.jpg) Drost, receiving the 1977 KNVB Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eimert Drost | ||
| Date of birth | (1945-09-21)21 September 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Amersfoort, Netherlands | ||
| Date of death | 27 May 1995(1995-05-27) (aged 49) | ||
| Place of death | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Sweeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Wageningen | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1965 | FC Wageningen | 80 | (41) |
| 1965–1966 | Heracles | 19 | (0) |
| 1966–1980 | FC Twente | 415 | (8) |
| 1980–1982 | DS'79 | 52 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | FC Twente | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 574 | (49) | |
| International career | |||
| 1969–1973 | Netherlands | 9 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1989 | RBC | ||
| 1983–1984 | DS'79 | ||
| 1990–1995 | STEVO | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eimert "Epi" Drost (21 September 1945 – 27 May 1995) was a Dutchassociation football player and manager, best known for his time withFC Twente.
Drost was born inAmersfoort. Asweeper, made his senior debut forFC Wageningen on 23 September 1962 againstDe Graafschap, then had a short spell withHeracles Almelo, before joining managerKees Rijvers atFC Twente where he would become one of the best players in the history of the club.[1] Known for his colourful lifestyle and fierce shot,[2] he played 423 league games for the club, only to be surpassed bySander Boschker in 2006.[3] During his time at the club, Twente would finish second (behindFeyenoord) in 1974 and third in 1969 in theEredivisie and would reach the1975 UEFA Cup Final. His only trophy would be the1977 KNVB Cup, he scored Twente's first goal in the final with a 30-yard piledriver.[2]
He later played forDS '79, where he was joined by long-time Twente colleagueNiels Overweg,[4] before returning to Twente for a final season in which he was injured and could not save the club from relegation.
Drost made his debut for theNetherlands in an April 1969friendly match againstSwitzerland and earned a total of nine caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a September 1973FIFA World Cup qualification match againstNorway.[5]
Drost coachedRBC Roosendaal,DS '79 andHoofdklasse clubSTEVO, with whom he won the Dutch Sunday-amateur football title in 1994.[6]
Drost was a son of former HVC and Wageningen player Selis Drost.[1]
Drost died in May 1995 of a heart attack during a game with Holland's former internationals players inRotterdam.[7] He was chosen Twente's player of the century by the club's supporters in 2000[8] and in 2009, a statue ofMister Twente Epi Drost was erected in FC Twente's stadium.[9]
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