Frank Verlaat


Frank Verlaat is a Dutch former football defender, who retired in 2007, after a professional career of 21 years.
He had a long career throughout Europe, playing in the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany and finishing his career in Austria. He earned one cap with the Netherlands national team.
He is reputed to have had the fastest rise to starting in the final of a UEFA club competition, having started as centre-back for Ajax in the 1986-87 European Cup Winners’ Cup final against Lokomotive Leipzig after making his league debut for Ajax only three days earlier.

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