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Erik Tammer (born 29 June 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the current co-owner of USL League Two club Dayton Dutch Lions.

Playing career

Tammer played youth football with VV de Meeuwen, DSO/Ultrajectum, UVV and Ajax. He experienced his senior breakthrough at Excelsior, where he became the 1991–92 Eerste Divisie top goalscorer, and subsequently was mostly known for his stint with Heerenveen.[1] There, he reached promotion to the Eredivisie and during the same season reached the KNVB Cup final, which was eventually lost to his former club Ajax.[2]

Tammer also experienced success at Go Ahead Eagles, and almost made a move to Spanish club Osasuna. The transfer did not go through in the end, as representatives of Osasuna believed that Tammer had made negative comments about the club.[3][4] Tammer ended his professional career as a forward in 2001 after 322 games and 154 goals. After this, he continued playing at amateur level,[2] where he retired as part of HBS Craeyenhout in 2010, where he was also an assistant coach in his last season due to injuries.[4]

Retirement

After his career, Tammer founded his own sports management company. In April 2006, he founded a job site for the sports industry with a partner. The purpose of the vacancy bank was to bring former professional athletes and the business community into contact with each other.[5]

In November 2009, Tammer became co-owner of the American association football clubs Dayton Dutch Lions and Houston Dutch Lions. He was also a scout for Heerenveen since 2013. From July 2015, he became a scout for Eredivisie club NEC.[5] Since July 2018, he became a scout for Utrecht.[6][7]

Honours

Club

Heerenveen[2]

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Heerenveen wint slag om Tammer, de overbodige van Belenenses". Trouw (in Dutch). 25 August 1992.
  2. ^ a b c "Vooruitblikken met: Erik Tammer". ADO Den Haag (in Dutch). 8 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Erik Tammer wil schadevergoeding van Osasuna". Trouw (in Dutch). 6 September 1996.
  4. ^ a b "Erik Tammer (1969)". KENTUDEZENOG (in Dutch). 8 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Tammer nieuwe scout NEC". Sportnieuws (in Dutch). 9 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Erik Tammer treedt toe tot scoutingsteam". FC Utrecht (in Dutch). 28 February 2018.
  7. ^ "FC Utrecht breidt zijn scoutingsteam uit met Tammer". FCUpdate.nl (in Dutch). 28 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Jupiler League - Top scorers' list". Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2010-10-30. Topscorers Dutch Jupiler League (Eerste Divisie)

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