International football's band of brothers: Part - 1

The De Boers – Ronald and Frank

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Filer dated 13 April 1997 of Dutch inter

Both brothers were products of the famous Ajax youth academy which, to this day, continues to churn out some of the best talent around. They played together at Ajax, Barcelona and at Rangers in Scotland. Frank was the Netherlands’ most capped player, until Edwin Van der Sar surpassed him. He was a mainstay of the Dutch defence for over a decade. Ronald played 67 times for the country as attacking mid/forward. They were part of the 1995 UEFA Champions League winning Ajax side and also went on to win 5 Eredivisie titles and 1 La Liga with Barcelona. Ronald with Celtic won the Scottish league too once.

Frank is currently the manager of Ajax after being youth team manager between 2007-2010 and also working as assistant to Bert Van Marwijk with the national side.

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