The Dutch national team secured a place in the round of 16 as the first place in group A, and goalkeeper Andries Noppert has great credit for that. If he continues with his excellent games, it is certain that a movie will be made about him in the future.
The story of oranges goalkeeper is a real football fairy tale, two years ago they forced him to leave football and become a policeman, he should not have gone to Qatar at all, and now he is a hero of the nation and will play in the World Cup round of 16.
The Dutch media saw Tim Krul and Jesper Cillessen as the first goalkeepers of the Tulips, and Remko Pasver as their replacements, but coach Louis van Gaal, to a big surprise, included the 28-year-old goalkeeper of Heerenveen, Andries Knoppert, in the list for the World Cup in Qatar. .
Noppert was born in Heerenveen and started his football career in the club from this city, but he didn’t get a real chance, so he made his senior debut in Breda, where he found himself between the posts only seven times in four years. His career did not look better even after the move to Foggia, for which he played only eight matches in Serie B, and the team was relegated to the third league. Then he returned to the Netherlands, in the 2019/20 season he played two matches for Dordrecht and was dismissed due to injury problems
