The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Romania-c2990, and the Brazilian-born Dutch stopper has insisted that it was a great experience for him.
FC Twente Enschede centre-back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753’ experience despite not making his debut.
The 24-year-old, who arrived at De Grolsch Veste in the summer of 2007 after spending three years at Joinville, received his first international call-up earlier last week.
Joris Mathijsen was sidelined due to an injury, and the Oranje boss, Louis van Gaal, opted to include the Tukkers defender in the Oranje squad for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Romania by Louis van Gaal due
to the absence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joris-Mathijsen-c19242.
The highly-rated central defender failed to enjoy even a single minute on the pitch, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Heitinga-c18862 performed brilliantly in both of the Flying Dutchmen’s games.
The 2010 World Cup runners-up secured a comfortable 3-0 victory over Andorra on October 12, and managed to cruise to an impressive 4-1 win against Romania four days later.
However, the former Joinville stopper was not disappointed at not enjoying any playing time, and revealed that it was a great experience for him to train along with the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Klaas-Jan-Huntelaar-c21175, and several
others.
“It was indeed a great experience for me. Everyone gave me a warm welcome. I will try my level best to be part of the Netherlands squad, and wear the classic football shirt”, Douglas was quoted as saying to De Telegraaf.
The 24-year-old, who has thus far represented the Tukkers in over 100 Eredivisie games, has been performing consistently at the back at De Grolsch Veste for the past couple of seasons, and has garnered interest from several European
clubs including the likes of AC Milan, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809.
Douglas, who has an ongoing contract with the Enschede giants that is due to expire in the summer of 2013, would be keen to continue staging impressive shows until the end of the season, and enhance his chances of making debut
for the Oranje.
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