Goalkeeper scored two goals in a match, one in the 11th added minute

A unique story in the Dutch championship: Telstar goalkeeper Ronald Koeman Jr. scored a brace in a match against Cambuur. The second goal was scored in the 90+ 11th minute – Telstar thus snatched a 2:2 draw, writes Sports.ru

The opposing goalkeeper tried to unsettle Koeman with talk, but it didn't help.

Ronald converted two penalties – in the 63rd and 101st minutes. Thanks to this, his Telstar saved a 0:2 scoreline. Moreover, the team had been playing with ten men since the 22nd minute. Koeman Jr. brought his team a draw without much fuss.

The son of the Netherlands national team legend became the first goalkeeper in the history of the Eredivisie (the top league of the Netherlands) to score a brace.

"I am very happy about this. It's nice that I take responsibility, but all the guys did a great job," the goalkeeper noted after his brace.

Ronald confirmed that he is first on Telstar's penalty taker list: "I shoot well and am confident. I had no doubts. Twice in the same corner. Maybe someday I should change it."

He separately spoke about the penalty in the 101st minute:

"You know how it goes. The goalkeeper starts talking to you. But you can't throw me off, man. You just have to tune everything out for a moment and focus. Before the match, we weren't counting on just one point, but we'll have to settle for it."

In May, Koeman Jr. had already scored from a penalty – that goal allowed Telstar to stay in the elite division. In the last round, the team beat Volendam, which eventually relegated to the second-tier division through playoff matches.

Koeman Jr. is already 31 years old. He was born in Barcelona, where his father Ronald Koeman was playing at the time, but built his career in the Netherlands.

Since 2021, he has been playing for the modest Telstar, and in 2025, the team climbed into the Eredivisie for the first time in 47 years. Ronald was the main goalkeeper both in the second division and now in the elite.

And why did Koeman start taking penalties at all?

It's simple: Telstar does not have a reliable penalty taker.

Throughout the last season in the Dutch championship, before the match against Volendam when Koeman scored, Telstar received two penalties – and both were missed. Moreover, they were taken by different players.

In the Netherlands, Koeman Jr. is praised for his footwork. Former Feyenoord and Morocco national team player Karim El-Ahmadi said after Telstar's match against his former team that Ronald was possibly the best on the field with the ball.

And Ibrahim Afellay called him "the best goalkeeper in the Netherlands in terms of footwork" and effectively "a field player in gloves."

Koeman had long wanted to take penalties. Already in December, after a match against NEC, he boldly admitted that he had the best shot on the team. As a result, he is now the main penalty taker.

His shot, by the way, is truly powerful – probably inherited from his father. Koeman Sr., who was a midfielder, converted as many as 115 penalties.

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