12 Facts About Derk Boerrigter

Derk Boerrigter was born on 16 October 1986 and is a Dutch former footballer who played as a winger.

Derk Boerrigter began his professional career with Ajax, but did not make any first team appearances and was eventually loaned to Haarlem.

Derk Boerrigter then played for FC Zwolle and RKC Waalwijk before rejoining Ajax.

Derk Boerrigter played eight competitive matches during his period in Haarlem, scoring one goal.

Derk Boerrigter was a regular starter in Zwolle, and scored 11 goals in 63 league matches.

Derk Boerrigter attracted attention from several big clubs in his home country, but he chose to sign with RKC Waalwijk, who had just won promotion to the Eredivisie.

On 1 August 2009, Derk Boerrigter made his Eredivisie debut in a match against FC Utrecht.

On 14 April 2013, coming on as a substitute for Christian Poulsen in the 75th minute, Derk Boerrigter scored the match winning goal against rivals PSV Eindhoven in the 77th minute off a long assist from his teammate Christian Eriksen, in which he challenged PSV's defender Erik Pieters and then shot the ball past goalkeeper Boy Waterman, only two minutes after having been brought on.

On 30 July 2013, Derk Boerrigter signed a four-year deal with Celtic.

Derk Boerrigter made his Celtic debut against Ross County on 3 August 2013, but was taken off injured.

Derk Boerrigter subsequently accepted a two-match ban for "simulation" in the incident which had resulted in a red card been issued to St Johnstone defender Dave MacKay.

Derk Boerrigter received his first international call up when he was named in the 23-man squad for the friendlies against Switzerland and Germany in November 2011 but did not play due to a back injury.