Name: Eimert Drost
Nickname: "Epi", "Epy", "Manolito", "Mister FC Twente"
Country:
NetherlandsClub: FC Twente
Position: *SWP, SB, DMF, CMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 25-30 years (21/09/1945)
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 71 kg
Attack: 70
Defence: 81
Balance: 79
Stamina: 82
Top Speed: 81
Acceleration: 78
Response: 84
Agility: 79
Dribble Accuracy: 78
Dribble Speed: 77
Short Pass Accuracy: 78
Short Pass Speed: 75
Long Pass Accuracy: 83
Long Pass Speed: 82
Shot Accuracy: 71
Shot Power: 89
Shot Technique: 69
Free Kick Accuracy: 75
Curling: 68
Header: 75
Jump: 82
Technique: 79
Aggression: 72
Mentality: 83
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 80
Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 8
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 6
Growth type: Standard/Lasting
CARDS:
P06 - Pinpoint Pass
P11 - Long Ranger
P16 - Extra Attacker (Optional)
S06 - Outside Curve
S09 - Covering
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Middle Shooting - Passing - Outside - Covering
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Defence-Minded
INFO:
Small, indestructible and very spectacular libero who puts a lot of risk in his game, he was always looking for creative solutions. Had a low & sharp long pass and he liked to have a hard long shot. When you think of Epi, you quickly think of the risks he always took. In particular, his back passes and passing movements in his own penalty area were often a torment for the supporters. A journalist from the Algemeen Dagblad once called him the "frivolest last man of all time". But Drost could rely on his fellow defenders Willem de Vries and Kees van Ierssel. And with a solid keeper like Piet Schrijvers behind him, it almost always went well. His main characteristics as a footballer are his perfect kicking technique, his coaching on the field and his formidable insight. That same insight enables him to elevate defending to an art. Epi provides blood-curdling scenes in his own penalty area like no other, but also always knows how to solve difficult situations with cold blood. As the last man the driving force of the team, always leading the team and therefore the perfect captain of the team. He was proclaimed “footballer of the century” by the supporters of FC Twente in 2000.
He played 423 league games for the club, only to be surpassed by Sander Boschker in 2006. During his time at the club, Twente would finish 2nd (behind Feyenoord) in 1974 and 3rd in 1969 in the Eredivisie and would reach the 1975 UEFA Cup Final. His only trophy would be the 1977 KNVB Cup, he scored Twente's first goal in the final with a 30-yard piledriver.
Drost made his debut for the Netherlands in an April 1969 friendly match against Switzerland and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a September 1973 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Norway.Due to his risky game and persistent injuries at the time, he was cut from the famous 1974 Dutch squad.
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