Eduard Franciscus "Ed" de Goeij (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːdyɑrt frɑnˈsɪskʏs ˈɛ(d) də ˈɣui]; born 20 December 1966), anglicised to de Goey, is a Dutch former professional football goalkeeper. In a 20-year career, he played for Sparta Rotterdam, Feyenoord, Chelsea and Stoke City. He played 31 times for the Netherlands national team.

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Ed de Goey

Personal information
Full name	Eduard Franciscus de Goeij
Date of birth	(1966-12-20) 20 December 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth	Gouda, Netherlands
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1990	Sparta Rotterdam	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)
1992–2000	Netherlands	31	(0)
Managerial career
2007–2008	QPR (goalkeeper coach)
2010–2014	RKC Waalwijk (goalkeeper coach)
2014–2018	DHC Delft (goalkeeper coach)
2018–	VOC Rotterdam (goalkeeper coach)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Netherlands UEFA European Championship 2000 Belgium-Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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De Goey 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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

De Goey played 31 times for the Netherlands, including every game for his country at the 1994 FIFA World Cup when the Netherlands reached the quarter-finals, losing to eventual winners Brazil.

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. As of 2018, De Goey is goalkeeping coach at Dutch fifth tier side VOC Rotterdam.^[4]

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^[7]
• FA Charity Shield: 2000
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98
• UEFA Super Cup: 1998

Individual

• Dutch Goalkeeper of the Year: 1993^[8]
• Golden Shoe: 1994^[8]
• Most clean sheets in the Premier League: 1999–2000^[9]