Kate Dirk: career of the Dutch forward

Dirk Keith - football player of the club "Feyenoord". He was born on July 22, 1980 in the Netherlands. Over the years, the football player has played for the national team, but nothing particularly he or the team did not win.

Carier start

The future footballer was born in Katwijk-en-Zee. It's a small fishing town. Dirk's father was a fisherman, and Kate himself planned to follow in the footsteps of his father. However, everything changed when, at the age of five, he was admitted to the football team. Speaking for the amateur club of his town, Dirk Keith "hit the pencil" of the club's scouts from the Netherlands championship - "Utrecht".

It was in the football club "Utrecht" began his professional career, Kate. Dirk was the main striker of the Netherlands team. For the time spent in "Utrecht", Kate became the leader of the club. When the new coach came to the team, Dirk began to play on the flank, although his nominal position is considered the central striker. In the 2002/03 season Dirk was able to excel with twenty goals scored. In the same season, his team was able to win the country's cup, beating Feyenoord in the final. One of the goals in this match was scored by Kate. Dirk was able to play one hundred and sixty matches for "Utrecht", after which he moved to another club in Eredivisia - "Feyenoord". The amount of the transfer was one million euros.

Career in "Feyenoord"

Almost immediately after the transfer, Kate was able to become a fan favorite of "Feyenoord". The Dutchman was able to make several hat-tricks in the course of his second season. At the end of the championship of the Netherlands in 2004/05 the best scorer of the competition was Kate. Dirk managed to sign twenty-nine times at the gate of his rivals.

The following year, he scored twenty-five goals, playing in paired with Solomon Kalou - the flank striker from Côte d'Ivoire. This was Keita's third consecutive successful season with Feyenoord. In late spring 2006, there were many rumors that linked Keith with the English teams. As reported, the main favorites in the fight for the Netherlands striker were "Liverpool" and "Newcastle". In mid-August, Keith signed a contract with Liverpool. The cost of the transfer was not reported. In total in the championship of the Netherlands Kate has spent 233 games.

"Liverpool"

For the first time as part of the "red" Dirk played against the London "West Hema", when he was replaced at the end of the game. The Champions League match against the Dutch PSV was the first game when Kate appeared in the first team of Liverpool. Dirk managed to score the first goal only in late September in a match against "Newcastle", which was considered the main contender for the football player in the transfer window in the summer of 2006. A week later, Kate was able to excel a goal scored in the gate of the capital, "Tottenham". In early 2007, "Liverpool" beat London "Chelsea" with a score of 2-0. This was the first time Rafa Benitez defeated Jose Mourinho. In that season Keith had thirty-four games in Liverpool and scored twelve goals.

In the summer transfer window of 2012, Kate signed a three-year agreement with the Turkish "Fenerbahce". After the contract expired, the football player returned to the Dutch championship in 2015, signing a contract with Feyenoord. In the spring of 2016, Dirk extended the agreement with the club. The contract expires in the summer of 2017.

Team Netherlands

The first game in the Dutch national team, which was coached by the Dutch specialist Marco van Basten, Dirk Keith held in September 2004. Two years later, Dirk Keith was on the list of reserve players for the World Cup, which was held in Germany. The statistics of the player on the world championship was not impressive. He could not distinguish himself by effective actions.

After his debut as a member of the national team, Dirk Keith took part in all major tournaments: he helped his team to qualify for the French national team at the 2008 European Championships; Gave effective results at the World Cup 2010, when the Netherlands lost in the finals; Was in the application for the European Championship - 2012, where the Netherlands team failed. In 2014, Kate was able to win bronze at the World Championships in Brazil, after which he decided to end his career with the Netherlands national team.