Derk Droze

Derk Droze

Personal information
Full name	Derk Anthony Droze
Date of birth	(1972-10-29) October 29, 1972
Place of birth	Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1990–1993	George Washington University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994	Iquique
1995	Arica
1996–1997	New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers
1998–	Lyngby Boldklub
2001–2002	Ølstykke	60	(21)
2002–2003	Helsingør
2007	Hollywood United
2008–	Doxa Italia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Derk Droze (born October 29, 1972) is an American former professional soccer player, who is currently coaching in Denmark for the Danish Club FC Nordsjælland. During his playing career, he played professionally in Chile, Denmark and the United States.

Droze, grew up in the Southern Maryland area, 30 miles outside Washington DC in the small town of La Plata, graduating from St. Mary's Ryken High School in 1990. In February 1996, the New England Revolution selected Droze in the fifteenth round (145th overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. In the fall of 2001, he moved to Ølstykke FC of the Danish First Division. He played sixty games, scoring twenty-one goals with Ølstykke. In 2002, he moved to Helsingør IF.

In June 2003, Droze was cast to be a part of the movie The Game of Their Lives.

DOXA finished as the second best men's amateur team in the US in 2011 losing in the Final on PK's to the Pancyprian Freedom from Eastern New York.

External links

• Droze ready for American dream return