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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Aaf Bouber, Adrianus Bleijs, Adrie Visser, Andreas Cellarius, Bart Bok, Bauke Muller, Cornelis Cort, Cornelius Jacobsen May, David Pietersz. de Vries, Dimitri Reinderman, Ferenc Jongejan, Frank de Boer, George Baker (musician), Gerardus Everardus Tros, Hendrik Graauw, Herman Henstenburgh, Jacob Rotius, Jacques Waben, Jan Claesz Rietschoof, Jan Linsen, Jan Maertz Engelsman, Jan Meppel, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Jasper van den Bos, Johannes van Hoolwerff, Johan Messchaert, Jozef Oostfries, Lorenzo Ebecilio, Maikel van der Werff, Marcelien de Koning, Marco Bizot, Maria Barnas, Mark Ooijevaar, Martinus Houttuyn, Martin Brozius, Minouche Smit, Nadine Broersen, Pieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater, Pieter Coopse, Pim Ligthart, Raymond Homoet, Rene Feller, Richard Tol, Rombout Hogerbeets, Ronald de Boer, Ruud Heus, Ruud Vormer, Silvan Inia, Simone van der Vlugt, Sonny Stevens, Stephan van den Berg, Sulayman Reis (pirate), Tine Veenstra, Vera Koedooder, Willem Schouten, Willem Ysbrandtsz. Bontekoe, Wil Besseling. Excerpt: Franciscus "Frank" de Boer (Dutch pronunciation: ) (born 15 May 1970 in Hoorn, Noord-Holland) is a Dutch former professional footballer, and the younger twin brother of Ronald de Boer. Since 6 December 2010 he is the manager of Ajax. De Boer began his career as a left back at Ajax before switching to centre back, a position he made his own for many years in the national team. He won both the UEFA Cup and Champions League while at Ajax. However, after signing a 6-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 agreed orally that if a lucrative offer for one brother came by, he would be released provided the other stayed. However Ajax 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 UEFA Champions League. Both De Boers then joined FC Barcelona for 22 million pounds. However, they were unable to repeat his earlier triumphs and Frank suffered the ignominy of testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone. De Boer was suspended but he was reinstated after a successful appeal. He briefly moved to Galatasaray in the summer of 2003 before joining Rangers in January 2004. He scored a header at 87th minutes against Aberdeen to save his team from losing in the away game. Later on, he scored his second but also his last goal in a 4:0 home win against Dundee United. He made a total of 17 appearances for Rangers, scoring two goals. He left Rangers in 2004 after Euro 2004 along with twin brother Ronald (his teammate at Ajax, Barcelona and Rangers) to play the rest of his football career in Qatar with Al-Rayyan. De Boer announced his retirement from football in April 2006. Having represented his national team 112 times, he was the most capped player in the history of the Netherlands national team, until Edwin van der Sar surpassed
