Ruud Boffin
Boffin with Antalyaspor in 2022.
Personal information
Full name Ruud Jorge Boffin[1]
Date of birth (1987-11-05) 5 November 1987
Place of birth Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Genk
2005–2007 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 PSV 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Eindhoven (loan) 20 (0)
2008–2010 MVV 61 (0)
2010 → VVV-Venlo (loan) 5 (0)
2010–2012 West Ham United 1 (0)
2012–2017 Eskişehirspor 154 (1)
2017–2022 Antalyaspor 148 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ruud Jorge Boffin (born 5 November 1987) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[3]

Career

Early career

Born in Sint-Truiden,[4] Boffin began his career with the youth team of Racing Genk, before moving to Dutch team PSV in 2005. Boffin never made a senior appearance for PSV, and began his professional career on loan at FC Eindhoven during the 2007–08 season. Boffin moved to MVV Maastricht in 2008, and spent the second half of the 2009–10 season on loan at VVV-Venlo. Boffin made a total of 86 League appearances in Dutch football.[5]

West Ham United

Boffin signed for English team West Ham United on 1 September 2010, on a two-year deal, alongside fellow new signing Lars Jacobsen.[6][7] Boffin signed for an undisclosed nominal fee following a trial for the club, and was announced as cover for Robert Green.[8] Boffin made his West Ham debut on 18 December 2010, in the 1–1 Premier League draw against Blackburn Rovers.[9] In April 2012 having found his playing opportunities infrequent due to the form of Robert Green and the signing of Stephen Henderson, Boffin's contract was cancelled by mutual consent.[10] Boffin made one League and two Cup appearances for West Ham.[11]

Eskişehirspor

Boffin with Eskişehirspor in 2012.

In May 2012, he signed for Turkish club Eskişehirspor.[12] On 25 September 2016, he scored a goal by a direct free-kick from his own half at TFF First League game against Ümraniyespor, which ended 2–0.[13]

Antalyaspor

After having played in the second-tier TFF First League with Eskişehirspor, Boffin signed with Süper Lig club Antalyaspor in 2017.[14] In his first season, he had to share his playing time with Ferhat Kaplan, but he soon grew into the starter. In 2021, he reached the final of the Turkish Cup for the second time in his career.[15]

Boffin with Antalyaspor in 2021.

References

  1. ↑ Ruud Boffin at the Turkish Football Federation
  2. ↑ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Ruud Boffin at Soccerway
  4. ↑ "Player profile". PlayerHistory.com. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "Player profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  6. ↑ "Jacobsen joins". West Ham United F.C. official website. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  7. ↑ Frank Keogh (1 September 2010). "West Ham confirm deal for Danish defender Lars Jacobsen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  8. ↑ "West Ham's Boffin is top of the class". 22 December 2010.
  9. ↑ "Blackburn 1 – 1 West Ham". BBC Sport. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  10. ↑ "Boffin departs". whufc.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  11. ↑ Ruud Boffin at Soccerbase
  12. ↑ ntvspor.net
  13. ↑ "Ruud Boffin'den inanılmaz gol" (in Turkish). Yeni Şafak. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  14. ↑ Walckiers, Johan (23 June 2017). "Belgische doelman maakt toptransfer en trekt naar ploeg Eto'o en Maicon". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch).
  15. ↑ "Ruud Boffin haalt Turkse bekerfinale met Antalyaspor". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 17 March 2021.
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