Full name Purrel Frankel Years Team 1998–2002 De Graafschap Role Footballer Weight 72 kg | Place of birth Paramaribo, Suriname 1994–1998 Telstar Name Purrel Frankel Height 1.70 m | |
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Date of birth (1976-10-08) 8 October 1976 (age 39) | ||
Purrel Frankel (born 8 October 1976) is a Surinamese former footballer. He played 474 matches in professional football for Telstar, De Graafschap and Vitesse.
Club career
Frankel is a defender who was born in Paramaribo and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Telstar squad in the 1994-95 season. He also played for De Graafschap before joining Vitesse.
In 2003 he scored an own goal against FC Twente when the match was just 19 seconds old. This was an all time record in the Eredivisie, but it was broken three years later by Arnold Kruiswijk of FC Groningen, who, in a match against Heracles Almelo, managed to pass his own goalkeeper after 9 seconds.
In March 2009 he was suspended for a month by the Dutch FA after testing positive on smoking cannabis.
After the relegation of De Graafschap in 2012, Frankel decided he did not want to play in the Eerste Divisie any more and retired from professional football. Currently he plays for the amateurs of vv DUNO from Doorwerth.