Edwin "Ed" de Goey (born December 20, 1966 in Gouda, Holland) is
a Dutch football goalkeeper. He played for Sparta Rotterdam,
Feyenoord, Chelsea and is currently at Stoke.
He signed for Feyenoord in 1990 and stayed there for seven years.
During his time in Rotterdam, De Goey missed a total of just
eight games and won one Eredivisie title (in 1993) and four
Dutch Cups in 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1995.
De Goey joined Chelsea in June 1997 from Feyenoord for
£2,250,000. He was first choice goalkeeper for most of his time
in West London, 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. He set a club record by keeping 29 clean sheets in the
1999/2000 season. De Goey later lost his place in the side to
Italian Carlo Cudicini and joined Stoke on a free transfer in
2003. He played in 179 games for Chelsea and kept 71 clean
sheets.
He was a Dutch international and won 31 caps. De Goey played in
every game for his country at USA '94 as Holland reached the
quarter-finals, losing to eventual winners Brazil. |
