Boudewijn Zenden

Boudewijn Zenden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbʌu̯dəˌʋɛi̯n ˈzɛndə(n)] (listen); born 15 August 1976) also known by his nickname "Bolo", is a Dutch former footballer who played as a left winger or as an attacking midfielder.

Boudewijn Zenden
Zenden playing for Liverpool in 2005
Personal information
Full name Boudewijn Zenden[1]
Date of birth (1976-08-15) 15 August 1976[2]
Place of birth Maastricht, Netherlands
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1985–1987 MVV
1987–1993 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1998 PSV 112 (32)
1998–2001 Barcelona 64 (2)
2001–2004 Chelsea 43 (4)
2003–2004 → Middlesbrough (loan) 31 (4)
2004–2005 Middlesbrough 36 (5)
2005–2007 Liverpool 23 (2)
2007–2009 Marseille 54 (6)
2009–2011 Sunderland 47 (4)
Total 410 (59)
National team
1997–2004 Netherlands 54 (7)
Teams managed
2012–2013 Chelsea (assistant manager)
2013–2015 Jong PSV (assistant manager)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Championship
2000 Belgium-Netherlands
2004 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Named the 1997 Dutch Football Talent of the Year, Zenden played for four teams in the English Premier League, totalling 180 games and 19 goals. He also played in the highest leagues in the Netherlands, Spain and France, for PSV, Barcelona and Marseille respectively. Internationally, Zenden earned 54 caps and scored seven goals for the Netherlands, whom he represented at two UEFA European Championships and the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Early life

Zenden was born in Maastricht, Limburg.[2] His father Pierre Zenden is a former judoka who worked as a sports broadcaster for the public NOS broadcasting system from 1968 to 2005.[4] Zenden played football and was also competitive in judo as a child. In 1985, Dutch club MVV Maastricht signed Zenden after watching him play for amateur club Leonidas. Two years later, he joined the youth academy of PSV.[5]

Zenden earned his judo black belt at age 14[6] and was three times judo champion of his home province of Limburg.[7] Zenden has been a strict vegetarian since age 19.[8]

Club career

PSV

As his career developed at PSV, Zenden made the left wing position his own, displacing Peter Hoekstra and finally becoming a firm member of the starting line-up after the departure of Dutch national team player Jan Wouters. Zenden was an important part of the PSV team that won the Eredivisie championship in 1996–97, where he also received the 1997 Dutch Talent of the Year award.[5] After another season at PSV, in which he scored 12 goals in 23 games, he moved to Spanish club Barcelona in 1998.

Barcelona

At Barcelona, Zenden became part of a large contingent of Dutch players under Barcelona's Dutch coach Louis van Gaal. He found his first-team opportunities at Barcelona limited by the form of fellow Dutchman Marc Overmars, however, who played in Zenden's favoured left wing position for both club and country. Instead, Zenden was used as a left wingback, a defensive role which he took on successfully, as he displaced Spanish international and local favourite Sergi.[9] Zenden helped Barcelona win the 1998–99 La Liga championship, and in the 1999–2000 season, he scored his only three goals for the club. After Van Gaal's resignation as coach in 2000, however, first team appearances became more scarce for Zenden. At the end of the 2000–01 season, English club Chelsea bought him for £7.5 million.[10]

Chelsea

In his two years at Chelsea, Zenden played in the 2002 FA Cup final, a 2–0 defeat to Arsenal, however he struggled to maintain a constant place in the starting line-up mainly due to persistent injuries.[11]

Middlesbrough

Zenden was loaned out to Middlesbrough for the 2003–04 season. Here he found playing success, as he scored the winning goal in the 2004 League Cup final against Bolton Wanderers to secure Middlesbrough their first major trophy in club history. When his contract with Chelsea expired in the summer 2004, he moved to Middlesbrough on a free transfer, signing a one-year contract for the 2004–05 season.[12] He occupied the central midfield position, where he played 36 of 38 league games, scoring five goals, and was voted the Middlesbrough fans' 2005 Player of the Year.[10] However, it would be his last for Middlesbrough, as he left in the summer of 2005 when his contract ran out.

