franciscus de boer (dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrɑŋɡ də ˈbuːr]; born 15 may 1970) is a dutch football manager who is currently the head coach of uae pro league club al jazira.a former defender, de boer spent most of his professional playing career with ajax, winning five eredivisie titles, two knvb cups, three super cups, one uefa super cup, one uefa cup, one uefa champions league, and one intercontinental cup.he later spent five years at barcelona, where he won the 1998–99 la liga title, followed by short spells at galatasaray, rangers, al-rayyan and al-shamal before retiring.de boer is the third-most capped outfield player in the history of the netherlands national team, with 112 caps.he captained oranje to the semi-finals of both the 1998 fifa world cup and uefa euro 2000.he is the twin brother of ronald de boer, with whom he was a teammate at ajax, barcelona, rangers, al-rayyan, al-shamal and the netherlands national team.after retiring from playing, de boer went into management with the ajax youth team and as assistant to bert van marwijk with the netherlands national team.in december 2010, he took over as manager of ajax and went on to win the eredivisie title in his first season.in 2013, he received the rinus michels award for manager of the year in the netherlands after leading ajax to their third successive eredivisie title.the following year, he became the first manager to win four consecutive eredivisie titles.he then had brief spells managing in serie a with internazionale in 2016, crystal palace in the premier league in 2017, and atlanta united in mls from 2018 to 2020.de boer was appointed head coach of the netherlands national team in september 2020, but left less than a year later in june 2021 after the team's disappointing euro 2020 campaign.he won both the 1991–92 uefa cup and 1994–95 uefa champions league while at ajax, in addition to five eredivisie titles and two knvb cups.however, after signing a six-year contract extension with ajax for the 1998–99 season, he and his twin brother ronald took successful legal action to have it voided.ajax had a verbal agreement that if a lucrative offer for one brother came by, he would be released provided the other stayed.ajax, however, apparently backed down on that agreement after floating the club on the stock market and pledging to shareholders that it would hold both of the de boers and build around them a team to recapture the champions league.after winning the 1998–99 la liga title, they were unable to repeat their earlier triumphs.in 2000, van gaal was sacked by barcelona and frank suffered the ignominy of testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone a year later.he was suspended but he was reinstated after a successful appeal.he made his rangers debut in a 1–0 win away at partick thistle, but in his second appearance for the club he missed the decisive penalty in the shootout as rangers lost to hibernian in the scottish league cup semi-final.he made a total of 17 appearances for rangers, scoring two goals against aberdeen and dundee.the de boer brothers left rangers after uefa euro 2004 to play the rest of their football careers in qatar with al-rayyan.de boer announced his retirement from football in april 2006.de boer made his debut for the netherlands in september 1990 against italy.de boer also played for the netherlands in the 1994 and 1998 fifa world cups, and the 1992, 2000 and 2004 uefa european championships.he is well-remembered for the arching 60-yard pass which allowed dennis bergkamp to score the last-minute goal that eliminated argentina in the quarter-finals of the 1998 world cup.
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franciscus de boer (dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrɑŋɡ də ˈbuːr]; born 15 may 1970) is a dutch football manager who is currently the head coach of uae pro league club al jazira.de boer is the third-most capped outfield player in the history of the netherlands national team, with 112 caps.he is the twin brother of ronald de boer, with whom he was a teammate at ajax, barcelona, rangers, al-rayyan, al-shamal and the netherlands national team.after retiring from playing, de boer went into management with the ajax youth team and as assistant to bert van marwijk with the netherlands national team.de boer was appointed head coach of the netherlands national team in september 2020, but left less than a year later in june 2021 after the team's disappointing euro 2020 campaign.ajax, however, apparently backed down on that agreement after floating the club on the stock market and pledging to shareholders that it would hold both of the de boers and build around them a team to recapture the champions league.the de boer brothers left rangers after uefa euro 2004 to play the rest of their football careers in qatar with al-rayyan.de boer announced his retirement from football in april 2006.de boer made his debut for the netherlands in september 1990 against italy.de boer also played for the netherlands in the 1994 and 1998 fifa world cups, and the 1992, 2000 and 2004 uefa european championships.