Purrel Fränkel

Purrel Fränkel (born 8 October 1976) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He played 474 matches in professional football for Telstar, De Graafschap and Vitesse.

Purrel Fränkel
Personal information
Full name Purrel Fränkel
Date of birth (1976-10-08) 8 October 1976
Place of birth Paramaribo, Suriname
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Osdorp
Amstelland
Telstar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Telstar 88 (0)
1998–2002 De Graafschap 106 (1)
2002–2007 Vitesse 149 (2)
2007–2012 De Graafschap 131 (2)
Total 474 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Fränkel is a defender who was born in Paramaribo and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Telstar squad in the 1994–95 season. He also played for De Graafschap before joining Vitesse.

In 2003, he scored an own goal against FC Twente when the match was just 19 seconds old. This was an all-time record in the Eredivisie, but it was broken three years later by Arnold Kruiswijk of FC Groningen, who, in a match against Heracles Almelo, managed to pass his own goalkeeper after 9 seconds.

In March 2009 he was suspended for a month by the Dutch FA after testing positive on smoking cannabis.[1]

After the relegation of De Graafschap in 2012, Fränkel decided he did not want to play in the Eerste Divisie any more and retired from professional football.

References
  1. Purrel Fränkel is een maand geschorst Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine - De Graafschap (in Dutch)
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