Liverpool

Zenden joined newly crowned UEFA Champions League champions Liverpool on 4 July 2005. He started his Liverpool career being used regularly as a left midfielder, and was in the starting line-up as Liverpool won the 2005 UEFA Super Cup. However, he suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury in his right knee in December 2005,[13] which ruled him out for the rest of the season.[10] He recovered for the start of the 2006–07 season and was part of the Liverpool team that won the 2006 FA Community Shield. After the departure of German central midfielder Dietmar Hamann in the summer of 2006, Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez indicated that he saw Zenden as an option in the central midfield.[14]

Zenden suffered a further knee injury playing against Manchester City on 25 November 2006, for which he underwent corrective surgery.[15]

Zenden played in both legs of Liverpool's Champions League semi-final against former club Chelsea, scoring Liverpool's first penalty in the penalty shootout at the end of the second leg, which Liverpool won 4–1. He went on to start in the final, which Liverpool lost to Milan. Zenden scored twice during his spell at Liverpool with goals against West Ham United[16] and Portsmouth in the Premier League.[17]

Marseille

On 24 May 2007, it was announced by Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez that Zenden's contract would not be renewed and that he was allowed to talk to other clubs,[18] and on 6 July 2007, Zenden signed a two-year contract with Marseille. He made his competitive debut for Marseille on 11 August 2007, starting and eventually being substituted in a 0–0 stalemate with Rennes.[19] At Marseille, Zenden struggled for regular football. In the 2008–09 Ligue 1 season, he featured 13 times (predominately as a substitute) scoring three goals.

After being released, Zenden revealed that he wanted to end his career in England, with Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth interested in the player. In October 2009, he went to Sunderland on trial. He signed after impressing Sunderland manager Steve Bruce.[20]

Sunderland
Zenden playing for Sunderland in 2010

On 16 October 2009, Zenden signed a contract with Sunderland which tied him down until the end of the 2009–10 season.[21] Zenden signed in time to make his debut against former club Liverpool and he did an excellent job helping Sunderland to retain their one-goal lead after coming on as substitute for the injured Lee Cattermole.[22] His Sunderland career often saw him play as a substitute without starting any matches and he had suffered an injury in between, but after recovery he was named in the squad to face his old club Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on 16 January 2010, and within less than ten minutes of coming on as a second-half substitute he scored his first goal for the club, a fine half-volley to reduce his team's deficit to 5–1, having been 4–0 down at half-time. The Black Cats eventually succumbed to a 7–2 defeat.[23] On 3 April 2010, Zenden scored his second goal for Sunderland, a left-footed volley in a 3–1 win against Tottenham Hotspur at the Stadium of Light.[24]

On 17 May 2010, Zenden signed a new one-year contract at the club.[25] Zenden's first start of the season came in Sunderland's 0–0 draw with Manchester United, where he hit the post. Zenden became a YouTube hit after celebrating a goal with Asamoah Gyan in Sunderland's 3–0 victory at Chelsea. Zenden notched his first of the season against Bolton in a 2–1 away win, on 7 May, which he dedicated to his ill father.[26] Following the match, manager Steve Bruce confirmed Zenden would be offered a new contract at the club.[27] Zenden, however, revealed he would quit the club at the end of the season to prolong his career.[28] On 22 May 2011, his last game for Sunderland, he scored the opening goal in a 3–0 win over already-relegated West Ham on the final day of the 2010–11 Premier League season.

