Description
Match worn or issued Ajax home shirt by number #4 Frank de Boer in the season 1997-1998. Frank recently signed the shirt; a photo with proof will be provided.
The former Dutch international played for Ajax in the period 1984-1999. The defender was part of the Ajax youth in the first four years until 1988. In the first team, De Boer won five domestic league (Eredivisie) titles, two domestic (KNVB) cup titles, the 1991-1992 UEFA Cup and above all the 1994–1995 UEFA Champions League. In 1999, he joined FC Barcelona together with his brother Ronald. In January 2004, after half a year at Galatasaray, Turkey, Frank went to Glasgow Rangers where he was reunited with his brother.
Frank de Boer ended his career at two clubs in Qatar (2004-2006). After his active football career, he was a youth and later head coach at Ajax. De Boer was also appointed head coach of the Dutch national team on 23 September 2020. His contract ran until the end of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, but he was thrown out by the KNVB. Or, as stated by Frank and the KNVB (Dutch Football Association), De Boer decided to leave after not achieving the objective to reach at least the quarter-finals at the UEFA Euro 2020.
In the 1997-98 season, Ajax won the Dutch Eredivisie and also the KNVB Cup. Ajax stranded in the UEFA Cup Quarter-finals against FC Spartak Moscow.
This shirt has all the characteristics of a match shirt: the correct size and style number in felt material on the back, correct player size XL and size code 6, the raised embossed ABN-AMRO sponsor logo which on the replica version is printed within the material and the Umbro logo and club crest are fully embroidered on the shirt (being screen printed on commercially available shirts).
Years: 1997-1998
Size: XL
Condition: Excellent
Brand: Umbro
Sponsor: ABN-AMRO
