330———3301993–94Eredivisie340———3401994–95Eredivisie320———3201995–96Eredivisie340———3401996–97Eredivisie340———340Total2350———2350Chelsea1997–98Premier League28010001003901998–99Premier League3506000804901999–2000Premier League37060001605902000–01Premier League1500010101702001–02Premier League60000020802002–03Premier League2010000030Total1230140103701750Stoke City2003–04First Division3700010—3802004–05Championship1700000—1702005–06Championship201000—30Total5601010—580Career total5590150203706130
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNetherlands1992101993701994150199540199610199710199820Total310
Honours Feyenoord Eredivisie: 1992–93 KNVB Cup: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95 Dutch Supercup: 1991
Chelsea FA Cup: 1999–2000 Football League Cup: 1997–98 FA Charity Shield: 2000 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98 UEFA Super Cup: 1998
Individual Dutch Goalkeeper of the Year: 1993Netherlands – Player of the Year and Other Awards , RSSSF.com Golden Shoe: 1994
References
External links
Netherlands Profile at OnsOranje