International career

Zenden made his debut for the Netherlands national team in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against San Marino on 30 April 1997. He was included in the starting formation and played the entire match as the Netherlands won 6–0.[29] He was called up to represent the Netherlands at the 1998 World Cup finals in France, where Zenden started the tournament as a substitute. Coming on twice as a substitute, he was selected to start in the semi-final loss to Brazil. He was once more selected to play in the third-place playoff against Croatia, where he scored a goal after a solo run and a powerful long-range shot.[30] After scoring, he attempted to celebrate with an acrobatic somersault, but failed, throwing himself head first to the ground.[5]

It was during the run-up to UEFA Euro 2000 that he gained acclaim, with the tournament itself providing the platform some of his finest performances. His raw pace and acceleration down the flank, coupled with his ability to function both as a wing-forward and as a wing-back made him a versatile player to have in the squad. His man of the match performance in a friendly against Germany at the turn of the millennium cemented his position in the national team – he set up the opening goal for Patrick Kluivert, then added his own name to the scoresheet with a thunderous volley from Ronald de Boer's corner, before nearly putting the gloss on the finish when he left the entire German defence for dead with his raw pace, beat the goalkeeper with his shot, only for it to rebound off the upright.

Zenden played in all five Dutch matches at Euro 2000. Carrying his pre-tournament form into the tournament proper, Zenden grabbed a goal against Denmark and the winner against France to help the Netherlands finish top of Group D. The Dutch annihilated Yugoslavia 6–1 in the quarter-final; Zenden once again put in a stellar performance, including the assist for what turned out to be Kluivert's hat-trick goal. He started the semi-final against Italy, but he was substituted in a game that would see the Dutch be eliminated on penalties.

Zenden featured again in Euro 2004, though he only played the first half of the first match against Germany. Following the tournament, Zenden, like other experienced players including Clarence Seedorf and Edgar Davids, found himself excluded from the national squad selection by new Dutch national team coach Marco van Basten.

Managerial career

On 22 November 2012, Zenden replaced Eddie Newton as ex-club Chelsea's new assistant manager when Rafael Benítez took over as manager.[31]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[32][33][34][35][36]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other[nb 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
PSV1994–95Eredivisie27520–10–305
1995–96 Eredivisie25740–21–318
1996–97 Eredivisie34821–41004010
1997–98 Eredivisie261230–30103312
Total 11232111–1021013435
Barcelona1998–99La Liga25010–4020320
1999–2000 La Liga29240–10120453
2000–01 La Liga10030–50–180
Total 64280–19140953
Chelsea2001–02Premier League223304030–323
2002–03 Premier League211401010–271
Total 43470504000594
Middlesbrough2003–04Premier League3142162––397
2004–05 Premier League3652010103–498
Total 6794172103008815
Liverpool2005–06Premier League7200209010192
2006–07 Premier League160002011010300
Total 232004020020492
Marseille2007–08Ligue 1272201080–382
2008–09 Ligue 1274101090–384
Total 5463020170–766
Sunderland2009–10Premier League2021000––212
2010–11 Premier League2720020––292
Total 47210200000504
Career total 410593422028067055169
  1. Includes matches in Johan Cruyff Shield, Supercopa de España, FA Community Shield and UEFA Super Cup.

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[37]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 199720
199881
199971
200093
200191
200250
200370
200471
Total547
Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zenden goal.
List of international goals scored by Boudewijn Zenden[38]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
111 July 1998Paris, France Croatia1–11–21998 FIFA World Cup
29 October 1999Amsterdam, Netherlands Brazil2–02–2Friendly
323 February 2000Amsterdam, Netherlands Germany2–12–1Friendly
416 June 2000Rotterdam, Netherlands Denmark3–03–0UEFA Euro 2000
521 June 2000Amsterdam, Netherlands France3–23–2UEFA Euro 2000
65 September 2001Eindhoven, Netherlands Estonia1–05–02002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
728 April 2004Eindhoven, Netherlands Greece2–04–0Friendly

Honours

PSV[39]

  • Eredivisie: 1996–97
  • KNVB Cup: 1995–96
  • Johan Cruyff Shield: 1996, 1997

Barcelona

Chelsea

Middlesbrough

Liverpool

Individual

  • Dutch Young Player of the Year: 1997[46]

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