GlyphSignal
Dorus de Vries

Dorus de Vries

Dutch footballer (born 1980)

2 min read

Why this is trending

Interest in “Dorus de Vries” spiked on Wikipedia on 2026-02-28.

Categorised under Sports, this article fits a familiar pattern. In the sports world, trending articles usually correspond to recent match results, draft picks, or athlete milestones.

By monitoring millions of daily Wikipedia page views, GlyphSignal helps you spot cultural moments as they happen and understand the stories behind the numbers.

2026-01-30Peak: 1032026-02-28
30-day total: 1,207

Key Takeaways

  • Dorus de Vries (born 29 December 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
  • He moved to Britain in 2006, when he spent a season at Scottish club Dunfermline Athletic.
  • He rejected a new deal with Swansea to instead join Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he spent two seasons largely as back-up.
  • He retired from football in 2019, after three seasons with Celtic.
  • He remained with the club in the second tier of Dutch football until 2003, when he signed for Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag.

Dorus de Vries (born 29 December 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

De Vries began his professional career in his native the Netherlands with Telstar, before spending three seasons with ADO Den Haag. He moved to Britain in 2006, when he spent a season at Scottish club Dunfermline Athletic. before moving to Swansea City where he spent four seasons, culminating in promotion to the Premier League in 2011. He rejected a new deal with Swansea to instead join Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he spent two seasons largely as back-up. De Vries then signed for Nottingham Forest in July 2013. He retired from football in 2019, after three seasons with Celtic.

Career

Early career in Netherlands

De Vries began his professional career at Telstar, making his first team debut during the 1999–2000 season. He remained with the club in the second tier of Dutch football until 2003, when he signed for Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag.

After mostly serving as back-up to Roland Jansen, he took over as number one during the 2004–05 campaign. However, this status proved short lived as the loan capture of Jaroslav Drobný during 2006 pushed De Vries aside, and he was told that he would not be offered a new contract.

Read full article on Wikipedia →

Content sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0

Share

Keep Reading

2026-02-28
2
Ali Hosseini Khamenei is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the supreme leader of Ir…
2,738,521 views
5
Neil Sedaka was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Beginning his music career in 1957, he …
642,139 views
6
.xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on…
446,512 views
7
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. …
443,227 views
8
Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian cleric, politician, political theorist and revolutionary who…
339,773 views
Continue reading: