Ed de Goey

In this Dutch name, the surname is de Goey, not Goey.

Ed de Goey

Personal information
Full name	Eduard Franciscus de Goeij
Date of birth	(1966-12-20) 20 December 1966
Place of birth	Gouda, Netherlands
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	VOC Rotterdam (goalkeeper coach)
Youth career
1972–1981	Olympia
1981–1985	Sparta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1990	Sparta	145	(0)
1990–1997	Feyenoord	235	(0)
1997–2003	Chelsea	123	(0)
2003–2006	Stoke City	56	(0)
Total		559	(0)
International career
1984–1985	Netherlands U19	5	(0)
1986–1989	Netherlands U21	16	(0)
1992–1998	Netherlands	31	(0)
Managerial career
2007–2008	QPR (goalkeeper coach)
2010–2014	RKC (goalkeeper coach)
2014–2015	DHC (goalkeeper coach)
2015–2018	ADO Den Haag (goalkeeper coach)
2018–	VOC (goalkeeper coach)
Medal record Men's football Representing Netherlands UEFA European Championship 2000
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sparta Rotterdam	1985–86	Eredivisie	12	0	—		—		—		12	0
	1986–87	Eredivisie	34	0	—		—		—		34	0
	1987–88	Eredivisie	34	0	—		—		—		34	0
	1988–89	Eredivisie	31	0	—		—		—		31	0
	1989–90	Eredivisie	34	0	—		—		—		34	0
	Total		145	0	—		—		—		145	0
Feyenoord	1990–91	Eredivisie	34	0	—		—		—		34	0
	1991–92	Eredivisie	34	0	—		—		—		34	0
	1992–93	Eredivisie	33	0	—		—		—		33	0
	1993–94	Eredivisie	34	0	—		—		—		34	0
	1994–95	Eredivisie	32	0	—		—		—		32	0
	1995–96	Eredivisie	34	0	—		—		—		34	0
	1996–97	Eredivisie	34	0	—		—		—		34	0
	Total		235	0	—		—		—		235	0
Chelsea	1997–98	Premier League	28	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	39	0
	1998–99	Premier League	35	0	6	0	0	0	8	0	49	0
	1999–2000	Premier League	37	0	6	0	0	0	16	0	59	0
	2000–01	Premier League	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	17	0
	2001–02	Premier League	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
	2002–03	Premier League	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		123	0	14	0	1	0	37	0	175	0
Stoke City	2003–04	First Division	37	0	0	0	1	0	—		38	0
	2004–05	Championship	17	0	0	0	0	0	—		17	0
	2005–06	Championship	2	0	1	0	0	0	—		3	0
	Total		56	0	1	0	1	0	—		58	0
Career total			559	0	15	0	2	0	37	0	613	0

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	1992	1	0
	1993	7	0
	1994	15	0
	1995	4	0
	1996	1	0
	1997	1	0
	1998	2	0
Total		31	0

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: 1993
• Golden Shoe: 1994

External links

• Ed de Goey at Wereld van Oranje (archived) (in Dutch)
• Netherlands Profile at OnsOranje