Initially, he played in
ASWH youth teams, then moved on to
Sparta Rotterdam youth. From 1983 he played in Sparta Rotterdam's first squad. With Sparta, he competed for the
UEFA Cup and on 18 September 1985 scored a goal in Sparta's 2–0 victory over
Hamburger SV. His soccer career next took him to
FC Twente,
FC Dordrecht, and the German club
SuS Stadtlohn. Later, he occasionally played in senior teams of FC Twente. ==References==