D.O.B - 6th November 1985
BORN - Amsterdam
NICKNAMES - Shanker, boty, Tobber
EMPLOYMENT - Shop Manager
FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM - Liverpool
FAVOURITE QUOTE - "You get what you deserve!"

In total, I've played for atleast 15 different clubs and I started out playing football with a dutch club called KGB - the very same club where brothers Roland and Frank De Boer started out - with the first team probably being the equivalent of Shortwood at the time. Before leaving Holland for England at the age of 8 or 9 I also had a very brief stint with Ajax.

At 12 I went on a bit of a flurry playing for different clubs and eventually got a trial with Swindon, who then proceeded to mess me around. I moved to Bristol Rovers until I rapidly departed when we started training in an old converted church! I then went across the Bristol border to commit the greatest sin of all by joining bitter rivals Bristol City on a 5 year contract. Oops!

My highlight in that time with City was playing against Liverpool at U15 level (my fav. team) and we didn't do too badly in a 3-1 defeat at their ground.

After B. City I made my way to the Forest green U18s where I unfortunately proceeded to fall out with the team manager Darren Perrin and decided to travel across the valley this time to play for Alan Harden's Shortwood United U18s. It was there I was involved in a successful team where I enjoyed 2 seasons with the club, before going off to uni where I studied Sport Journalism as it was related to football in some way.

Now I've returned i'm playing for Shortwood again and looking to achieve something this season in the Northern Senior league with the Reserves!

Other sporting interests:
Cycling, long distance runs, mountaineering

Hobbies:
Cinema, movies, music, writing, poker, socialising, sometimes drinking.

Ambitions:
Win the Northern Senior League
Travel the width and breadth of England and write about it.
Take part in the Tenby boxing day swim.
One day travel further than Europe.
Move out of my parents house!!